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Hunt: Managers and clinicians should be 'struck off' over Mid Staffs scandal
The managers and clinicians responsible for poor care that led to hundreds of deaths in the Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal should be struck off, the health secretary has said.
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Circle wins Nottingham contract
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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HSJ Live: rolling news 11.2.2013
Nine further trusts face probe of mortality rates and the rest of today’s news
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Commissioners intervene to prevent Furness maternity transfer
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has dropped plans to temporarily shut maternity and neonatal services in Furness after commissioners intervened to resolve its staffing crisis.
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Francis: 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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New 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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Good nurses should be rewarded with more pay says Francis
Nurses who “demonstrate a commitment to patient care” could receive more pay under recommendations made by Robert Francis QC.
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HSJ Live: Rolling news 8.2.12
Calls for a moratorium on A&E closures and the rest of today’s news
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Labour MP calls for moratorium on A&E closures
A Labour MP has called on ministers to impose a moratorium on closures of hospital emergency departments until the NHS Commissioning Board’s national review on the subject has been carried out.
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NHS Midlands and East 'failed', say MPs
The strategic management of health resources across the east of England strategic health authority has “failed”, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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Innovators 'must provide more evidence' about product effectiveness
Pharmaceutical and technology companies looking to introduce their products into the NHS must do more research to demonstrate effectiveness, a senior NHS Commissioning Board official has said.
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Francis live: rolling news 7.2.2013
The latest news on the Francis report and the rest of today’s news
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Francis: Regulating healthcare assistants would not cost 'too much'
Regulating healthcare assistants would be simple and would not “cost too much money”, according to Robert Francis QC.
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RCN 'acutely aware' of lessons from Francis report
The Royal College of Nursing has acknowledged it has “lessons to learn” from the way it handled events surrounding the care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Cameron tells GMC and NMC to improve accountability
The prime minister has told the General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council it must outline the steps they will take to strengthen their systems of accountability in the light of the Francis report.
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Unison accepts Agenda for Change proposals
Unison has become the latest health union to accept proposals to dilute the Agenda for Change pay framework, marking a significant step towards their introduction.
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Francis highlights problems with 'culture' and targets
Robert Francis QC has criticised elements of the “culture” of the NHS and Department of Health, including overly tough performance management.
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Francis: 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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Francis: 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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Exclusive: Hunt says Monitor will survive and run 'failure regime'
Monitor will survive and is likely to take regulation and enforcement action, while the Care Quality Commission focuses on inspection, Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.