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NewsCQC non-exec to blow the whistle at Mid Staffs inquiry
Two new Care Quality Commission whistleblowers - including one board member - have been called to give evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
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NewsNHS facing 'tsunami' of patient anger
A “tsunami of anger” is heading towards the NHS unless organisations start to engage more fully with the public, the chairman of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has warned.
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NewsFormer Mid Staffs chief admits to considering suicide
The former chief executive of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has revealed he considered taking his own life in the wake of the fallout from the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into the trust.
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NewsCQC Mid Staffs evidence 'wishful thinking'
Evidence given to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry by Care Quality Commission board members was “aspirational” and did not reflect what was happening in practice, the inquiry has heard.
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NewsDH still learning "whether we got it right" with CQC
The permanent secretary to the Department of Health has admitted the regulatory system failed patients and relatives at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsMid Staffs chair to stand down
The chair of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he will retire in January after three years in the post.
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NewsBradshaw denies government pressured DH to approve FT applications
Former health minister Ben Bradshaw has denied Number 10 was putting pressure on the Department of Health to grant foundation trust status to unsustainable trusts at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NewsBurnham defends decision on Mid Staffs' FT application
Former health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to back Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s Monitor application, blaming the system for failing to pick up problems at the trust sooner.
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Latest coverage: live updates from the Mid Staffs inquiry
NEW: NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed his thinking on issues including the independence of foundation trusts, regulation and the reforms during his second day of evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry.
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NewsBurnham 'followed civil service advice' on Mid Staffs FT approval
Andy Burnham backed Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s bid for foundation trust status after looking at just four lines of civil service advice, the public inquiry has heard.
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NewsIVF treatment errors on the rise in UK
The number of mistakes or near-misses in IVF treatment has more than trebled in three years, figures have revealed.
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NewsStepping Hill latest: fourth and fifth 'sabotage' patients die
Two more patients have died at the hospital linked to allegations of sabotage, police said today.
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NewsAlan Johnson 'put pressure on regulator to keep quiet on Mid Staffs deaths'
Former health secretary Alan Johnson put pressure on the Healthcare Commission not to publish controversial figures suggesting up to 1,200 people had died unnecessarily at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the public inquiry was told.
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News'Disappointing' DH delays Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been held up by the Department of Health’s failure to disclose relevant documents.
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NewsDH 'tried to cover up hospital failure'
The Department of Health asked the Healthcare Commission to delay putting a hospital into special measures until after the 2005 general election, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has heard.
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NewsMulti agency investigation into Legionnaires' disease case
A multi agency investigation has been launched after a case of Legionnaires’ disease was confirmed in Scotland.
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NewsHealth board investigates care home deaths
An investigation has been launched after four elderly residents died in one week at a care home.
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News'Infected blood' compensation extended nationwide
People in Northern Ireland who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood through the NHS will receive extra compensation.
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NewsReport into C diff deaths at hospital delayed
The results of an inquiry into a hospital bug outbreak that claimed 18 lives will be delayed by more than a year.
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NewsMonitor 'happy' with Mid Staffs death toll
A former board director at Mid Staffordshire has spoken of his “amazement” that Monitor did not pick up on the hospital’s problems during its authorisation process to become a foundation trust.