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Tag Archives: Scrutiny
Tougher Financial Checks of Care Home Companies by CQC (BBC News)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to check the finances of the 50 and 60 largest care companies in England. Large providers of care homes and home care in England are to have their financial records scrutinised regularly in order to identify and avoid … Continue reading
Posted in National, Department of Health, Universal Interest, Standards, Community Care, UK, For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Quick Insights, BBC News, CQC: Care Quality Commission
Tagged Adult Social Care, Social Care, Local Authorities (LAs), Residential Care Homes: Cost Structure, Financial Management, Financial Issues, Scrutiny, BBC Health News, Residential Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Home Inspections, Southern Cross, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Service Continuity, Care Home Assessments, Continuity of Care, Care Home Regulation, Market Oversight (Care Homes), Care Home Business Insolvencies, Stephen Grant: Wilkins Kennedy
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Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report (Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry)
Summary High mortality rates and poor standards of care provided at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust resulted in concern about services and management in the Trust. This three-volume Francis Inquiry report investigates the causes and lessons learned. “…[the widespread] disconnect between … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Alliance, NHS Confederation, Nuffield Trust, Nutrition, Pain, Patients Association, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Action Against Medical Accidents, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, After Francis: Doing Justice (National Voices), BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Bureaucracy, Candour, Care Bill 2013-14, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission Strategy for 2013 to 2016, Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI), Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Chief Inspector of Primary Care (Exploratory), Chief Inspector of Social Care, Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Culture, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Zero-Harm, Feeding the Beast, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, General Hospitals, General Medical Council, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Protection Agency (HPA), Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health Service Ombudsman, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Institute of Healthcare Management, Leadership, LINks, Local Government Association, Local Involvement Networks (LINks), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Monitor, Monitor Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Mortality, Mortality Rates, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, National Patient Safety Agency, National Voices, Negative Culture, NHS Complaints System: Department of Health Review, NHS Constitution, NHS England, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Networks, Nursing & Midwifery Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Standards, Openness, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professional Disengagement, Putting Patients First: NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, RCGP, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Review of NHS Complaints System, Robert Francis QC, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSENG), Scrutiny, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Somebody Else's Problem (SEP), South Staffordshire PCT (SSPCT), Staff Motivation, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), UK Parliament, Warning Signs, West Midlands, West Midlands SHA (WMSHA), Whistleblowing, Workforce Learning Points From Francis 2013, Workforce Planning Implications From Francis 2013
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Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary (NHS Choices / Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry)
Summary The NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service provides a brief synopsis of press responses to Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, in addition to supplying their own considered summary concerning the systematic failures of care at multiple levels identified … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Choices, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Behind the Headlines, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Culture, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Fundamental Standards, General Hospitals, General Medical Council, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Protection Agency (HPA), Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Leadership, LINks, Local Involvement Networks (LINks), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, National Patient Safety Agency, Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Standards, Openness, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Professional Disengagement, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Robert Francis QC, Scrutiny, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Somebody Else's Problem (SEP), South Staffordshire PCT (SSPCT), Stafford, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), Warning Signs, West Midlands, West Midlands SHA (WMSHA), Whistleblowing, Wrong Priorities
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Prospects of Health and Wellbeing Boards (Smith Institute)
Summary Health and wellbeing boards have the potential to improve integrated care and provide more democratic approaches to developing shared plans for local populations. Effective relationships and adequate resources are required for them to be effective. Chapters include: Development of … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS Alliance, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Adult Social Care, Centre for Public Scrutiny, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), CfPS: Centre for Public Scrutiny, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Clinical Commissioning Policies, Community Mental Health Services, Cost Analysis, Cost Savings, Cost-Effectiveness, Council Scrutiny, Early Intervention, Early Interventions, Engagement, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Care Reform, Health Reform, Healthwatch, Integrated Commissioning, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Local Government, Local Government Association, Mental Health Providers Forum, Mental Health Services, Mutuals, NESTA: National Endowment for Science, NHS Clinical Commissioning Coalition, Peer Support, Peer Support Services, People Powered Health (NESTA), People Powered Health Programme, Public Health, Public Health Reform, Public Health Services, Reform, Scrutiny, Service Integration, Smith Institute, Social Care, Transparency and Accountability, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary Organisations
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Development Tool for Health and Wellbeing Boards (LGA / NHS Leadership Academy)
Summary This development tool for health and wellbeing boards has been produced by the Local Government Association and NHS Leadership Academy. It offers health and wellbeing boards a tool for assessing how effective they are in practice and how their … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Development Tool for Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Scrutiny, HWBs, Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Local Government Association: LGA, NHS Leadership Academy, Scrutiny
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