All Francis report - recommendations articles – Page 13
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NewsExclusive: Official staffing guidance to order 'urgent' nurse staffing reviews
NHS providers should recruit more staff if their current workforce plans do not take account of staff training and unplanned leave, new government backed guidance is set to say.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Ministers to order staffing reviews in response to Francis
Hospital boards will be ordered to review and publish nurse staffing levels at least twice a year as part of the government’s full response to the Francis report, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsDuty of candour plans 'legitimise cover ups'
Plans to limit a statutory duty of candour on organisations to incidents of death or severe harm will “legitimise cover-ups”, patient groups have warned.
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NewsGovernment urged to drop barring scheme
A group set up by the government has urged ministers to consider dropping its plan to set up a barring scheme for NHS managers guilty of misconduct, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality governance: burden or opportunity?
A good system goes far beyond regulation and the regulators
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NewsNHS England's mandate delayed amid 'struggle' over contents
Publication of the government’s mandate to NHS England has been delayed after the organisation’s chair revealed a “struggle” had been taking place to ensure the document did not become a government “shopping list”.
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HSJ KnowledgeClare Gerada: 'The Health Act made me ill'
The outgoing and outspoken RCGP chair reflects on her tenure
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News'Link' between mortality rates and doctor sanctions to be probed
The General Medical Council has told HSJ it will investigate an apparent statistical link between high mortality rates and the numbers of doctors receiving a warning or sanction.
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Comment'There has been a deafening silence from clinicians for too long'
Clinical input is crucial to solving care quality issues
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News'Francis effect' leads to thousands more nursing posts
Hospitals are trying to increase the number of nurses and healthcare assistants working on their wards in a trend being attributed to a growing focus on patient safety in the wake of the Francis report.
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NewsSecond wave of trust inspections announced soon
The second wave of trusts to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission’s new quality teams will be announced shortly.
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HSJ KnowledgeSix questions non-executives should ask their boards
Focus on the key questions that matter when managing change
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HSJ KnowledgeBetter data saves lives
Reviewing information systems in the NHS to better identify problems
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BlogsGive troubled trusts the right support to improve
When it comes to improving a trust’s performance, we must make sure we do not blur the lines of responsibility
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HSJ Local
GMC abandons case against four Mid Staffs doctors
WORKFORCE: The General Medical Council has abandoned fitness to practise investigations into four senior doctors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust due to insufficient evidence.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe role of CCGs following the Francis report
What CCGs should aim to do in light of the Mid Staffs inquiry
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NewsLamb: Directors could face poor care prosecutions
Individual directors on the boards of healthcare providers will face the threat of criminal prosecution for neglect or abuse of patients, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7
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NewsHospitals urged to follow Salford's staffing example
All hospitals should publish the staffing levels on their wards on a daily basis, the Commons health committee has recommended.