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)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

Two Sides of the Dementia Case-Finding Debate (BMJ)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | Leave a comment

Mandate to Health Education England (Department of Health)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This Department of Health document is the government’s mandate to Health Education England (HEE). It covers strategic objectives for workforce planning, health education, and training and development. HEE works, with the networks of employers and Local Education and Training Boards, … Continue reading →

NHS Constitution for England Updated (Department of Health)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An updated NHS Constitution has been released to coincide with publication of the Department of Health’s official response to the Francis Inquiry report, “Patients first and foremost”. The NHS Constitution encapsulates the principles and values of the NHS in … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, 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, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Article 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Ban on Clauses Intended to Prevent Public Interest Disclosures, Commitment, Communication, Compassion, Competence, Complaint and Redress, Confidentiality, Consent, Constitution (NHS), Contractual Duty of Candour, Criminal Sanctions, Culture, Culture Change, Delivering Dignity, Detecting Problems Quickly, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Everyone Counts, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, Gagging Orders, Gaming the System, General Hospitals, Government Response to the Consultation on the NHS, Handbook to the NHS Constitution, Informed Choice, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Judicial Review, Local Government Ombudsman, Making Every Contact Count, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Measuring Culture, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Constitution Team, NHS Constitution: Updated 2012, NHS Values, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS), Patient and Staff Feedback, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Penalties for Disinformation, Perverse Incentives, Poor Governance, Positive Culture, Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, Respect, Staff Legal Duties, Staff Pledges, Standards To Avoid Perverse Incentives, Statutory Duty of Candour, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, UK National Screening Committee, Whistleblowing | Leave a comment

Patients First and Foremost: Government Response to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Public Inquiry Report (Department of Health)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government’s official response to the Francis Inquiry report, entitled “Patients first and foremost” was published today. It defines the Department of Health‘s commitment and action plan for the health and care system. The main recommendations / resolutions include: Ofsted-style ratings for hospitals … 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, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Accountability, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Ban on Clauses Intended to Prevent Public Interest Disclosures, Barbara’s Story: Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Barring System, Barring System for Healthcare Assistants, Berwick Review, Blame Culture, Burdett Trust, Bureaucracy, Candour, Care, Care Assistants, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Chief Inspector of Social Care, Clinically-Led Commissioning, Code of Conduct and Minimum Training for Health and Care Assistants, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Indicators, Commitment, Communication, Compassion, Competence, Contractual Duty of Candour, Courage, CQUINs, Creating Time to Care, Creating Time to Lead, Criminal Sanctions, Cultural Care Barometer, Culture, Culture Change, Delivering Dignity, Detecting Problems Quickly, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Everyone Counts, Expert Inspectors, Foundation Trust Status, Foundation Trust Status Distractions, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, Gagging Orders, Gaming the System, General Hospitals, General Medical Council, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Healthcare Assistants, Healthwatch, Healthwatch England, House of Commons Library, Human Rights and Nursing, Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Informatics Services Commissioning Group (ISCG), Leadership, Leadership in the NHS, Local HealthWatch, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Measuring Culture, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, NHS Confederation Review of Bureaucratic Burdens, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Constitution: Updated 2013, NHS Culture, NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHS Mandate, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Safety Thermometer, Nurse Education, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Ofsted-Style Inspections, Ofsted-Style Ratings for Care Homes, Ofsted-Style Ratings for Hospitals, Openness, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient and Staff Feedback, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Penalties for Disinformation, Perverse Incentives, Poor Governance, Positive Culture, Proactive Professional Regulation, Problem Detection, Problem Prevention, Professional Disengagement, Professional Regulation, Public Interest Disclosures, Putting Patients First, QSGs: Quality Surveillance Groups, Quality Improvement, Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs), Reduced Gaming of the System, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Restorative Supervision, Revalidation for Nurses, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, Schwartz Rounds: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, See It My Way, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Six C’s of Nursing, Staff Motivation, Staff Training, Staffing Levels, Standards To Avoid Perverse Incentives, Statutory Duty of Candour, Supervisory Nurse Ward Managers, Supporting Staff to Care, Teaching Agency: Barring Scheme, The 6Cs, Tick Box Culture, Time Limited Failure Regime, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Whistleblowing, Zero Harm | Leave a comment

NHS Gagging Clauses Banned by Health Secretary (BBC News / NAO / House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts)

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ruled that “gagging clauses” in severance agreements for NHS staff in England are banned by the government with immediate effect. Read more: BBC News: NHS ‘gagging clauses’ banned by health secretary. Reference NHS ‘gagging clauses’ banned … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), In the News, National, National Audit Office, NHS, Proposed for Next Newsletter, 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), Confidentiality Clauses, Contractual Duty of Candour, Culture, 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, HC 477: Confidentiality Clauses and Special Severance Payments, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Leadership, Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Mortality, Negative Culture, NHS Constitution, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), Nursing Standards, Openness, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Scrutiny, Severance Payments (Gagging Clauses), Sir Robert Francis QC, Special Severance Payments, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), Transparency, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT), Warning Signs, West Midlands, Whistleblowing | Leave a comment

Jeremy Hunt Warns NHS Health Trusts Over Gagging Orders (BBC Health News)

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care 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 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Google Translate (100+ Languages)

Recommended Sites