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Tag Archives: Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs)
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: 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
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Health Foundation, In the News, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, National Voices, NHS, NHS Alliance, NHS Confederation, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Nuffield Trust, Nutrition, Pain, Patients Association, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability, Action Against Medical Accidents, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, After Francis: Doing Justice (National Voices), Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, Bureaucracy, Candour, Care Bill 2013-14, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission Strategy for 2013 to 2016, Cavendish Review, Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI), Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Chief Inspector of Primary Care (Exploratory), Chief Inspector of Social Care, Clinical and Financial Engagement, Comments and Complaints, Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Common Professional Standards (NMC / GMC), Complaint and Redress, Complaint Handling, Complaints, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contingency Planning Team (CPT), Corporate Accountability, Culture, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Zero-Harm, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Duty of Candour, False or Misleading Information (FOMI), Feeding the Beast, Fit and Proper Person Test, Formal Complaints, Formal Complaints Process, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, General Hospitals, General Medical Council, General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Government Response to Francis Inquiry Report, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Education England Mandate, Health Education England Mandate: April 2014 to March 2015, Health Protection Agency (HPA), Health Service Ombudsman, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Hospital Complaints, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs), House of Commons Library, House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Improving Patient Safety, Independent Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Inspections and Bureaucracy, Institute of Healthcare Management, Keogh Review, Leadership, LINks, Local Government Association, Local Involvement Networks (LINks), Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS FT Public Inquiry: Government Response, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Monitor, Monitor Contingency Planning Team (CPT), More Complaints Please!, Mortality, Mortality Rates, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals 2011, National Care Forum (NCF), National Patient Safety Agency, National Voices, NCF, Negative Culture, NHS Accountability, NHS Clinical and Financial Engagement, NHS Complaints Process, NHS Complaints System: Department of Health Review, NHS Constitution, NHS Constitution and Whistleblowing, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, NHS Hospital Complaints, NHS Hospital Complaints System, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA), NHS Networks, Nursing & Midwifery Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing Standards, Openness, Openness and Honesty When Things Go Wrong, Openness and Honesty When Things Go Wrong (GMC / NMC), Openness and Transparency, Oppressive NHS Culture, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Complaints, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Principles of Good Complaint Handling, Professional Disengagement, Professional Standards, Professor Don Berwick, Public Administration Select Committee (PASC), Putting Patients First: NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, Quality Accounts, Quality Improvement, RCGP, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Review of NHS Complaints System, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSENG), Scrutiny, Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SaSSHA), Sir Robert Francis QC, Somebody Else's Problem (SEP), South Staffordshire PCT (SSPCT), Staff Motivation, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), Strengthening Corporate Accountability, Sue Ryder, UK Parliament, Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), Warning Signs, West Midlands, West Midlands SHA (WMSHA), Whistleblowing, Workforce Learning Points From Francis 2013, Workforce Planning Implications From Francis 2013
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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
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, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Practical Advice, 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, 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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The Health and Social Care Act 2012: Get in on the Act (Local Government Association)
Summary This narrative review from the Local Government Association offers a quick guide to recent legislation, summarising the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the provisions which are of relevance to local government. This review goes further, in pointing out … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Public Health England, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care Pathway, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Support Services, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health Scrutiny, Healthwatch, Healthwatch England, HWBs, Integration, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS), Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), JSNA, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, LINks (or Local Involvement Networks), Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Policy, Local HealthWatch, Local Involvement Network (LINk), NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB), NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), NHSCB, NHSCBA, Office of the Health Professions Regulator (OHPA), Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), Public Health, Public Health and Health Improvement, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Funding, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Secretary of State (SoS), Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), The Health and Social Care Act 2012: Get in on the Act
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NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)
Summary Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, has released an authoritative and thorough review of major reform and re-organisation within the NHS during the first three years of the coalition government. “He was agin’ it”. Mark Twain. Full … Continue reading →