Emily Townsend

At least 40 children suffered harm - with over 20 cases classed as "moderate or severe" - due to delays while receiving care from a hospital's audiology department, HSJ can reveal.

Dozens of staff members working in a major hospital trust's maternity unit are seeking compensation over claims they were exposed to "hazardous" levels of gas and air.

Close to 80 per cent of stroke units are falling well short against a swathe of new standards introduced to the high-profile national audit, according to HSJ analysis.

The Care Quality Commission has warned that government plans for it to absorb the national patient safety investigations body could leave it arguing against itself in the High Court.

Leaders of the troubled nursing regulator have admitted to a "completely and utterly unacceptable" failure to properly conduct criminal checks on applicants to its register over a 12-year period.

The chair of a mental health trust has died following a short illness, with its CEO paying tribute to the "inspirational leader".

A hospital provider has admitted that confidential patient information relating to almost 33,000 of its patients was stolen and shared on the dark web, two years after the cyberattack took place.

The Care Quality Commission has appointed an interim chair, bemoaning a "regrettable" delay in recruiting a permanent successor.

The Care Quality Commission has been accused of undertaking "ridiculous" inspections without clinical input which have put patients at risk, HSJ can reveal.

A trust has claimed it was left unprepared for an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection because of the demands of an inquiry into historic care failures.