All Francis report - recommendations articles – Page 11
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NewsSudden rise in nurse workforce
The number of nurses working for acute trusts has risen dramatically in the past two months, suggesting a significant response to the Francis report’s criticism of low staffing levels.
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NewsHunt urges consultants to take responsibility
Care Quality Commission inspectors will check whether hospitals have the name of each patient’s “whole-stay doctor” clearly marked above their bed, the health secretary has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsLeaders should be 'more willing' to embrace technology
The health service could save tens of millions of pounds if its leaders were more willing to embrace technology to manage their workforce, according to a report from London School of Economics academics and a thinktank.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.
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HSJ KnowledgeTen key actions for excellent corporate governance
What NHS organisations should be doing now
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NewsCQC chief executive backs wider duty of candour
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has thrown his weight behind a wider definition of the government’s planned statutory duty of candour.
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NewsThis winter will be worse than last, warn hospital chiefs
Hospital leaders predict this winter will be worse than the last and warn their health economies are not coping well already.
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NewsHospital chief to chair nurse staffing group
Nursing academics who led research which found patients were at risk if nurse to patient ratios fell below one to eight have been commissioned to conduct a government backed review of the evidence on nurse staffing, HSJ has learned.
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CommentTepid Francis response won’t guarantee patient safety
The Mid Staffs inquiry has been a missed opportunity
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CommentThe duty of candour is a giant leap in patients' rights
Jeremy Hunt has an important decision to make
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HSJ KnowledgeAfter all the reports, who’s in charge?
Looking at changes at the top of the NHS following Francis, Keogh and Berwick
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LeaderThe ‘year of Francis’ ends in confusion, conflict and hope
The NHS can’t waste a ‘good crisis’
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NewsTrust Development Authority calls for more funding
The NHS Trust Development Authority is seeking more funding from the Department of Health to cope with an increased workload in the aftermath of the Francis inquiry, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: GMC and NMC handling of Mid Staffs cases reviewed
The Professional Standards Authority is to review the Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council’s handling of alleged misconduct cases relating to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust staff, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ KnowledgeFrancis unwittingly calls for more 'female' behaviours
The report demands a female way of leading
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Data reveals costly nurse shortfall
Some acute hospitals provide a third less nursing care per occupied bed day than their peers, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.
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CommentMichael White: Reaction to response is cause for dismay
Francis report still has the power to shock
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NewsNHS to create 'world's largest safety programme'
The largest single patient safety improvement programme in the world will be created by NHS England in response to the Francis report, the director overseeing it has explained.