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Alastair McLellan

Health Service Journal
Mid Staffs Inquiry

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Mid Staffs administrators to ask for more time

19-Jun-2013
CCG explores dedicated phone line and email for GP complaints

17-Jun-2013
Death rates to be investigated at Tameside Hospital

13-Jun-2013
The case for increased nurse staffing levels

13-Jun-2013
Hundreds of Mid Staffs deaths examined by police

10-Jun-2013
Delivering a new NHS strategy means busting some myths

6-Jun-2013
Ask questions first, shoot later

5-Jun-2013
Mid Staffs must be the barometer of change

3-Jun-2013
Podcast: Why further reform is likely for NHS pay bill

30-May-2013
NHS staff morale holds up despite pressures, say HR directors

30-May-2013
Retirement announcement follows months of scrutiny and criticism

21-May-2013
Exclusive: Francis presses government on criminal sanctions

14-May-2013
Francis concerned about failure to merge regulators' 'leadership'

14-May-2013
Francis criticises nursing leaders

14-May-2013
Francis warns recommendations could be lost in 'long grass'

14-May-2013
Leader: Francis demands more honesty from the NHS

14-May-2013
NHS leaders must make improvements, warns Francis

14-May-2013
How a duty of candour will affect a culture of openness

9-May-2013
Queen's speech: Criminal sanctions for misleading NHS providers

8-May-2013
The practical response to Francis

3-May-2013
Making the right changes after Mid Staffs

2-May-2013
How NHS staff wellbeing affects patient care

29-Apr-2013
NHS must rise to the cultural change challenge

26-Apr-2013
Council urges criminal action against former Mid Staffs leadership

25-Apr-2013
The friends and family test can work

23-Apr-2013
Transforming leadership culture after Francis

23-Apr-2013
Exclusive: 'Market' consulted about taking over parts of Mid Staffs

19-Apr-2013
Mid Staffs shows a foundation trust can go bust

16-Apr-2013
Mid Staffs placed in special administration

15-Apr-2013
HSE launches criminal probe into Mid Staffs patient death

11-Apr-2013
Health secretary working in hospital A&E

11-Apr-2013
Inquiries alone will not tackle failures of care

10-Apr-2013
Mortality rates don't tell the whole story

5-Apr-2013
The NHS needs calm heads, not panic headlines

2-Apr-2013
Are non-executives the conscience of the NHS?

2-Apr-2013
CCGs' role in the Keogh reviews

1-Apr-2013
Exclusive: Law firm 'likely' to take on prosecution of David Nicholson

28-Mar-2013
Scheme to bar failed NHS managers will affect “miniscule numbers”

26-Mar-2013
Francis response: Increased threat of prosecution for major safety breaches

26-Mar-2013
What do NHS managers do?

25-Mar-2013
Exclusive: Hospitals and GPs to be required to tell truth about errors

22-Mar-2013
Exclusive: Employers warn against new laws post Francis

21-Mar-2013
Nicholson scathed at Westminster

19-Mar-2013
Berwick will look at Francis report with 'a critical eye'

13-Mar-2013
Francis chairs survey: Odgers Berndtson's view

12-Mar-2013
Trust chairs believe there are other Mid Staffs-type failures

12-Mar-2013
CSUs see chance for new business in wake of Francis

12-Mar-2013
'A perfect storm for more disasters' – a whistleblowing roundtable

11-Mar-2013
Reducing the bureaucracy burden on the NHS

7-Mar-2013
Corporate manslaughter case attempt brought against Nicholson

6-Mar-2013
Mortality ratios must not be misused

6-Mar-2013
NMC seeks new powers in wake of Mid Staffs

6-Mar-2013
Nicholson and Dacre are two of an autocratic kind

6-Mar-2013
A Shakespearian story at the top of the NHS

6-Mar-2013
Nicholson 'absolutely determined' to see reform transition through

5-Mar-2013
The pros and cons of losing David Nicholson

5-Mar-2013
Francis and funding: an explanation for ‘failing’ hospitals

4-Mar-2013
Readers' letters − 28 February 2013

28-Feb-2013
Commissioning board chair backs Nicholson

28-Feb-2013
Regulator moves to put Mid Staffs in administration

28-Feb-2013
Nicholson faces 'silent protest' outside board meeting

28-Feb-2013
What compassionate care means

28-Feb-2013
Culture is the foundation of patient safety

27-Feb-2013
On balance, sacking Nicholson would be worse for the NHS

26-Feb-2013
Investing in leadership post-Francis

26-Feb-2013
Nicholson does not deserve the Mail's vilification

25-Feb-2013
Senior physicians call for 'cultural change' in NHS

25-Feb-2013
Should David Nicholson stay or should he go?

21-Feb-2013
Public blame managers for Mid Staffs, survey finds

21-Feb-2013
Mixed reviews for Francis's epic: A roundtable debate

20-Feb-2013
Minister reveals plans for Morecambe Bay inquiry

19-Feb-2013
PM backs 'accountability' over Mid Staffs

19-Feb-2013
In defence of David Nicholson

19-Feb-2013
Whistleblowers and hospitals both need more protecting

19-Feb-2013
The perfect storm for NHS management?

18-Feb-2013
Francis's legal rigour is exactly what's needed

18-Feb-2013
Police to examine Francis report for evidence

15-Feb-2013
Mid Staffs is too small to be a viable FT

15-Feb-2013
EXCLUSIVE: NHS shake-up hampers oversight of serious incidents

14-Feb-2013
Francis proposes criminal offence to drive cultural change

14-Feb-2013
Monitor’s future is in the balance sheet

13-Feb-2013
Criticising individuals 'futile' in such widespread system failure

13-Feb-2013
Too long, too late but Francis can still make the NHS better

12-Feb-2013
Francis: NHS chief, health secretary and ward staff are unaccountable

12-Feb-2013
Michael White: Life, fate and the Francis legacy

12-Feb-2013
Hunt: Managers and clinicians should be 'struck off' over Mid Staffs scandal

11-Feb-2013
New criminal powers for CQC would need a higher level of proof

8-Feb-2013
Podcast: Why patient safety should be top priority

8-Feb-2013
Podcast: 'Do we have enough skilled NHS managers?'

8-Feb-2013
Podcast: 'Commissioners have to deliver quality care'

8-Feb-2013
Good nurses should be rewarded with more pay says Francis

8-Feb-2013
Podcast: Reorgansation might not change the NHS culture

7-Feb-2013
Francis report: sensible, verbose, impractical

7-Feb-2013
Mid Staffs' future now Francis has reported

7 February 2013
Francis: Regulating healthcare assistants would not cost 'too much'

6-Feb-2013
Cameron tells GMC and NMC to improve accountability

6-Feb-2013
Francis highlights problems with 'culture' and targets

6-Feb-2013
Francis: slow down FT pipeline to ensure safety

6-Feb-2013
Podcast: Mike Farrar on why patients should be at the heart of solution

6-Feb-2013
Podcast: Francis doesn't go far enough for patients

6-Feb-2013
Francis: give councils more scrutiny power

6-Feb-2013
Video: Mike Farrar reacts to Francis

6-Feb-2013
Exclusive: Hunt says Monitor will survive and run 'failure regime'

6-Feb-2013
Francis: NICE should draw up safe staffing levels

6-Feb-2013
Strong leadership is the right response to Francis

6-Feb-2013
'Plethora' of NHS bodies and regulators failed to act on warning signs

6-Feb-2013
Obama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM

6-Feb-2013
What the Francis report means for mental healthcare

6-Feb-2013
Francis response: ‘immediate’ probe ordered into hospitals with high death rates

6-Feb-2013
Chief nurse role should be 'kept under review', says Francis report

6-Feb-2013
Cameron: Failure regime will be for poor care, not just poor finances

6-Feb-2013
Francis blames NHS culture for Mid Staffs failings

6-Feb-2013
Infographic: how the Francis report affects the key players

6-Feb-2013
NHS faces new laws on honesty

6-Feb-2013
Francis report: healthcare assistants will face regulation

6-Feb-2013
Francis avoids direct criticism of top NHS leaders

6-Feb-2013
Francis stops short of regulation for managers

6-Feb-2013
Updated: Francis calls for a beefed up CQC as single quality regulator

6-Feb-2013
The latest in a long line of scandals

6-Feb-2013
Podcast: Reflecting on Francis

5-Feb-2013
Francis report: Cameron will respond after meeting Mid Staffs families

5-Feb-2013
NMC clears Mid Staffs former nursing director

5-Feb-2013
Evidence, not newspaper exaggeration, should direct debates about care quality

5-Feb-2013
Register now to read HSJ's unrivalled coverage of the Francis report

5-Feb-2013
NHS flaws 'led to scandal' - Taylor

5-Feb-2013
Mid Staffs myths exposed: the truth about death rates, whistleblowers and the inquiry

5-Feb-2013
My five-year journey reporting on Mid Staffs

4-Feb-2013
Francis will likely say parts of the NHS aren’t good with people

4-Feb-2013
CCG leaders claim confidence in detecting and preventing care failure

4-Feb-2013
NHS changes vow over Mid Staffs inquiry

4-Feb-2013
Wards dangerously understaffed, warn more than half of nurses

3-Feb-2013
What 'safety cases' mean for healthcare

31-Jan-2013
What Francis will mean for boards

31 January 2013
Hunt gives hints on Francis response

30-Jan-2013
Cut the platitudes and get staff motivated

30-Jan-2013
What does 'compassionate leadership' mean?

30-Jan-2013
The NHS has forgotten the meaning of 'service'

29-Jan-2013
Can greater transparency expose future care failures?

24-Jan-2013
Francis report's publication date is revealed

23-Jan-2013
Mid Staffs struggles with patient satisfaction test

18-Jan-2013
Boards do not need to wait for Francis

17 January 2013
Nicholson seeks "legitimacy" amidst a storm of protest

15-Jan-2013
Hunt's head is in the Risk Clouds

15-Jan-2013
Regulating managers is the wrong response to Mid Staffs

14-Jan-2013
Nicholson argues he should survive to implement Mid Staffs recommendations

10-Jan-2013
A perfect storm of NHS scrutiny

10 January 2013
Telling tales could cut complaints

10-Jan-2013
Michael White: escalation in healthcare's culture wars

9-Jan-2013
Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week

18-Dec-2012
NHS seeks legal advice over Mid Staffs CEO job

11-Dec-2012
Hunt picks out a worthy target

4-Dec-2012
Providers to be forced to own up to mistakes

4-Dec-2012
Hunt should remove workforce straitjackets

29 November 2012
Francis appoints health policy heavyweights to review recommendations

22-Nov-2012
NHS chief executives highlight 'climate of fear'

22-Nov-2012
Former Mid Staffs boss working for addiction charity

16-Nov-2012
Why wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now

8 November 2012
Revised NHS Constitution emphasises staff rights and 'duty of candour'

5-Nov-2012
Ali Parsa on the big society

25 October 2012
Whistle while you work - if you dare

25 October 2012
Peter Edwards on the latest Chief Executive Barometer: Not quite the brave new world

18 October 2012
Two consultancies appointed to Mid Staffs sustainability review

26-Sep-2012
Exclusive: Mid Staffs inquiry report delayed further

18-Sep-2012
Taunton and Somerset takes part in complaints handling project

14-Sep-2012
Nottingham University Hospitals to examine complaints handling

14-Sep-2012
West Midlands trusts working on complaints handling

14-Sep-2012
Monitor announces review of Mid Staffs sustainability

11-Sep-2012
Analysis: Decisions need to be taken before Hunt's honeymoon ends

5-Sep-2012
New secretary of state faces a bulging in-tray

5-Sep-2012
'Dear Jeremy, no new initiatives, please'

5-Sep-2012
The new breed must listen to survive

23 August 2012
Commissioning board given default lead role on quality

20-Aug-2012
Consultant quits over diagnostic 'failures'

2 August 2012
CQC chair must consider her position

1-Aug-2012
Beyond inspections

26-Jul-2012
Trust chiefs fear regulators would not spot scandal

25-Jul-2012
Mid Staffs medical director criticises doctors' 'self-preservation'

19-Jul-2012
Exclusive: new workforce chief promises staff flexibility

12-Jul-2012
HSJ retains Publication of the Year award

11-Jul-2012
Mid Staffs Inquiry criticism letters delayed

5-Jul-2012
Mid Staffs draws up formal partnership with neighbour

4-Jul-2012
Mid Staffs inquiry 'to focus on cultural issues'

21-Jun-2012
Managers should work out of hours, says dignity report

18-Jun-2012
Mid Staffs witnesses to be told to prepare for criticism

15-Jun-2012
Mid Staffs recommendations unlikely to clash with policy

14-Jun-2012
Analysed: dealing with the legacy of Mid Staffs

12-Jun-2012
Mid Staffs could merge with neighbour

12-Jun-2012
Mother attending Mid Staffs told healthy baby had died

6-Jun-2012
Mid Staffs nurses disciplined for continuing cannula incidents

1-Jun-2012
Nicholson: 'very real' chance Francis recommendations will conflict with policy

29-May-2012
Engagement matters - here's why

28-May-2012
Open your ears to whistleblowing

23-May-2012
Mid Staffs managers offer healthcare to Ghana

21-May-2012
DH appoints civil servant to prepare for Mid Staffordshire report

10-May-2012
Safety fears grow as upheaval of care quality staff triples

9-May-2012
New patient body praised in Staffordshire

1-May-2012
Nigel Edwards: how Lansley's big vision got shredded

26-Apr-2012
Mid Staffs restricts public questions

5-Apr-2012
Mid Staffs medical director announces resignation

29-Mar-2012
Monitor should toughen assessments following scandal - Bennett

28-Mar-2012
CQC board faces further shake-up

27-Feb-2012
Nurses paid by journalists, suggests former tabloid editor

20-Feb-2012
CQC is 'fit for job', says permanent secretary

26-Jan-2012
Monitor licensing could stifle innovation - FTN

25-Jan-2012
More CQC inspections risk 'diverting' funds from patient care, MPs to be warned

25-Jan-2012
Managers encouraged to blow whistle on colleagues in draft plans to regulate NHS leaders

20-Jan-2012
Mid Staffs inquiry impacting Commissioning Board risk model

18-Jan-2012
Ministers must slow down to avoid another Mid Staffs

12-Jan-2012
Cameron demands improvements to frontline nursing 'red tape'

12 January 2012
Criticism as under pressure CQC reveals 14 per cent underspend

11-Jan-2012
Cameron announces 'Nursing Forum' review of care standards

5-Jan-2012
A day in the life: at the Mid Staffs inquiry

29-Dec-2011
Twelve months of turbulence: 2011 in review

15-Dec-2011
Monitor to review FT assessment process but 'the bar will remain high'

8 December 2011
'The Francis report will be the most important NHS event in 2012'

1 December 2011
CQC's strategy is reactive, board member tells inquiry

28-Nov-2011
CQC inspector: regulator would not necessarily 'spot a Mid Staffs'

28-Nov-2011
Protecting the public from public health professionals

17-Nov-2011
Lansley sets out 'four tests' for hospital bailout and threatens to sack boards

27-Oct-2011
Exclusive: Mid Staffs needs £80m to avoid financial collapse

21-Oct-2011
Government: Mid Staffs inquiry may lead to another health bill

21-Oct-2011
Nicholson: trusts' procurement costs will have to be 'explained'

13-Oct-2011
Burnham moves back to health in shadow cabinet reshuffle

7-Oct-2011
CQC sets out tougher inspections approach

28-Sep-2011
'Raid' FT finances to protect DH budget, ministers were advised

21-Sep-2011
'We need to hear the whistles loud and clear'

16-Sep-2011
Nursing 'lost its way', says CNO

15-Sep-2011
Senior civil servant denies using 'clever tactics' to push through FTs

14-Sep-2011
Mid Staffs chair to stand down

14-Sep-2011
Bradshaw denies government pressured DH to approve FT applications

8-Sep-2011
Burnham 'followed civil service advice' on Mid Staffs FT approval

6-Sep-2011
Burnham to face Mid Staffs inquiry

6-Sep-2011
'Leadership is key to preventing another Mid Staffs'

5-Sep-2011
Mandarins and former ministers face the Mid Staffs inquiry

5-Sep-2011
‘Inert’ or improving: the state of medical regulation

25 August 2011
DH confirms delay to GP practice registration

12-Aug-2011
Cynthia Bower interview: replacing the 'light touch' with a firm grip

28-Jul-2011
Trusts face annual CQC inspections under tougher regime

20-Jul-2011
Young: I'll never work for government again after CQC woe

4-Jul-2011
New Mid Staffs CEO must rehabilitate trust

23 June 2011
Patients 'being coded as palliative to cut death rates', inquiry told

14-Jun-2011
DH 'mistaken' in backing Mid Staffs FT bid, says Moyes

1-Jun-2011
Monitor and CQC complementary, regulator's chief insists

31-May-2011
West Sussex Hospital chair admits previous 'shortcomings' on patient safety

17-May-2011
'Disappointing' DH delays Mid Staffs inquiry

12-May-2011
'Troubling' DH delay stalls Mid Staffs inquiry

6-May-2011
DH 'tried to cover up hospital failure'

4-May-2011
Is the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?

21 April 2011
Merger overseen by Nicholson did not spot Mid Staffs failings, says Bower

18-Apr-2011
Mid staffs inquiry told "name and shame" approach of Dr Foster unhelpful

14-Apr-2011
Patients 'isolated' by hotel style wards

14 April 2011
Mid Staffs understaffing problems 'concealed' from board

31 March 2011
Monitor 'happy' with Mid Staffs death toll

17 March 2011
GP reforms will prevent 'Mid Staffs' scandals

10 March 2011
Review found surgery at Mid Staffs 'inadequate'

9-Mar-2011
Nursing needs more leadership, investigation finds

24 February 2011
Mid Staffs making ‘significant progress’ on nurse recruitment

23-Feb-2011
'Draconian' director scared staff at Mid Staffs

17 February 2011
Staff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'

10 February 2011
Prosecute staff for neglect, say experts

1-Feb-2011
1,600 job cuts criticised by Unison

24-Jan-2011
Monitor plans tougher standards for FTs

4-Jan-2011
More powers for health ombudsman and local health forums

15-Dec-2010
Financial checks on NHS providers eased

9 December 2010
Bruce Keogh and Ian Dalton on death rates

2 December 2010
Mid Staffs inquiry hears from Cure the NHS campaigner

23-Nov-2010
Mid Staffs doctors and nurses 'will not be named'

23-Nov-2010
GPs could be ordered to give evidence at Mid Staffs inquiry

16-Nov-2010
Lansley accelerates his plans as Labour’s opposition falters

11 November 2010
Michael White: health panel discussions

11 November 2010
The Mid Staffs inquiry and NHS redundancies

11 November 2010
Mid Staffs inquiry told of 'culture of fear'

10-Nov-2010
Patients Association rubbishes local invovement networks

9-Nov-2010
Ex-Mid Staffs chief executive 'may not appear'

9-Nov-2010
Mid Staffs inquiry 'will probe every nook and cranny'

8-Nov-2010
Protest delays Stafford Hospital public inquiry

8-Nov-2010
Stafford Hospital public inquiry to begin

8-Nov-2010
Mid Staffs compensation bill revealed

1-Nov-2010
Public finance adviser joins Mid Staffs inquiry

15-Oct-2010
Hospital manager sacked for inquiry interference

14-Jun-2010
A&E waiting time targets face axe

10-Jun-2010
Government announces full Mid Staffs inquiry and whistleblower move

9-Jun-2010
Ken Jarrold on admitting to the Mid Staffs mistakes

5-Apr-2010
Francis report criticises SHA's mortality research

4 March 2010
Gordon Brown’s knee-jerk reaction to Mid Staffs is doomed to failure

4 March 2010
Michael White on the Mid Staffs inquiry

4 March 2010
Monitor claims its quality bar is now set high enough

4 March 2010
NHS West Midlands faces review of its services

4 March 2010
One in 10 concerned about own trust's care standards

4 March 2010
Weak NHS managers could be ‘struck off’

4 March 2010
Survey: How good is the care in your trust?

25-Feb-2010
The Francis report's 18 recommendations

25-Feb-2010
Inconsistent risk assessment led to pressure ulcers at Mid Staffs, inquiry finds

24-Feb-2010
Deficient provision of food and water at Mid Staffs, inquiry found

24-Feb-2010
Staff at Mid Staffs 'lacked compassion'

24-Feb-2010
Remit announced for investigation of regulatory bodies post Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
'No excuse' for privacy and dignity failings at Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
Relatives had to 'alter faults in medical records' at Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
Don't use death rates to predict real deaths, Mid Staffs inquiry warns

24-Feb-2010
'Unsuccessful management' of Mid Staffs criticised

24-Feb-2010
Mid Staffs staff experienced 'culture of fear', Francis says

24-Feb-2010
Pressure to discharge 'should not influence decisions', says Mid Staffs report

24-Feb-2010
Francis complains Mid Staffs nurse numbers still not high enough

24-Feb-2010
Foundation independence is on a knife edge

24-Feb-2010
Weak hygiene practices found at Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
High incidence of falls at Mid Staffs due to 'insufficiently qualified' staff

24-Feb-2010
Failures in Mid Staffs continence care 'totally unacceptable'

24-Feb-2010
Mid Staffs 'a warning on staff shortages'

24-Feb-2010
Staff attitudes 'left much to be desired', says Mid Staffs report

24-Feb-2010
Mid Staffs ‘sobering account’ of leadership failure, says NHS Confederation

24-Feb-2010
Investigation into NHS regulation announced

24-Feb-2010
Mid Staffs board to consider further action against individuals

24-Feb-2010
Regulator starts separate inquiry into Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
Families of Mid Staffs victims still want public inquiry

24-Feb-2010
FTs must meet in public, Burnham says as Mid Staffs inquiry reports

24-Feb-2010
Union calls for tougher regulation after Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
Clinical staff 'not to blame' for majority of Mid Staffs failings

24-Feb-2010
CQC will register Mid Staffs but with caveats

24-Feb-2010
Mid Staffs report calls for regulation of managers

24-Feb-2010
Mid Staffordshire inquiry findings published

24-Feb-2010
Misdiagnosis led to death of patient at Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
NHS boards are patient safety ‘cornerstone’

24-Feb-2010

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