HSJ Partnership Awards finalist announcement
Partners, including Livewell Southwest CIC, ReSound Health, NHS Property Services, Community Health Partnerships, NHS England, NHS Devon ICB, and Baxendale, announce Finalist Status for Healthcare Infrastructure Project of the Year at HSJ Partnership Awards We are pleased to announce that the Mount Gould Neurological Rehabilitation Relocation Project has been shortlisted as a finalist for the […]
The Dash Report – What it means for you as a provider and next steps
The Dash report into the Care Quality Commission (CQC), supported by Sir Mike Richards’ review of the Single Assessment Framework (SAF), will have significant implications for regulator, and for providers currently getting to grips with the new assessment framework. While providers can’t influence the CQC’s internal operational challenges, they can work proactively to ensure that […]
The Dash Report – What it means for you as a provider and next steps
The Dash report into the Care Quality Commission (CQC), supported by Sir Mike Richards’ review of the Single Assessment Framework (SAF), will have significant implications for regulator, and for providers currently getting to grips with the new assessment framework. While providers can’t influence the CQC’s internal operational challenges, they can work proactively to ensure that […]
The BAXCQC Backstory
Back in 2020… In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Baxendale’s network partners, Mark Mikhail and Alex Armstrong, founded a unique service, which was designed to help surgical clinicians navigate the complex CQC registrationprocess necessary to open private surgeries. Leveraging their combined expertise in CQC compliance and their clinical experience as plastic surgeons, they established MA […]
The BaxCQC backstory
Back in 2020… In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Baxendale’s network partners, Mark Mikhail and Alex Armstrong, founded a unique service, which was designed to help surgical clinicians navigate the complex CQC registration process necessary to open private surgeries. Leveraging their combined expertise in CQC compliance and their clinical experience as plastic surgeons, they established […]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a chance to highlight that different people interact with the world differently, which, by extension, includes the world of work. It is also an opportunity to challenge stereotypes. We are striving to be an inclusive workplace and firmly believe that our differences make us better. Dyslexia is one of several alternative thinking […]
An evidence-based approach to workforce wellbeing
It is no secret that the NHS is experiencing a workforce crisis. According to the BMJ, sickness rates in the NHS are higher than in the rest of the economy. In 2023, 42% of staff felt unwell in the previous 12 months as a direct result of workplace stress. Just under 55% had come to work in the previous 3 […]
Collaboration in the new CQC Assessment Era
With support from Annie Baxter The world of CQC and how healthcare is regulated has seen some big changes recently, especially since the full roll out of the Single Assessment Framework (SAF) earlier this year. Couple this with the complex challenges in our industry and an uncertain political climate – we understand it can be a […]
Some Reflections on our AGM 2024
Yesterday was the Baxendale Annual General Meeting (AGM). As an employee-owned business, every year, this event is, in many ways, the best barometer we have for our business strategy, performance and most importantly culture. It requires us, as a leadership team, to articulate clearly how well we’ve performed against our statutory duties as Directors and […]
Optimising The Use of Healthcare Estate
[Video to add] In a world where finances feel tighter than ever, efficient and effective utilisation of existing healthcare estate is not just a priority – it’s a necessity. However, often the issue isn’t lack of space but rather, the way that space is being used. Working every square metre of clinical and office space […]