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Tag Archives: Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report
Latest NHS Whistleblowing Policy (NHS Improvement)
Summary NHS Improvement has released a summary of NHS whistleblowing policy, in the form of a practical handbook. The aim is to promote an open and supportive culture which encourages staff to raise concerns about patient care quality or safety … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Advancing Change Team, Avoidable Harm, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, CHKS Ltd, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Culture Change, Culture Change in Health and Care, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture Free From Bullying, Culture of Raising Concerns, Culture of Reflective Practice, Culture of Safety, Culture of Valuing Staff, Data Quality in England (CHKS), Defensive Culture, Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU), 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 Self-Review Tool, Freedom to Speak Up: Guidance for NHS Trust and NHS Foundation Trust Boards, Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), FTSU Guardian, FTSU Guardian Reports, Hospital Mortality Rates, 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, Intensive Support Teams, Investigations, Leadership for Culture Change, Legal Protection, Lives Ruined by Poor Handling of Staff Raising Concerns, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Monitor, National Guardian’s Office, National Reporting and Learning System, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), NHS Whistleblowing Policy, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Oversight and Monitoring, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Raising and Reporting Concerns, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing) NHS Policy, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Reflective Practice, Regulation, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Reporting Culture, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Verita, Verita: Improvement Through Investigation, Vision for Raising Concerns in NHS, Well-Led Framework for Governance Reviews, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing in the NHS, Whistleblowing Protection for Doctors in Training
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Commissioning Guidance on Improving Nutrition and Hydration (NHS England)
Summary It is estimated that one-third of patients admitted to hospitals or living in care homes are malnourished (or at risk of malnourishment). Malnutrition affects more than three million people in the UK, and has remained an ongoing concern in … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Achieving Dementia Friendly Acute care, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, BAPEN: British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN), Cambridge CCG, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), City Healthcare Partnership CIC Nursing and Care Home Provision, Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015 – 2018, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT), Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dehydration, Dehydration in Frail Older People, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dianne Jeffrey: Chair of Age UK, Dianne Jeffrey: Chair of Malnutrition Task Force, Dianne Jeffrey: Chairman of Age UK, Dietetics, Dignity, Dignity and Wellbeing, Dignity in Care, Fluid Intake, Francis Inquiry Report, Hard Truths, Holistic Care, Hospital Food Standards SC19 in NHS Contract, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Improving Patient Experience, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Malnutrition and Dementia Patients, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), MUST Nutrition Screening, National Strategic Advisory Group, NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG, NHS Bedfordshire CCG, NHS Chiltern CCG, NHS East and South East England Specialist Pharmacy Services, NHS England Guidance on Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015 – 2018, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Greenwich CCG, NHS Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Luton CCG, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition Nurse Specialists, Nutrition Support in Adults (NICE CG32), Nutritional Care, Nutritional Care and the Patient Voice, Nutritional Care Standards, Older People Living in Care Homes, Patient and Public Participation, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patients Admitted to Hospitals From Care Homes, Person-Centred Nutritional Care, Plasma Sodium Levels, Prevalence of Dehydration in Patients Admitted to Hospitals From Care Homes, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Salford Together, Screening for Malnutrition, Six C’s (Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England), Southampton Hospital Foundation Trust, Staffordshire County Council, Undernourishment, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
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NHS Leadership Review (BBC News / Department of Health)
Summary Lord Rose, formerly of Marks & Spencer, was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health to review leadership in the NHS. This controversial and independent report covers how to attract and develop capable leaders, whether from inside or … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Alan Foster: Chief Executive of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust - Durham Darlington and Tees Hambleton Richmondshire and Whitby STP Footprint Lead, Allan Kitt: Chief Officer of South West Lincolnshire CCG - Lincolnshire STP Footprint Lead, Amanda Pritchard: Chief Executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust - South East London STP Footprint Lead, Andy Hardy: Chief Executive of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - Coventry and Warwickshire STP Footprint Lead, Andy Williams: Accountable Officer of Sandwell West Birmingham CCG - Black Country STP Footprint Lead, Angela Pedder OBE: Chief Executive of Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust - Devon STP Footprint Lead, Balanced Scorecards, Balkanization of Trusts, BBC Health News, Better Regulation, Beverley Flowers: Accountable Officer of East and North Hertfordshire CCG - Hertfordshire and West Essex STP Footprint Lead, Burden Impact Assessment Template and Protocol (HSCIC), Bureaucracy, Bureaucracy and Burnout, Bureaucratic and Regulatory Burdens, Change Fatigue, Change Fatigue (Reforms), Coast Humber and Vale STP Footprint Lead, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Constant Fire-Fighting, Core Management Competencies, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly STP Footprint Lead, Culture and Leadership, Culture of Visible Leadership, Dalton Review (2014), Dalton Review: New Options for Providers of NHS Care, David Pearson: Director of Adult Social Care of Nottinghamshire County Council - Nottinghamshire STP Footprint Lead, David Sloman: Chief Executive of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - North Central London STP Footprint Lead, David Smith: Chief Executive of Oxfordshire CCG - Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West STP Footprint Lead, Department of Health Culture, Deregulation, Dr Amanda Doyle OBE: Chief Clinical Officer of Blackpool CCG - Lancashire and South Cumbria STP Footprint Lead, Dr Anita Donley: Independent Chair for Mid and South Essex Success Regime - Mid and South Essex STP Footprint Lead, Dr Matthew Dolman: Chair of Somerset CCG - Somerset STP Footprint Lead, Dr Mohini Parmar: Chair of Ealing CCG - North West London STP Footprint Lead, Dr Neil Modha: Chief Clinical Officer of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough STP Footprint Lead, End to Silo Working, Feeding the Regulatory Beast, Future Leaders, Gary Thompson: Chief Officer of Southern Derbyshire CCG - Derbyshire STP Footprint Lead, Glenn Douglas: Chief Executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust - Kent & Medway STP Footprint Lead, Healthcare Targets, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Inspections and Bureaucracy, James Scott: Chief Executive of Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - Bath Swindon and Wiltshire STP Footprint Lead, Jane Milligan: Chief Officer of Tower Hamlets CCG - North East London STP Footprint Lead, John MacDonald: Chair of University Hospitals North Midlands NHS Trust - Staffordshire STP Footprint Lead, John Wardell: Accountable Officer of Nene CCG - Northamptonshire STP Footprint Lead, Julia Ross: Chief Executive of North West Surrey CCG - Surrey Heartlands STP Footprint Lead, Kathryn Magson: Chief Officer of Richmond CCG - South West London STP Footprint Lead, Lack of Stability Across the NHS (Alleged), Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Leadership Development, Leadership: Key to Change, Leading Constant Change, Learning Culture, Less Regulation, Local Strategic Oversight, Lord Rose Report into NHS Leadership, Lord Rose Report on Leadership in the NHS, Lord Rose Report: Better Leadership for Tomorrow, Louise Shepherd: Chief Executive of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust - Cheshire and Merseyside STP Footprint Lead, Management Environment, Management Support, Management Too Tactical (Lacks Strategic Thinking), Many and Varied Messages From Central Government (Alleged), Mark Adams: Chief Officer of Newcastle Gateshead CCG - Northumberland Tyne and Wear STP Footprint Lead, Mark Rogers: Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council - Birmingham and Solihull STP Footprint Lead, Marks and Spencer, Mary Hutton: Accountable Officer of Gloucestershire CCG - Gloucestershire STP Footprint Lead, Mentoring, Mentoring of Managers and Future Leaders, Merger of Oversight Bodies, Michael Wilson: Chief Executive of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - Sussex and East Surrey STP Footprint Lead, NHS Culture, NHS Culture Change, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Leadership, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Leadership Academy (NHS LA), NHS Leadership Academy Moved From NHS England to Health Education England, NHS Leadership Review, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Trust Financial Deficits, NHS Vision and Ethos, Nick Hulme: Chief Executive of Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust - Suffolk and North East Essex STP Footprint Lead, Norfolk and Waveney STP Footprint Lead, Open and Supportive Culture, Oversight, Oversight and Monitoring, Oversight Bodies Fragmented, Patient Safety, Pauline Philip: Chief Executive of Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Milton Keynes of Bedfordshire and Luton STP Footprint Lead, Performance Management, Proactive Professional Regulation, Professional Regulation, Professional Standards Authority, Professional Standards Authority: Re-Thinking Regulation, Quality Control, Quality of Care, Re-Thinking Regulation: Deregulation Less Regulation and Better Regulation, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Reforming the NHS From Within: Beyond Hierarchy, Regulation of Professionals, Relationship Between Professional and System Regulation, Removing Regulatory Barriers, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Rethinking Regulation, Richard Samuel: Chief Officer of Fareham and Gosport CCG of South Eastern Hampshire CCG - Hampshire and the Isle of Wight STP Footprint Lead, Right-Touch Principles, Right-Touch Regulation, Rob Webster: Chief Executive designate of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - 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Dorset STP Footprint Lead, Toby Sanders: Accountable Officer of West Leicestershire CCG - Leicester of Leicestershire and Rutland STP Footprint Lead, Training and Capacity-Building, Training and Competency, Training and Education, Training and Support, Understanding What Works, Values-Based Culture, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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The Foundations for a Patient-Centred NHS Learning Culture? (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary This “Learning Not Blaming” report presents the government’s response to (i) the Francis Freedom to Speak Up review, (ii) the Morecambe Bay Investigation, and (iii) the Public Administration Select Committee’s report on clinical incidents. The common theme for addressing … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Authority Gradients vs Freedom to Speak Up, Aviation Industry, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Leicester News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Doctors on Trial, Capacity and Capability of Regulators, Care Quality Commission, Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection Regime, Care Seven Days a Week, Charlie Massey: Chief Executive of GMC, Clinical Incident Investigations, Clinical Incidents in the NHS, Clinical Risk Recognition and Planning, Comfort Seeking Organisations, Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Complaints and Raising Concerns, Complaints Handling, Complexity in the Complaints System, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Continuous Learning Culture, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), Cover-Ups (Attributed), Culture, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture of Candour, Culture of Safety, Cumbria, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Delayed Problem Recognition, Doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba, Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, Dr Mike Durkin: NHS England’s Director of Patient Safety, Dr Mike Durkin: Patient Safety Investigation Service, Duty of Candour, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Report, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 1: Culture of Safety, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 2: Culture of Raising Concerns, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 7: Raising and Reporting Concerns, Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Furness General Hospital, Furness General Hospital Dementia Unit, Furness General Hospital in Cumbria, Furness General Hospital: Ramsay Unit, Health Systems in Transition (HiT), Healthwatch, Honesty and Transparency, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Improving Services For Patients: Not Defending the System, Incident Reporting, Independent National Officer, Independent National Officer (INO), Independent Patient Safety Investigation Service, Independent Patient Safety Investigation Service (IPSIS), Intelligent Transparency, IPSIS: Independent Patient Safety Investigation Service, Just Culture, Learning Culture, Learning for Improvement, Learning from Complaints, Learning From Errors and Failures in Care, Learning Not Blaming, Listening to Patients Families and Staff, Local Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies – Reducing Risk Through Audits and Confidential Enquiries Across the UK), Monitor, Morecambe Bay Inquiry, Morecambe Bay Investigation Report, Mortality at the Weekend, National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), Negative Culture, Never Events, NHS Accountability, NHS Corporate Self-Interest, NHS Culture, NHS England Never Events Taskforce, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Managerial Self-Interest, NHS Micro-Climates, NHS Patient Safety Culture, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), No Harm Culture, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open and Supportive Culture, Openness, Over-Complexity, Over-Reliance on External Approval, Over-Reliance on External Judgments, Over-Reliance on Judgments of Others, Panorama (BBC TV), Panorama: Doctors on Trial, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Police: Complaints, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Problem Sensing, Problem Sensing Organisations (Versus Comfort Seeking Organisations), Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Public Administration Select Committee Report into Clinical Incident Investigations, Recommendations for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing Complexity, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Regulating Healthcare Systems, Regulating Healthcare Systems: Monitor, Regulation, Regulators, Regulators Sharing Information, Regulatory and Professional Bodies, Regulatory Gaps in Healthcare, Regulatory System, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report Into Maternity Care at Cumbria’s Furness General Hospital, Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, Reporting Culture, Reporting Mistakes, Rhona Flin: Aberdeen University, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scrutiny of Perinatal and Maternal Deaths, Second Mid Staffs: Furness General Hospital Parallels, Serious and Untoward Incidents (SUIs), Service Redesign, Seven Day Care in England, Seven Day Services, Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEEA), Speaking Up: Resolving NHS Complaints and Preventing Problems Recurring, Surgical Never Events, Target Culture, Target-Chasing (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Transparent Learning Culture, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Unnecessary In-Hospital Deaths, User Complaints, Valuing Complaints, Weekend Effect, Weekend Mortality Rates, Weekend Services, Weekend Working, Whistleblowing, Workplace Culture
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Seven Day Working and Much More: Aiming for a More Patient-Centred, Transparent and Safe NHS (Department of Health)
Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has re-asserted his intention to pursue the New Deal for GPs, and seven day NHS services generally; if necessary by removing the weekend working opt-out in new hospital consultants’ contracts. NHS Improvement Plans for the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, 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, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Northern Ireland, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Alzira (Spain), Apollo (India), BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Northern Ireland Health News, BBC Wales, Booking Appointments, British Medical Association, Care Seven Days a Week, Clinical Incident Investigations, Competition Based on Patient Choice, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Continuous Learning Culture, Crowd Effect (Crowd Psychology), Crowd Herding, Culture and Leadership, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture of Safety, DDRB Recommendation for Removal of Consultant Weekend Opt-Out, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Informatics: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London, DevoManc, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovations in Health, Dr Dan Poulter (Former Conservative Health Minister), Dr Johann Malawana: Former Chair of BMA Junior Doctors Committee, Dr Mike Durkin: NHS England’s Director of Patient Safety, Dr Mike Durkin: Patient Safety Investigation Service, Electronic Booking, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Extra Payments for Unsociable Working, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research: University College London, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Gary Caplin: Chief Executive of Virginia Mason Hospital (Seattle), Greater Manchester, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, Honesty and Transparency, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Independent National Officer, Independent National Officer (INO), Independent Patient Safety Investigation Service, Intelligent Transparency, International Buddying Programme, Junior Doctors Balloted on Seven Day Working Terms and Conditions, Junior Doctors: Contract Dispute of 2015, Kaiser Permanente, Keogh Review, Learning Culture, Learning Not Blaming, Lord Rose Report into NHS Leadership, Lord Rose Report on Leadership in the NHS, Lord Rose Report: Better Leadership for Tomorrow, Martha Lane Fox, Mayo Clinic, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Monitor, Morecambe Bay Investigation Report, Mortality at the Weekend, Never Events, New Deal, New Deal for General Practice, New Deal for Primary Care, News Manipulation and Intransigence, NHS Culture, NHS England, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Leadership Academy Moved From NHS England to Health Education England, NHS National Information Board, NHS Patient Safety Culture, NHS Pay Review Body, NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), NHS Services Seven Days a Week, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), Nigel Edwards: Nuffield Trust, No Harm Culture, Open and Supportive Culture, Opt-Outs (Consultant Contracts), Oral Statement to Parliament: Improving Safety Culture in the NHS (July 2015), Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Choice, Patient Power 2.0, Patient Safety, Patient Safety in the NHS, Policy Issues Posed by Devolution, Procurement Patient Choice and Competition Regulations, Professional Standards, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Public Administration Select Committee Report into Clinical Incident Investigations, Public Administration Selection Committee, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, QUORUM Metric for Comparing Hospital Death Rates, RCGP, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration, Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), Royal College General Practice (RCGP), Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scottish Government, Service Redesign, Seven Day Care in England, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Resources, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Staff Shortages, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Unwillingness or Incapacity for Doing More With Less, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problem of Workforce Overload, Seven Day NHS Pledge: Problems Identified in Leaked Confidential Department of Health Review, Seven Day Services, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-Day Opening, Seven-Day Working, Simon Hamilton: Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Survivorship Models, Sustainability, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, System Re-Design, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Transparency and Devolution, Transparent Learning Culture, University College London, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Unsociable Hours Payments, Virginia Mason Hospital: Seattle, Weekend Effect, Weekend Mortality Rates, Weekend Services, Weekend Working, Welsh Government
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Professional Duty of Candour: Openness and Honesty When Things Go Wrong (NMC / GMC / Nursing Times / BBC News)
Summary The General Medical Council (GMC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have jointly published guidance explaining the standards expected of doctors, nurses and midwives in the UK when things go wrong during healthcare. Professionals, in turn, require the … Continue reading →
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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 →
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