Private hospitals warned over surgeons
Some of the failings that allowed rogue surgeon Ian Paterson to harm patients have been found to be widespread across private hospitals, inspectors say.
The Care Quality Commission said it was concerned about the "old-fashioned" approach to consultants which led to a lack of monitoring and checks.
The regulator said it meant there was a "real danger" poor practices were not being picked up or challenged.
Private hospitals said they were responding quickly to the findings.
The CQC looked at 206 private hospitals in what was the first comprehensive review of the sector.
Read more about this from The BBC HERE
I am sure that most of us know that the Tory government do not like interfering with their buddies in the private health sector, but after the report from the Care Quality Commission, ( CQC ), it looks like they are going to have to do this if patent's lives are not to be put at more risk.
Not before time, I say.
Some of the failings that allowed rogue surgeon Ian Paterson to harm patients have been found to be widespread across private hospitals, inspectors say.
The Care Quality Commission said it was concerned about the "old-fashioned" approach to consultants which led to a lack of monitoring and checks.
The regulator said it meant there was a "real danger" poor practices were not being picked up or challenged.
Private hospitals said they were responding quickly to the findings.
The CQC looked at 206 private hospitals in what was the first comprehensive review of the sector.
Read more about this from The BBC HERE
I am sure that most of us know that the Tory government do not like interfering with their buddies in the private health sector, but after the report from the Care Quality Commission, ( CQC ), it looks like they are going to have to do this if patent's lives are not to be put at more risk.
Not before time, I say.