Tag Archives: Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report

Monitor and Trust Development Authority Under Single Leadership: Delivering Better Support to Hospitals (Department of Health / Monitor)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Closer working between Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) should help reduce lack of standardisation and inconsistency, and help to embed hospital patient safety as an NHS priority. All NHS hospitals, whether foundation trusts or non-foundation … Continue reading →

More on the NHS Culture of Openness: Lessons From Two Francis Inquiries (Department of Health)

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

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Watershed Changes in NHS Culture Since February 2013 (Department of Health)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Complaints Handling: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Under Fire (BBC News / Patients’ Association / PHSO / LGO / Healthwatch)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Further concerns have been raised by the Patients’ Association about how the NHS ombudsman in England handles patients’ complaints. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) maintains that it is modernising already, and is responsible for maintaining a standard … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Patients Association, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Avoidable Harm, ‘I’ Statements (Complaint Journey), BBC Health News, Complainant Survey, Complaint Variables Decision Tree, Complaints Handling, Complaints Improvement Conferences, Culture Change, Customer Contact & Complaints, Dame Julie Mellor: Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman Service, Designing Good Together, Effective Complaints Handling, End-User Experience, Experiences, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Health and Social Care Complaints System, Healthwatch England, I Feel Confident to Speak Up (Complaints Handling: “I Statement” Criteria), I Feel Listened To and Understood (Complaints Handling: “I Statement” Criteria), I Feel Making My Complaint Was Simple (Complaints Handling: “I Statement” Criteria), I Feel My Complaint Made a Difference (Complaints Handling: “I Statement” Criteria), I Statements (Complaints Handling: Expectations and Criteria), I Would Feel Confident Making a Complaint in Future (Complaints Handling: “I Statement” Criteria), Jacqui Coles: Deputy Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, LGO: Local Government Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman, My Expectations For Raising Concerns And Complaints (PHSO / LGO / Healthwatch England), Negative Experiences of Care, NHS Governance in Complaints Handling (PHSO), Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Patients Association, Person Friendly Charter (Complaints Handling), Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns Policy, Raising Standards, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Service User Experience, Speaking Up Charter, Speaking Up: Resolving NHS Complaints and Preventing Problems Recurring, Suffering in Silence, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, User Complaints, User Experience, User-Led Vision for Raising Concerns and Complaints, User-Led Vision of the Complaints System, Valuing Complaints | Leave a comment

Complaints Matter: Improving Complaints Handling (BBC News / CQC)

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission’s “Complaints Matter” report identifies variations in how complaints are handled throughout the NHS, primary care and adult social care services in England. The regulator wants complaints about health and social care to be encouraged and … Continue reading →

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Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Mental Capacity Act (Ministry of Justice / Department of Health)

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The government, with partners, has considered the recommendations made by the House of Lords. This response report defines a system-wide programme planned for 2014 to 2015 (and beyond) on improving implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Full Text … Continue reading →

Certificate of Fundamental Care for Health Care Assistants (BBC News)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The BBC has revealed that new care workers will be required to attain a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting their first job. This follows recommendations made in the independent Cavendish report, which reviewed inconsistencies in training throughout … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality, Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), General Hospital Care, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Management of HCAs, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Modernisation of the Nursing Workforce, Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, NHS Career Framework, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Support Workers in Social Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Underappreciated, Underpaid, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Vulnerable Adults, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Training | 1 Comment

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