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Tag Archives: Fit and Proper Person’s Test
Government Consultation on Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report (Department of Health)
Summary The Government has launched a public consultation to assess recommendations from the Francis Freedom to Speak Up review, to support NHS staff in speaking up about poor care and patient safety. This open consultation allows staff, patients and the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Adversarial and Defensive Culture, Avoidable Harm, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Better Handling of Cases, Bureaucracy, Confidentiality Clauses, Continuous Improvement, Coordinated Regulatory Action, CQC Recognition of Well-Led Organisations, Culture Change, Culture Change in Health and Care, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture Change in the NHS: Lessons of Two Francis Inquiries, Culture Free From Bullying, Culture of Raising Concerns, Culture of Reflective Practice, Culture of Safety, Culture of Valuing Staff, Culture of Visible Leadership, Department of Health Consultations Coordinator, Department of Health's Professional Standards Team, Department of Health's Strategy and External Relations Directorate, Duty of Candour (DoC), End-User Experience, Extending Legal Protection, External Review, Fit and Proper Person Test, Fit and Proper Person’s Test, Fit and Proper Persons Requirement for Directors, FPPT: Fit and Proper Person Test, Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 10: Training, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 11: Support, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 12: Support to Find Alternative Employment in the NHS, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 13: Transparency, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 14: Accountability, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 15: External Review, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 16: Coordinated Regulatory Action, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 17: Recognition of Organisations, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 18: Students and Trainees, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 19: Primary Care, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 1: Culture of Safety, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 20: Legal Protection, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 2: Culture of Raising Concerns, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 3: Culture Free From Bullying, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 4: Culture of Visible Leadership, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 5: Culture of Valuing Staff, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 6: Culture of Reflective Practice, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 7: Raising and Reporting Concerns, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 8: Investigations, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 9: Mediation and Dispute Resolution, Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Healthcare Governance Systems, History of Raising Concerns: a Positive Characteristic in Potential Employees, Honesty, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Independent National Officer, Independent National Officer (INO), Independent National Whistleblowing Officer, Independent Patient Safety Champion, Independent Staff Concerns Advocate, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Investigations, Leadership for Culture Change, Legal Protection, Lives Ruined by Poor Handling of Staff Raising Concerns, Local Risk Management Systems (LRMS), Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS), Measures to Support Good Practice, Mediation and Dispute Resolution, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Culture, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Oversight and Monitoring, Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PIDA: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Professional Regulators and Complaints, Professional Standards, Programme to Identify Whistleblowers Who Have Suffered Detriment, Protected Disclosure, Public Concern at Work, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), Quality Accounts, Quality Governance, Quality Improvement, Raising and Reporting Concerns, Raising Concerns, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Reflective Practice, Regulation, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Reporting Culture, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Secretary of State for Health, Service User Experience, Sir Robert Francis QC, Strengthening Legislation, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Students and Trainees, Support to Find Alternative Employment in the NHS, Suspensions and Special Leave, System Regulators: Financial and Quality Regulators of NHS Services, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Training, Training Bodies, Transparency, Vulnerable Groups, Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Well-Led Indicators (CQC), Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing in the NHS
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ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter December 2014 (Telecare LIN)
Summary The December 2014 newsletter from Innovate UK (previously the Technology Strategy Board), HealthTech Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network is available early this month. This remains an amazingly informative publication / current awareness service. … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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The Ongoing March Towards NHS Transparency (BBC News / CQC / MyNHS)
Summary Two further major developments have been announced this week in the drive to improve transparency and standards across the NHS. GP Surgeries (CQC) The Care Quality Commission now ranks GP surgeries in England for various criteria of excellence and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Cardiac Surgery, Bad Data (Potential Risks), Bariatric Surgery, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Chief Inspector of General Practice: Care Quality Commission, Colorectal Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data, Consultant Outcome Data: Adult Cardiac Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Bariatric Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Colorectal Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Interventional Cardiology, Consultant Outcome Data: Lung Cancer, Consultant Outcome Data: Orthopaedic surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Urological Surgery, Consultant Outcome Data: Vascular Surgery, CQC Inspections of GP Surgeries, Data Transparency, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery, Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations, Fit and Proper Person’s Test, Foundation Trust Network Conference (2014), GP Inspections, GP Surgeries, GP Surgeries in England: Opening Hours, Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Intelligent Monitoring, Intelligent Monitoring (Early Teething Problems), Intelligent Monitoring of GP Practices, Interventional Cardiology, Lung Cancer, My NHS (Transparency Site), MyNHS Comparison and Transparency Site, NHS Accountability, NHS Constitution, Openness and Transparency, Orthopaedic surgery, Performance Improvement, Perverse Disincentives, Poor Data (Potential Risks), Poorly Defined "Intelligent Monitoring" Criteria (Potential Risks), Poorly Defined GP Practice Assessment Criteria (Potential Risks), Professional Duty of Candour, Professor Steve Field: Former Chief Inspector of General Practice (CQC), Quality Improvement, Risk-Averse Behaviour, Risk-Averse Behaviour (Unintended Consequence of Transparency Data), Royal College of Surgeons Patient Liaison Group, Statutory Duty of Candour, Surgeon Performance Data, Surgeons and Transparency, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Transparency and Open Data, Transparency and Public Trust, Transparency Culture and the NHS Constitution, Transparency Data, Transparency in Outcomes, Unintended Consequences, Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Urological Surgery, Vascular Surgery
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Fit and Proper Persons Test Regulations / Statutory Duty of Candour / Fundamental Standards (Department of Health)
Summary Directors of NHS providers will have to meet a fit and proper person test from October 2014, subject to parliamentary approval. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) can insist on the removal of directors who fail this test. Statutory Duty … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Barring List, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Best Interests, Best Interests of Patients, Candour, Candour: Safety and Improvement, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) Regulation and Inspection of Care Providers, Communicating With Patients About Medical Errors, Compassionate Care, Complaints, Confidence, Consent, Consent to Treatment and CTOs, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Consultations on Fundamental Standards: Duty of Candour, Consultations on Fundamental Standards: Fit and Proper Persons Requirement for Directors, Corporate Accountability, Culture Change, Culture of Candour, Dalton Williams Review: Threshold for Duty of Candour, Dignity and Respect, Duty of Candour, Fit and Proper Person Test, Fit and Proper Person’s Test, Fit and Proper Persons Requirement for Directors, Francis Inquiry, Fundamental Standards, Good Governance, Government Policy, Grounds for Unfitness, Hard Truths, Harm, Harm Free Care, Harm Threshold, Harm Threshold for Adult Social Care, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Providers, Health Policy, Healthcare Providers, Healthy Living and Social Care: Red Tape Challenge, Improving Patient Safety, Improving the Safety of Patients in England, Incentivising Candour, Incident Disclosure, Incidents Errors and Near Misses, Informed Patient Consent, Inspection of Commissioners, Learning From Mistakes, Local Care Providers, Local Service Providers, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity and Best Interests, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Misconduct and Mismanagement, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), New Start (CQC), NHS Complaints Process, NHS Constitution, NHS Culture, NHS Providers, No Harm Culture, NRLS Harm Definitions, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Needs, Offences, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Patient Complaints, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Incidents, Patients First and Foremost, Penalties, Policy, Policy Development, Post-Paternalist Age, Premises and Equipment, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Providers, Public Confidence, Quality Regulation Branch: Department of Health, Quality Regulation Team: Department of Health, Red Tape Challenge, Registration with the Care Quality Commission (Requirements), Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Reporting Culture, Requirements for Registration with the Care Quality Commission, Safe Care and Treatment, Safe Staffing, Safeguarding Against Abuse, Service Providers, Staff Skills, Stafford Hospital, Standards of Care, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strengthening Corporate Accountability, Threshold for Duty of Candour, Transforming Care, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Wilful Neglect
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Government’s Response to Francis Inquiry Report (Department of Health)
Summary The Government has published a full response to Robert Francis QC’s report into poor standards of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. “These documents build on the government’s initial response: Patients First and Foremost, which was published in … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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