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Emily Townsend

@emilyltownsend.bsky.social
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Award-winning journalist ✍ @HSJnews senior correspondent: patient safety & Essex, Herts, Beds • BJA specialist journo of the year 2024 • emilytownsend.co.uk

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Emily Townsend @emilyltownsend.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Excl: Several senior internal figures have raised fundamental safety concerns to @hsj.co.uk over CQC move to inspect some GP practices without clinical input They claim it is "prioritising numbers over patient safety" in rush to meet 9k inspections by Sept www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Exclusive: CQC’s ‘ridiculous’ inspections without clinical input
The Care Quality Commission has been accused of undertaking "ridiculous" inspections without clinical input which have put patients at risk, HSJ can reveal.
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Emily Townsend @emilyltownsend.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Excl: NHSE “urgently” reviewing home birth services Comes as @hsj.co.uk investigation reveals widespread fragility and safety risks — including concerns highlighted by multiple coroners Warning follows deaths of Jennifer & Agnes Cahill w/@alijanemoore.bsky.social www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Revealed: Urgent review ordered after deaths in fragile maternity services
NHS England has ordered trusts to "urgently" review their home birth services, it has emerged - as an HSJ investigation reveals widespread fragility and safety risks.
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