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Paul Hodgkin, a GP and chief executive of Patient Opinion, says that if the NHS really wants to regain compassion

The Care Quality Commission has launched a public consultation on proposals to change its inspection regime and introduce ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings

NHS England is to lead on the creation of a strategy for the health service that will try to build

Joe McDonald is disappointed that the latest inquiry into the Mid Staffs scandal failed to tackle the regulatory regime. Now,

NHS managers have rejected the idea of ‘Ofsted-style ratings’ for hospitals – one of the government’s big planned responses to

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that an ‘Ofsted style’ system of summary ratings for hospitals and care homes will

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt should think carefully before re-introducing ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings into the NHS, the Nuffield Trust has concluded.

The government is thinking of holding trusts criminally liable for manipulating figures on waiting times and death rates as part

The government should avoid the temptation to over-regulate the health service or to take a ‘big stick’ approach to getting

Since the Francis report came out, the newspapers have been full of stories of more hospitals “fiddling” their mortality figures.

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