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Tag Archives: Whistleblowing
In the News: Reproduced Without Interpretation or Comment (The Guardian)
Summary “The country’s largest dementia charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, has been accused of spending as much as £750,000 on payouts to staff who agreed to sign non-disclosure agreements, according to a whistleblower complaint… ). Full Text Link Reference Murphy, S. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, In the News, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Allegations of Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment in Workplace, Ban on Clauses Intended to Prevent Public Interest Disclosures, Bullying, Charity Commission, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 3: Culture Free From Bullying, Guardian (Newspaper), Mishcon de Reya, Misuse of Charitable Funds on Unnecessary Payments (Whistleblower Allegation), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Speechless Disbelief, Whistleblowing
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Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (Joint Committee on Human Rights / BBC News)
Summary Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) indicates that the human rights of young people with a learning disabilities and / or autism are being breached in mental health hospitals. Proposals for radical reform are advocated. “Too often families of … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Young Adults and Children, Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs), Avoidable Harm, BBC Education News, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Undercover Abuse Scandal, BBC Panorama: Whorlton Hall Hospital Abuse, BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Programme, British Association for Supported Employment, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Centre for Welfare Reform, Challenging Behaviour, Children With Learning Disabilities or Autism Admitted to Secure Mental Health Hospitals, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Court of Protection, CQC Interim Report on How Hospitals Separate Children and Young People With Mental Health Problems Learning Disabilities or Autism, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS), Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network (GAIN), Harmful Detention, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Hospital Abuse, House of Commons, House of Lords, Ian Trenholm: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission (CQC), Inquiry Into Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, IRISS: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Community Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability in General Hospital Settings, Openness and Transparency, Patient Harm, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Picker Institute Europe, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation, Restrictive Interventions, Safeguarding, Segregation, Segregation in Mental Health Wards for Children and Young People and in Wards for People With a Learning Disability or Autism, Transforming Care, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transitions of Care for Users of Learning Disability Services, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Vulnerable Groups, Whistleblowing, Whorlton Hall, Winterbourne View Hospital, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Young People With Learning Disabilities in Transition
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CQC Interim Report on Restrictive Interventions in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities or Autism Care Institutions (BBC News / CQC / DHSC / NHS England / Children’s Commissioner / HQIP)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released an interim report on the persistence of restraint, seclusion and segregation in the care of people with a mental health problems, learning disabilities and / or autism. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Barry Stanley-Wilkinson: Former Care Quality Commission Inspector, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Undercover Abuse Scandal, BBC Panorama: Whorlton Hall Hospital Abuse, Building the Right Support, Building the Right Support: National Implementation Plan to Close Inpatient Facilities, Building the Right Support: National Implementation Plan to Develop Community Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Caroline Dinenage MP: Minister of State for Care, Challenging Behaviour, Children With Learning Disabilities or Autism Admitted to Secure Mental Health Hospitals, Children's Commissioner for England, Children’s Commissioner: Far Less Than They Deserve Report (2019), Community and Mental Health Trusts, CQC Interim Report on How Hospitals Separate Children and Young People With Mental Health Problems Learning Disabilities or Autism, Culture of Zero-Harm, Cygnet Health Care Limited, Danshell Group, David Noble, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Paul Lelliott: Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CQC Lead for Mental Health), Durham Constabulary, Ethical Considerations, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Hospital Abuse, Human Rights Framework for Restraint, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Community Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disabilities: Transforming Care, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Mental Health and Illness, National Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, NHS England National Oversight Group: Reducing Restrictive Practices, Norah Fry Research Centre: University of Bristol, Olivia Davies (Journalist), Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Panorama (BBC TV), Patient Harm, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Protecting Vulnerable People, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation, Restrictive Interventions, Restrictive Practices, Review of Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation for People With a Mental Health Problem Learning Disabilities or Autism: CQC Interim Report, Safeguarding, Segregation, Segregation in Mental Health Wards for Children and Young People and in Wards for People With a Learning Disability or Autism: CQC Interim Report, Severe Learning Disabilities, Tizard Centre: University of Kent, Transforming Care, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre, Use of Reasonable Force, Vulnerable Groups, Whistleblowing, Whorlton Hall, Winterbourne View, Winterbourne View Assessment and Treatment Unit (ATU)
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Guidance on Raising Concerns (RCN / BBC News)
Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has issued guidance to support nurses concerning raising concerns, wherever they work i.e. whether in the NHS or in private / independent sector. Section headings cover: Raising Concerns Raising concerns or whistle blowing? … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged BBC Health News, BBC Shropshire News, Confidentiality, 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, Fear of Being Labelled Troublemaker, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, NHS Whistleblowing Policy, NNC Code of Conduct, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct, Open and Honest Incident Reporting, Open Culture, Openness, Patient Safety, Putting Patients First, Putting Things Right, Quality Improvement, Raising and Reporting Concerns, Raising Concerns, Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing) NHS Policy, Raising Concerns About Dignity and Comfort of Patients, Raising Concerns About Safety, Raising Concerns About Staffing, Raising Concerns Policy, Raising Concerns: Step-By-Step Guide, Raising Standards, RCN Guidance on Raising Concerns, RCN Raising Concerns Policy, Reflective Practice, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Stages in Raising Concerns, Whistleblowing, Whistleblowing Guidance, Whistleblowing in the Independent Sector, Whistleblowing in the NHS
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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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The Foundations for a Patient-Centred NHS Learning Culture? (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary This “Learning Not Blaming” report presents the government’s response to (i) the Francis Freedom to Speak Up review, (ii) the Morecambe Bay Investigation, and (iii) the Public Administration Select Committee’s report on clinical incidents. The common theme for addressing … 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), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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An Exploration of the Many Aspects of Safeguarding (CQC / RCN / BMA / LGA / ADASS / NHS Confederation / NIHR SDO)
Summary As the title suggests, this contribution is an exploratory “work in progress” towards better understanding of the issues, rather than a definitive review. Updates will be added here, or referenced and linked to elsewhere, as they appear in future. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, 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), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, RCN, SCIE, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged 24/7 Advice From Mental Health Professionals, Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Access to Mental Health Services, ACPO: Association of Chief Police Officers, Acts of Omission, Acute Hospitals, Adult Prisons and Young Offender Institutions, Adult Safeguarding Improvement Tool, Adult Social Care, Adults at Risk of Harm, Adults Lacking Capacity, Ann Norman: RCN Professional Lead for Criminal Justice and Learning Disabilities, Assessing Mental Capacity, Assessing Risk of Harm (Not Just Past Harm), Association of Chief Police Officers, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, BAME Challenges, BAME Experiences, Best Interests, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH), Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Mental Health UK, Blaming, BMA: British Medical Association, BME Communities, British Medical Association (BMA), Care Act 2014, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Framework, Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission’s Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs), Child Protection, Children Looked After and Safeguarding Inspections (CLAS), Children’s Services Team (CQC), Clinical Pragmatism and Proportionality, Coercion, Community Health Services, Complaints and Raising Concerns, Complex Best Interests Decision Making, Controlling, Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, CQC Requirements Notices, CQC Warning Notices, CQC Working With Other Inspectorates, CQC’s Intelligent Monitoring, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Intervention and Prevention, Crisis Planning, Crisis Response, Crisis Support, Cyber Bullying, Data Protection Act, Dawne Garrett: Older People and Dementia Care at Royal College of Nursing, Deprivation of Contact, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Disclosure and Barring Scheme, Discriminatory Abuse, Domestic Servitude, Electronic Cause for Concern Referral Form, Electronic Reporting (Situation Background Assessment and Recommendation), Emergency Services, Emergency Support, Emotional Abuse, Empowerment, Enforcement and Intelligent Monitoring (CQC), Equalities Protected Characteristics (Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage and Civil Partnership Pregnancy and Maternity Race Religion and Belief Sex Sexual Orientation), Equality Act 2010, Equality and Human Rights, Factors Contributing to Vulnerability, Financial Abuse, Financial or Material Abuse, Fiona Smith: RCN Professional Lead for Children and Young People, Forced Labour, Fundamental Standard(s) on Safeguarding, Fundamental Standards of Safety and Quality (2015), GP Out-of-Hours Services, GPs and Safeguarding, Harassment, Health and Justice Team (CQC), Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Relating to CQC), Health Services and Delivery Research, Human Rights, Human Rights 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Care Improvement Works: a New Collaborative Knowledge Hub (SCIE / Skills for Care / TLAP)
Summary Care Improvement Works is a freely-available online resource primarily for care providers. It has been developed to support improvements in the standards of care. Care Improvement Works was produced by Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), in partnership with … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Care Home Inspections, Care Improvement Works, Care in the Community, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Framework, Care Quality Commission’s Inspection Regime, Care Quality Commission’s Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs), Caring (CQC Inspection Question), Clenton Farquharson: Co-Chair of Think Local Act Personal, Co-Production, Co-Production Issues, Collaboration, Collaboration (Including Information-Sharing), Collaboration: Do Once and Share, Collaboration: Working Across Boundaries, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Working, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Quality, CQC Inspection Questions (Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-Led), Delivering Care and Support Planning (TLAP), Dignity in Care, Effective (CQC Inspection Question), Embedding Co-Production, End of Life Care Hub, Governance for Adult Social Care, Hydration and Nutrition, KLOEs: Key Lines of Enquiry, Malnutrition, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Nutrition for Older People in Care Homes, Quality, Quality and the Commissioning Cycle, Quality Assurance Visit (QAV) Process, Quality Improvement, Registered Providers of Social Care, Responsive (CQC Inspection Question), Safe (CQC Inspection Question), Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Older People, Safeguarding Principles, SCIE's Co-Production Network, Sharon Allen: Chief Executive of Skills for Care, Sheila Scott: Chair of the Care Providers Alliance, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Social Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Development, Staff Development, Systems to Support Whistleblowing, Think Local Act Personal, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Tony Hunter: Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Whistleblowing, Workforce Capacity Planning, Workforce Development, Workforce Development Fund (WDF), Workforce Issues, Workforce Planning
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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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ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter February 2015 (Telecare LIN)
Summary The February 2015 newsletter from Innovate UK (previously known as the Technology Strategy Board), the HealthTech Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network was published last week. Full Text Link Reference Assisted Living Innovation Platform … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, International, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 20th Finnish National Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth, 5th International Conference on Digital Health (Florence), Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC), Academy of Fab NHS Stuff, Active and Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme, ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Anthem (USA), Assisted Living / Technology Hub (Leeds), Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP) Newsletter, Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology: Initiatives and Policy, Atlas of Risk (Health Tools at NHS Choices), Australian Telehealth Conference 2015, BBC’s Care Calculator, Better Care Fund (BCF), Bluebird Care, Bristol Robotics Lab, Britain’s Nurses, Care Act 2014, Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (CSSHF), Care Calculator (BBC News), Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Robots, care.data, care.data Pilots, Caring Together (Eastern Cheshire), CASA (Connecting Assistive Solutions to Aspirations), Centra Pulse, China's National Telemedicine Network, CliniCloud, Collection Linking and Use of Data in Biomedical Research and Healthcare: Ethical Issues, Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework, Commonwealth Fund's Digital Health Revolution, Community Co-creation, Companionship, Complex Needs, Connected Home Consortium, Connecting Assistive Solutions to Aspirations: CASA, Connecting Health and Care for the Nation (US), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT), Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network, Delivering Care and Support Planning (TLAP), Dementia Diaries (Audio Diaries), Dementia: The One-Stop Guide, Department for Communities and Local Government, Designing For The Elderly: Ways Older People Use Digital Technology Differently, Digital Health Coalition, Digital Health Conference (Dubai), Digital Health Innovation Summit (Philadelphia), Dr. Kate Granger, Driverless Cars, Emerging Digital Social Innovation (DSI) Ecosystem in Europe, Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, European Commission's mHealth Consultation, Falls Prevention and Management in Older People (Birmingham), Five Imperatives of User Experience (UX) Design in Mobile Health Technology, Friends and Family Test (FFT), Future of Medicine: Technology and Role of Doctors in 2025, Global Institute for Digital Health Excellence (GLIDHE), Gloucestershire Telecare, Google, Google Health-Related Ambitions, GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Greater Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015, Health and Care Technology, Health Business Awards, Health Call Undernutrition Service, Health Information Technology, Health Mapper app, Health Technology, Holyrood Telehealth and Telecare 2015 (Glasgow), Immedicare, Improving Long-Term Care and Support, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Innovate UK, Integrated Digital Care: An Information Revolution, Integrated Solutions, Internet of Everything, Internet of Things, Jeremy Porteus, King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress (2015), Live-in Homecare Information Hub, Long Term Care Revolution, Long Term Care Revolution Programme, Long Term Care Revolution SBRI Challenge, Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Care Revolution Roadshow, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mainstreaming Assisted Living Technologies (MALT), Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future (House of Lords), Managing Care of People With Long-Term Conditions, Manchester Integrated Health and Care Programme, Med-Tech Innovation Expo (Coventry), Medical apps, National Whistleblowing Guardian, NHS Change Day (2015), NHS England Nursing Tech Fund, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Friends and Family Test, NHS Technology Community, NHS Tower Hamlets, Northern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Online Community for Young Carers, Patients Association, People-Driven Digital Health & Wellbeing (Leeds), Poppins, Poppins Portal, Poppins Shop, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Professor Alistair Burns: ABC of Dementia, Professor June Andrews (University of Stirling), Revolving Doors Agency, Robots, Self Management of Chronic Disease, SHL Telemedicine, SkillZONE, SMS: Self Management Support, Social Market Foundation, Stoke-on-Trent CCG’s Simple Telehealth Solution (FLORENCE), Support for Self Management, Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS), Technology Enabled Care Services Programme, Technology Strategy, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), Tele-Interventions, Telealarm, Telecare and Dementia, Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, Telecare LIN, Telecare LIN: Links Supplement, Telecare Services Association, Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), Telehealth and Self Care, Telehealth Services, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), TLAP: Think Local Act Personal, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Tunstall Healthcare, Tunstall Televida, UK e-Health Week (London Olympia in March 2015), uMotif, University College London, VERKKO Trial, Wearable Technology Show, Whistleblowing, Why Our NHS Should Listen and Be Human (Patients Association), Yeovil Hospital, Zeno (Robots)
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