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Tag Archives: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
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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Updated NHS Constitution for England (Department of Health)
Summary The NHS Constitution defines the rights of patients, public and staff, by clarifying NHS commitments and outlining the mutual obligations between the public, patients and staff. The NHS Constitution and the Handbook to the NHS Constitution have been updated … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Armed Forces Covenant, Avoidable Harm, Best Value for Taxpayers, Commitment, Communication, Compassion, Competence, Complaint and Redress, Confidentiality, Consent, Constitution (NHS), Contractual Duty of Candour, Culture, Culture Change, Delivering Dignity, Detecting Problems Quickly, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Duty of Candour, Duty of Candour (DoC), European Economic Area, Everyone Counts, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Report, Fundamental Standards, Healthwatch England, History of the NHS Constitution, Improving Lives, Informed Choice, Informed Choices About Health and Social Care, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Involvement, Involvement and Participation, Local HealthWatch, Mandate from the Government to NHS England, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, NHS Belongs to the People, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS Constitution Handbook, NHS Constitution Team, NHS Constitution: Updated 2015, NHS Mandate 2015 to 2016, NHS Values, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity Commitments, Parity of Esteem, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS), Patient and Staff Feedback, Patient Complaints, Patient Complaints Handling, Patient Involvement, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, Seven Principles Guiding the NHS, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Transparency Culture and the NHS Constitution, Value for Money
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Lessons From Serious Failings in Care in Hospitals (AoMRC / Scottish Academy)
Summary The Short-Life Working Group on Hospital Reports, Chaired by Professor Alan Paterson OBE, from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) and Faculties in Scotland (Scottish Academy) examined recent reports concerning failings / poor quality care in hospitals; including … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Academy of Medical Royal Colleges: Faculties in Scotland (Scottish Academy), Baroness Cumberlege, Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE, Cumberlege Review (July 2020), Failings in Care in Hospitals, First Do No Harm: Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (July 2020), Lanarkshire, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Morecambe Bay Investigation Report, NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Ninewells Hospital, Professor Alan Paterson OBE: Chair of Short-Life Working Group on Hospital Reports (Scottish Academy), Rapid Review of the Safety and Quality of Care for Acute Adult Patients in NHS Lanarkshire, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, Scottish Academy, Scottish Parliament, Serious Failings in Care, Vale of Leven, Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report
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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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Adversarial and Defensive Culture, Avoidable Harm, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Better Handling of Cases, Bureaucracy, Confidentiality Clauses, Continuous Improvement, Coordinated Regulatory Action, CQC Recognition of Well-Led Organisations, Culture Change, Culture Change in Health and Care, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture Change in the NHS: Lessons of Two Francis Inquiries, Culture Free From Bullying, Culture of Raising Concerns, Culture of Reflective Practice, Culture of Safety, Culture of Valuing Staff, Culture of Visible Leadership, Department of Health Consultations Coordinator, Department of Health's Professional Standards Team, Department of Health's Strategy and External Relations Directorate, Duty of Candour (DoC), End-User Experience, Extending Legal Protection, External Review, Fit and Proper Person Test, Fit and Proper Person’s Test, Fit and Proper Persons Requirement for Directors, FPPT: Fit and Proper Person Test, Francis Freedom to Speak Up Report, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), 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? (Whistleblowing Review), Healthcare Governance Systems, History of Raising Concerns: a Positive Characteristic in Potential Employees, Honesty, 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, Investigations, Leadership for Culture Change, Legal Protection, Lives Ruined by Poor Handling of Staff Raising Concerns, Local Risk Management Systems (LRMS), Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS), Measures to Support Good Practice, Mediation and Dispute Resolution, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Culture, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Oversight and Monitoring, Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PIDA: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Professional Regulators and Complaints, Professional Standards, Programme to Identify Whistleblowers Who Have Suffered Detriment, Protected Disclosure, Public Concern at Work, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), Quality Accounts, Quality Governance, Quality Improvement, Raising and Reporting Concerns, Raising Concerns, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Reflective Practice, Regulation, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Reporting Culture, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Secretary of State for Health, Service User Experience, Sir Robert Francis QC, Strengthening Legislation, Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Students and Trainees, Support to Find Alternative Employment in the NHS, Suspensions and Special Leave, System Regulators: Financial and Quality Regulators of NHS Services, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Training, Training Bodies, Transparency, Vulnerable Groups, Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Well-Led Indicators (CQC), Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing in the NHS
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More on the NHS Culture of Openness: Lessons From Two Francis Inquiries (Department of Health)
Summary The Government has published a report explaining progress in the NHS since the Francis Inquiry report (February 2013) . It supports the full adoption, in principle, of Freedom to Speak Up review recommendations to protect whistleblowers who raise legitimate … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Assessing Risk of Harm (Not Just Past Harm), Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Behaviours to Enable Whistleblowing, Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Better Care for Older Patients With Dementia, Building Capability, Candour, Care Certificate, Cavendish Review, Centrally-Driven Proposals, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Character Assassination of Whistleblowers, Closed Ranks Culture (Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry), Clwyd and Hart Review Into Hospital Complaints, Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers, Commonwealth Fund, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Configuration of Services, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture Change, Culture Change in the NHS, Culture Change in the NHS: Lessons of Two Francis Inquiries, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Duty of Candour, EU Council’s Recommendations on Patient Safety and Health Care Associated Infections, Fit and Proper Persons Requirement for Directors, Francis Effect, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Francis Report: Part of a Linked Set of Reports on Quality, Freedom and Responsibility to Speak Up (Francis Review Whistleblowing), Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Fundamental Standards, General Hospitals, General Medical Council (GMC), Government Response to Francis Inquiry Report, Harassment of Whistleblowers, Hard Truths, Health Education England Commission on Education and Training for Patient Safety, Health Education for Safety, Helene Donnelly OBE: Ambassador for Cultural Change at Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Honesty, Honesty and Transparency, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Incident Reporting, Initiatives and Reviews into Quality of Hospital Care 2012/13, James Titcombe: National Advisor on Patient Safety and Culture & Quality at Care Quality Commission, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Keogh Mortality Review, Listening to Patients, Listening to Staff, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives, Medical Schools Council, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Mistreatment of Whistleblowers, MyNHS Website: Comparing Safety Data, National Patient Safety Alerting System (NPSAS), NHS Culture, NHS England National Patient Safety Alerting System, NHS Leadership Academy’s Executive Fast Track Programme, NHS Litigation Authority, NHS Managerial Self-Interest, NHS Reform, NHS Safe Staffing, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts in Special Measures: 18 Months On, Nurse Staffing Levels, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Standards, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Outcome Metrics, Overbearing NHS Managerial Style, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Patient Safety Improvement, Patient-Centred Leadership, Patients First and Foremost, Person-Centred Model of Care for Patients with Dementia, Preventing Poor Care, Professor Don Berwick, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Professor Sir Norman Williams: President of Royal College of Surgeons, Professor Steve Field: Former Chief Inspector of General Practice (CQC), Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons), Putting Patients First, Quality Improvement, Quality Standards, Quality: Above Money, Raising Concerns, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Reporting Culture, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Review of NHS Complaints System, Safe Staffing, SAFE: Safety Action for England, Safety Action for England Team (SAFE), Safety and Quality Standards, Safety Metrics, Safety Surveillance, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Serious Incident Framework, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Sir David Dalton: Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Sir Robert Francis QC, Speaking Up Charter, Special Measures, Staff Whistleblowing Rights, Staffing, Standards of Care, State of Care 2013/14 (CQC), Structures to Enable Whistleblowing, Surgical Never Events Task Force Reference Group, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Technology Enhanced Learning, Transparency, Ward Staffing Levels, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Helpline, Whistleblowing in the NHS
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Watershed Changes in NHS Culture Since February 2013 (Department of Health)
Summary February 6th 2015 marked the second anniversary of publication of Sir Robert Francis’s Inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Full Text Link Reference Francis two years on: What’s changed in the NHS? London: Department of Health, February 9th … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Assessing Risk of Harm (Not Just Past Harm), BBC Health News, Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Better Care for Older Patients With Dementia, Building Capability, Candour, Cavendish Review, Centrally-Driven Proposals, Challenges of Reconfiguration, Clwyd and Hart Review Into Hospital Complaints, Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers, Compassion in Practice, Compassionate Care, Configuration of Services, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Francis Effect, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Francis Report: Part of a Linked Set of Reports on Quality, Freedom To Speak Up Review (Sir Robert Francis QC), Freedom to Speak Up? (Whistleblowing Review), Fundamental Standards, General Hospitals, Government Response to Francis Inquiry Report, Hard Truths, Initiatives and Reviews into Quality of Hospital Care 2012/13, Keogh Mortality Review, Listening to Patients, Listening to Staff, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Culture, NHS Reform, NHS Safe Staffing, Nurse Staffing Levels, Nursing Standards, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Outcome Metrics, Overbearing NHS Managerial Style, Patient Safety Improvement, Patient-Centred Leadership, Patients First and Foremost, Person-Centred Model of Care for Patients with Dementia, Quality Improvement, Quality Standards, Quality: Above Money, Raising Concerns, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Review of NHS Complaints System, Safe Staffing, Safety and Quality Standards, Safety Metrics, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Sir Robert Francis QC, Staffing, Standards of Care, Transparency, Ward Staffing Levels
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New Trust to Run Stafford Hospital (BBC News)
Summary A new trust is being created (“renamed”) to run the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital and another hospital in Stoke. On November 1st 2014, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust will become the University Hospitals of North Midlands. The NHS … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, In the News, Local Interest, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged BBC Health News, Cannock Hospital, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, County Hospital (Previously Stafford Hospital), Dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Francis Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (MSFT), Monitor, North Staffordshire, North Staffordshire Hospitals, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previously City General), Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Stafford, Stafford Hospital, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS), University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, University Hospitals North Staffordshire, University Hospitals of North Midlands, University Hospitals of North Midlands (Previously University Hospital of North Staffordshire)
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Improvements for Patients at NHS Trusts in Special Measures (Monitor / CQC / NHSTDA)
Summary Monitor, the Care Quality Commission and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published a report on the progress made at the 11 trusts placed in special measures in July 2013. Practical measures resulting in significant changes include recruitment of extra staff, use of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Addenbrookes and the Rosie Hospitals, Addenbrookes Hospital, Avoidable Harm, Barts Health NHS Trust, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Buddying, Buddying Schemes, Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality Commission, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Challenges of Reconfiguration, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Corporate Self-Interest (Ahead of Patients), County Hospital Louth, CQC Report on Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals (2015), Deaths Associated with Hospitalisation, Dr Keith McNeil: Former Chief Executive of Cambridge University Hospitals Trust (Addenbrooke’s), East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, EPIC IT System for Clinical Records (Addenbrooke’s), Epic's eHospital System, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, General Medical Wards, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Governance, Governance and Accountability, Grantham and District Hospital, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), Keogh Mortality Review, Keogh Review, Lincoln County Hospital, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Monitor, Monitor and TDA’s Quality Governance Framework, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Financial Deficits, NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts in Special Measures: One Year On, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Patient and Public Participation, Patient Care, Patient Experience, Patient Flows, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Pilgrim Hospital Boston, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Sir Mike Richards: Former Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC), Provider Regulation, Providers, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Special Measures: One Year On (Monitor), Stephen Hay: Managing Director of Provider Regulation at Monitor, Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator (SHMI), Transparency and Accountability, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Whipps Cross Hospital
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Berwick Report One Year On: NHS England’s Progress on Patient Safety (NHS England / Health Foundation)
Summary It is just over one year since Professor Don Berwick published the “A promise to learn: a commitment to act” report on the safety of patients in England in the wake of the Francis Inquiry. This is a brief review of progress since … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Action Against Medical Accidents, Airline Industry (Zero Harm), BBC Health News, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Working, Continuous Learning, Continuous Learning Culture, Culture Change, Culture of Zero-Harm, Dr Mike Durkin: NHS England’s Director of Patient Safety, Ethic of Learning, Fitness to Practise, Fitness to Practise Policy Team: General Medical Council, Francis Inquiry Report, General Medical Council (GMC), GMC Sanctions Guidance, GMC Sanctions: Consultation, Good Medical Practice, Harm Free Care, High Quality Care, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital-Acquired Infections, IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Improvement Collaboratives in Health Care, Incident Reports, Incorrect Priorities, Information Centre for Health and Social Care, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Trigger Tool, Kaizen, Leadership, Learning From Mistakes, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Measures of Harm, Measuring Safety Culture, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mortality Rates, MPTS Panels, National Patient Safety Alerting System (NPSAS), Never Events, Never Events Data, NHS Culture, NHS England National Patient Safety Alerting System, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), NHS Regulation, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer Patient Data, No Harm Culture, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, PANICOA (Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults), Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Patient Safety Indicators, Patient Safety Strategies, Professor Don Berwick, Quality Control, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality of Care, Quality Patient Care, Regulation, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Sign Up to Safety Pledges, Target-Chasing (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Training and Capacity-Building, Transparent Learning Culture, Zero Harm, Zero Tolerance Healthcare
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Dalton Review Concerning Options for Providers of NHS Care (Department of Health / King’s Fund / KPMG / NHS Improvement)
Summary Sir David Dalton’s independent review of possible new options for providers of NHS care remains open for comments until the August 31st 2014. Full Text Link Reference Dalton Review 2014: new options for providers of NHS care. London [Online]: … Continue reading →
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