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Tag Archives: Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board
The NHS Mandate: a Mandate from the Government to NHS England, April 2013 to March 2015 (Department of Health)
Summary This updated mandate describes the renewed ambitions for the health service, for the period 2013 – 2015. As with previous editions, it is structured around the five key areas where NHS England (previously called the NHS Commissioning Board) is … 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Assessment and Diagnosis, Avoidable Harm, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Community Mental Health Services, Department of Health Policy Strategy & Finance, Diagnosis and Assessment, Digital Technology, Dignity, Dignity in Dementia, Emerging Technology, Experiences, FFT: Friends and Family Test, Finance, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Freeing the NHS to Innovate, Friends and Family Test (NHS), GP Practice, GPs, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Technology, Innovation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Modified Rankin Scale, Mortality, Mortality Rates, New Technology, NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Constitution, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Patient Experience Framework, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHSCB, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Public Health Reform, Public Service Reform, QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), Reform, Safeguarding, User Experience
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Two Sides of the Dementia Case-Finding Debate (BMJ)
Summary The UK government is introducing incentives for general practitioners to check for dementia in patients aged 75 and older, with the intention that timely diagnosis facilitates earlier support for patients with dementia. Critics of this policy allege that this … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, General Practice, GPs, Head to Head Debates, Incident Dementia, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, MCI, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mental Health Care, National Dementia CQUIN, National Screening Committee, NHS Mandate, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Timely Diagnosis, UK National Screening Committee
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Jeremy Hunt Warns NHS Health Trusts Over Gagging Orders (BBC Health News)
Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has found it necessary to write to all English NHS Trusts to remind them that the use gagging clauses and pay-offs to stop staff raising concerns over care quality would be contrary to the duty of candour and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Bureaucracy, Candour, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Contractual Duty of Candour, Culture, East Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA), Feeding the Beast, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, Gagging Orders, Gary Walker: Former Chief Executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT), General Hospitals, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Leadership, Lincolnshire Trust, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Mortality, National Patient Safety Agency, Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), Nursing Standards, Openness, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professional Disengagement, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Scrutiny, Sir Robert Francis QC, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), Transparency, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT), Warning Signs, West Midlands, Whistleblowing
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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
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, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, 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, Culture Change, 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), Local Ward Cultures, 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, Negative Licensing, NHS Constitution, NHS Culture, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), Nursing Standards, Openness, Oversight, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Positive Culture, Professional Disengagement, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, Regulation, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Scrutiny, Shaping Culture, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Sir Robert Francis QC, Somebody Else's Problem (SEP), South Staffordshire PCT (SSPCT), Stafford, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), Time-Task Culture, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Warning Signs, West Midlands, West Midlands SHA (WMSHA), Whistleblowing, Wrong Priorities
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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
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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, Scrutiny, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Sir Robert Francis QC, 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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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 →