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Former nurse loses legal challenge over registration of private gender clinic

Susan Evans and a mother known as XX challenged the regulator’s decision to continue the registration of the site in Birmingham.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Lofty ambition, very little detail’: Readers react to Labour’s 10-year plan for the NHS

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Readers broadly welcomed the ambition of Labour’s 10-year NHS plan but questioned whether, without proper funding, staffing and delivery detail, it could ever live up to its promises

The Independent UK

Watchdog acted ‘irrationally’ in registering private gender clinic, court told

Two women are challenging the Care Quality Commission’s decision to register the Gender Plus Hormone Clinic in Birmingham.

Evening Standard

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Two Leeds hospitals’ maternity services rated inadequate over safety risks

Care Quality Commission demands urgent improvements at Leeds general infirmary and St James’s

The Guardian - UK

Maternity services in Leeds NHS hospitals downgraded by healthcare regulator

Services at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital have dropped from an overall rating of good to inadequate.

Evening Standard

My father died in a care home and all I got was denials and excuses

Letters: Readers on how care homes and regulatory bodies have failed their families, in response to an article on The Firs in Nottinghamshire, which was closed by the Care Quality Commission

The Guardian - UK

These disabled children died after they were left alone in their beds in the same care home. Now police are investigating

INVESTIGATION: Connor, Mia and Raihana died in the care of one of Britain’s biggest care homes for disabled children. A fresh probe has now been launched, writes health correspondent Rebecca Thomas

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‘How did it get to this?’ What happens when care in a residential home breaks down

The Firs in Nottinghamshire closed suddenly in April, exposing shocking failures that underscore the strains on care provision across the country

The Guardian - UK

Grandma, 93, broke neck and died in London care home due to 'failings' in her care, daughter claims

Paula Geeves-Booth, 93, was found dead on the floor at Viera Gray House in Barnes after falling from her bed

Evening Standard

‘NHS mental health services failed my inspiring daughter – I don’t want other patients to suffer the same fate’

Court documents show Iona Imogen Lee’s suicide is one of at least five deaths that failures at Derbyshire’s mental health units caused or contributed to in past decade

The Independent UK

Urgent adult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a year

Care Quality Commission report finds people becoming more unwell waiting for help, with services overstretched

The Guardian - UK

Bed-bound hospital patients ‘told to soil themselves’ amid staff shortage, report says

One patient was seen urinating into a bottle

The Independent UK

Patients ‘told to soil themselves’ in busy A&E – report

A CQC report has been published about the care of A&E patients at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent.

Evening Standard

‘It’s not ethical and it’s not medical’: how UK rehab clinics are cashing in on NAD+

They are beloved by A-listers and surging in popularity. But claims that NAD+ infusions are a fix for addiction are unproven, risky – and possibly illegal, an Observer investigation reveals

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The Independent UK

Care home and hospital inspections years out of date, says CQC chief executive

Vowing to turn things around, Sir Julian Hartley also said an IT system introduced last year is not fit for purpose.

Evening Standard

Charity ‘very concerned’ after baby deaths ‘may have been prevented’

Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS Trust said the number of neonatal deaths recorded as ‘potentially avoidable’ is very small.

Evening Standard

Concerns flagged to CQC go months with no response because of backlogs, MPs told

The organisation’s new chief executive said staff have told him they believe a new IT system that was rolled out last spring is not fit for purpose.

The Guardian - UK

Beware the NHS’s new zero-tolerance drive

Letter: Wes Streeting’s 10-year plan has been overtaken by a different package of reforms, writes Prof Gwyn Bevan

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The Guardian - UK

England’s health ombudsman criticises CQC for failing to fully investigate boy’s death

Exclusive: Care Quality Commission did not act on evidence casting doubt on care provider’s version of events, ruling says

The Guardian - UK

‘Free and impartial’ addiction helplines paid secret commission by rehabs

Advertising regulator reprimands services that claim to offer unbiased advice but then direct people to partner facilities

The Independent UK

Damning report hits out at UK weight-loss clinic that secretly filmed clients

Staff said medicine had been imported from Turkey, and labels on the medicine were not in English

The Independent UK

Cosmetic clinic that secretly filmed patients is ‘not safe’, watchdog finds

A damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that Doncaster-based Elements Medical was inadequate in every area it inspected.

The Independent UK

First registered private gender clinic for young people in England ‘outstanding’

Gender Plus was set up and is run by staff who previously worked at the now-shut NHS Gender Identity Development Service (Gids).

The Guardian - UK

Rise in number of pregnant women in England not getting help they need, survey finds

CQC study finds falls across a range of metrics dealing with antenatal care, labour, childbirth and postnatal care

The Independent UK

Fewer women ‘have confidence in NHS maternity staff’ – national survey

The results showed a five-year downward trend in the number of people saying they were always able to get help from staff during labour and birth.

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