The resources sit alongside a new report, which presents the findings from our recent national maternity inspection programme. The report highlights common issues impacting on the quality and safety ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has dropped the rating for Elmcroft Care Home from requires improvement to inadequate and placed the home into special measures to protect people, following an ...

Action needed now to prevent harm in maternity services becoming ‘normalised’ A programme of inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found continued concerns about the quality of NHS ...

Our national review of maternity services in England, 2022 to 2024. The quality and safety of maternity services have remained under scrutiny in recent years. While a series of high-profile ...

What is the overall Board oversight of maternity triage? How does the trust monitor data in relation to maternity services to ensure risks are mitigated across pathways and transitions, especially in ...

An Improvement Notice was issued to the employer under Section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, following an inspection of the nuclear medicine department. This identified concerns ...

Are your leaders, at all levels, visible in the clinical areas? Are the job plans clear and accurate about describing duties, responsibilities, accountabilities and objectives for medical staff, with ...

How are risk assessments used to support the care of women and babies with equality characteristics? How are the preferences and choices, including religious and cultural preferences, of those who use ...

The following guide outlines what we expect staff to know about their service's culture and leadership and the key elements we want to see implemented. We have drafted questions that we would likely ...

What is the overall Board oversight of maternity safety incidents? How is the board assured of effective oversight of reporting and monitoring of themes and trends? What are the current themes and ...

The National maternity inspection programme aimed to give an up-to-date view of quality and safety across all maternity services. Between August 2022 and December 2023, every maternity location that ...