Latest press releases

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• Health services respond to Shipman inquiry with better monitoring of controlled drugs

  01 August 2008

• Patients praise the care they get in GP practices and health centres

  But national survey of 69,000 people raises questions about access to services

  31 July 2008

• Statement from the Healthcare Commission in response to Kent Police and HSE's announcement on Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS trust

  31 July 2008

• Statement from the Healthcare Commission in response to the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities

  31 July 2008

• Healthcare watchdog highlights best and worst NHS hospital care for people with acute mental health problems

  Largest ever review of acute inpatient mental health services highlights areas for action and shows all have room to improve

  23 July 2008

• Watchdogs find public health services improving but new report warns of slow progress on reducing alcohol misuse and obesity

  Two independent watchdogs are today (Wednesday) calling for a renewed drive to improve public health services after analysing the success of policies over the past decade.

  16 July 2008

• Healthcare watchdog urges NHS to seize opportunity to improve maternity services as it published national report

  10 July 2008

• Private healthcare provider fined for breaching conditions of registration

  The Healthcare Commission has secured the conviction of Orthopaedic and Spine Specialty Clinic Ltd, a company which runs an orthopaedic hospital in Peterborough, and Mr Ahmed Shair, an orthopaedic surgeon and sole director of the company which owns the hospital.

  10 July 2008

• Latest Safeguarding Children review shows most vulnerable children not yet benefiting from improvements to services and outcomes

  Much has changed in the landscape of children’s services since the previous Safeguarding Children report in 2005. As a result of improved safeguarding arrangements, most children now feel safe in their homes and communities, and are receiving the quality of care and support that they need.

  08 July 2008

• Healthcare watchdog publishes latest heart surgery survival rates

  Updated survival rates for surgery at 37 heart units across the UK will be published today by the Healthcare Commission.

  26 June 2008

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