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Tag Archives: Health Protection Agency (HPA)
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (PHE / BBC News / NHS Choices / Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
Summary European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) 2014 is planned for November 18th 2014. Public Health England (PHE) is attempting to encourage restraint in the overprescribing and overuse of antibiotics. There is a potential public health crisis as existing antimicrobials become … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Government Response Health Select Committee’s Report on Public Health England (Department of Health)
Summary The government has responded to the House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC) report on Public Health England, published in February 2014. The response addresses concerns about PHE’s independence, policy work and relationship with the government. PHE has to be … Continue reading
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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
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Assuring High Quality Care in the NHS (NHS Confederation)
Summary This NHS Confederation discussion paper pursues the debate arising from the Francis report. The focus is now firmly on developing concrete proposals on how poor standards of patient care can be tackled in practice. Suggestions are offered on ways … Continue reading
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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 Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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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 →