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Tag Archives: Health Select Committee (HSC)
An Emerging Consensus on the State of NHS and Social Care Funding? (BBC News / Health Foundation / King’s Fund)
The Health Select Committee, chaired by Dr Sarah Wollaston, have addressed the much-debated question about whether the NHS has enough funding for sustainability. The main concern is about cuts to local authority budgets for social care (and public health). The … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Alan Johnson MP, Alastair Campbell, Andrew Mitchell MP, Anita Charlesworth: Director of Research and Economics at the Health Foundation, Anita Charlesworth: Health Foundation, BBC Health News, Commons Health Select Committee, Elderly Failed By Shameful Care System (Allegation From Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society), Equality 4 Mental Health, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Litigation Risks For Councils: Failure to Meet Statutory Duties Under Care Act, Mental Health Funding, Mental Health Services, NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Mental Health Services, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, Open Letter From Sarah Wollaston of Commons Health Select Committee to Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (October 2016), Rationing, Rationing Care, Rationing: Limiting the NHS, Richard Murray: Director of Policy at the King’s Fund, Rt Hon John Reid MP, Rt Hon. Alan Milburn, Rt Hon. Frank Dobson MP, Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell: Former Secretary of State for Health (1995-1997), Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016), Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Conflicts of Interest at NICE? (BBC News)
Summary Doctors and researchers have written to MPs on the Health Select Committee, expressing concern about potential conflicts of interest at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regarding medicines recommendations. This debate appears to have arisen, in particular, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NICE Guidelines, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Commons Health Select Committee, Concerns Over Statins Use, Conflict of Interests, Conflicts of Interests, Health Select Committee, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Statins
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More on Barriers to Effective Whistleblowing (BBC News / Patients First / Health Select Committee)
Summary Whistleblowers who “speak out” about their concerns concerning care standards in the health service may still face obstacles, problems and intimidation, despite recent progress in the creation of a more open and transparent NHS culture. Patients First has submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ann Clwyd MP, BBC Health News, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Cathy James: Chief Executive of Public Concern, Closed Ranks Culture (Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry), Clwyd and Hart Review Into Hospital Complaints, Complaint Advocacy Services, Complaint Handling, Complaint Handling by Providers, Complaint Handling in Social Care, Complaints and Raising Concerns, Complaints Handling in Primary Care, Complaints Matter, Complaints Programme Board (CPB), Complaints Wales, Culture, Culture Change, Defensive Leadership, Duty of Candour, Failure to Act, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Gagging Orders, General Medical Council (GMC), Handling of Complaints by Commissioners, Harassment of Whistleblowers, Hard Truths, Health Select Committee (HSC), Health Service Ombudsman, Healthwatch and Public Involvement Association (HAPIA), Healthwatch England: Power to Act as Supercomplainant on Behalf of Consumers, Honesty, House of Commons Health Committee, House of Commons Health Committee Report on Complaints and Raising Concerns, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Local Ward Cultures, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Mistreatment of Whistleblowers, Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, No Wrong Door Policy, Nurse Helene Donnelly, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Raising Concerns, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Organisational Culture and Climate, PALS and NHS Complaints Advocacy Arrangements, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), Patients First (Support Organisation), Patients First and Foremost, Positive Culture, Principles of Good Complaint Handling, Professional Regulators and Complaints, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Programme to Identify Whistleblowers Who Have Suffered Detriment, Proposal for Single Complaints Gateway for Health and Social Care, Proposal for Single Health and Social Care Ombudsman for England, Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Public Concern at Work, Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Putting Patients First, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns Policy, Raising Standards, Relatives and Residents Association, Reluctance to Raise Concerns About Care, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Role of Commissioners in Complaints, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Staff Awareness, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Statutory Duty of Candour, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Supercomplainant on Behalf of Consumers, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Treatment of Staff Raising Concerns, Trust Blame and the Culture of Defensiveness, Victimisation of Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidance, Whistleblowing Helpline, Whistleblowing in the NHS, Whistleblowing in the Public Sector
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Independent Mental Capacity Service: Sixth Annual Report (Department of Health)
Summary The sixth annual report on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) service provides statistical information on referrals to this statutory advocacy service. The profile of impairment has not changed; the most common impairments for people receiving the IMCA service are: … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accommodation Decisions, Action for Advocacy (A4A), Action for Advocacy’s Quality Performance Mark for Advocacy / IMCA Services, Adult Social Care, Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Advocacy Networks, Care Reviews, Commissioning Arrangements, Commissioning IMCA Services, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Empowerment Matters CIC, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Lords MCA Committee, IMCA Instructions by Local Authority, IMCA Reports, IMCAs and Safeguarding, IMCAs as Litigation Friends, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate, Independent Mental Capacity Service, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Commissioners and Providers, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Advocacy, Partnership Working, Post-legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Health Act (2007), Report Writing Evaluation Tool, Safeguarding, Serious Medical Treatment, Serious Medical Treatment (SMT), Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Care
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