Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb has called for a comprehensive review of the NHS IT system, after former NHS IT programme chief executive Richard Granger admitted that some of the work carried out by contractors had been 'appalling', according to IT magazine CIO.
Mr Lamb said: 'We must have a thorough independent review with no more uncommitted spending until that review is complete.'
The Care Quality Commission has rated an independent mental health hospital as “inadequate”, just 15 months after it was rated as “good”, and following abuse allegations being raised.
Hierarchies within the NHS workforce are a “real bar” to patient safety, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
A national scheme to improve safety with closer scrutiny of deaths is seeing major delays, with a large majority of areas missing its planned go-live date, HSJ has learned.
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