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NewsFrancis: NHS chief, health secretary and ward staff are unaccountable
A lack of accountability in the NHS, from ward level through to the secretary of state, has been exposed by the report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, its author has told MPs.
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NewsUPDATED: Hunt anti-bureaucracy drive could cut paperwork by a third
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a major review of “cumbersome bureaucracy” in the NHS which he hopes will cut paperwork by a third.
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NewsFrancis: Status of management needs to be enhanced
The status of healthcare management as a profession needs to be enhanced in order to bridge the gap between managers and clinicians, according to Robert Francis QC.
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NewsNew criminal powers for CQC would need a higher level of proof
The Care Quality Commission would need to increase its standards of proof if it is to make use of new powers to bring criminal prosecutions as proposed in the Francis report, lawyers have warned.
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NewsUpdated: Francis calls for a beefed up CQC as single quality regulator
The Care Quality Commission should take on responsibility for “corporate governance” and “financial competence” alongside quality, Robert Francis QC has recommended.
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NewsFrancis stops short of regulation for managers
Directors of NHS providers should be subject to a new fit and proper person test, Robert Francis QC has recommended. However, he has not called for regulation of all NHS managers.
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NewsFrancis blames NHS culture for Mid Staffs failings
An institutional culture which put the “business of the system ahead of patients” is to blame for the failings surrounding Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Robert Francis QC has said.
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NewsCameron: Failure regime will be for poor care, not just poor finances
David Cameron today said the government would extend the NHS “failure regime” to allow trust boards to be suspended for failures of care, as well as financial management failures.
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NewsFrancis response: ‘immediate’ probe ordered into hospitals with high death rates
The NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to investigate trusts with high death rates “and check remedial action is being taken”, the prime minister has told Parliament.
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NewsObama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM
Don Berwick, the man who advised President Barack Obama on his health reforms, has been appointed to spearhead a “zero harm” agenda in the NHS, David Cameron has revealed.
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NewsUPDATED Exclusive: CQC does not want to take on Monitor roles
The Care Quality Commission wants to avoid merging with Monitor if at all possible, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFrancis: slow down FT pipeline to ensure safety
Robert Francis QC has backed the slowing down of the foundation trust pipeline process in order to “make sure” trusts completing the process are safe.
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NewsNHS faces new laws on honesty
New laws should be brought in requiring all NHS staff and directors to be open and honest when mistakes happen, the Francis report has recommended.
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NewsFrancis avoids direct criticism of top NHS leaders
The Francis report has criticised the work of the strategic health authorities which oversaw Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, but includes little direct criticism of specific leaders, including Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsLawyers and managers concerned as Francis recommends criminalising 'duty of candour' failures
Robert Francis QC has recommended it be made a crime to obstruct the duty of candour or make an “untruthful statement to a commissioner or regulator”.
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NewsFrancis: give councils more scrutiny power
The Francis report on NHS care failings has raised serious concerns about the “concept” of local government health scrutiny, pointing to major errors by two councils in holding health services to account.
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NewsFrancis report: healthcare assistants will face regulation
Healthcare support workers should be subject to regulation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Robert Francis QC has said.
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NewsFrancis report: RCN labelled 'ineffective'
Robert Francis QC has described the Royal College of Nursing as “ineffective”, both as a professional organisation and as a trade union. He said it should consider separating its two roles.
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NewsChief nurse role should be 'kept under review', says Francis report
The government’s splitting of the chief nursing officer role in England into two positions should be “kept under review”, according to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry report.
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NewsFrancis: NICE should draw up safe staffing levels
Minimum safe staffing levels should be drawn up by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and policed by the Care Quality Commission, according to the Francis report.