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NewsFrancis proposes criminal offence to drive cultural change
Major changes will be required in the way all parts of the NHS handle serious patient safety incidents if a legally binding duty of candour is imposed, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCircle bags £42m Nottingham contract renewal
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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NewsA&E waits 'hit decade high'
The number of patients who are forced to wait for more than four hours in accident and emergency departments before being treated has reached its highest level in a decade, a new report suggests.
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NewsMissed appointments 'cost millions'
The NHS was forced to fork out millions of pounds last year as 6.7m patients did not bother turning up to their hospital appointments.
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NewsAnalysis: Francis calls for deceleration of drive towards all-FT NHS
Robert Francis QC has called for a further deceleration of the drive for all NHS providers to become foundation trusts, in order to ensure trusts completing the process are safe.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS shake-up hampers oversight of serious incidents
Loss of staff has left primary care trusts struggling to review thousands of serious incidents
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NewsHSJ Live rolling news 14.2.2013
Rolling news coverage from HSJ, including debate about former hospital chief executive Gary Walker, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsMonitor could regulate managers in response to Francis
Robert Francis QC’s proposal to extend the scope of the “fit and proper person” test for directors of NHS providers could lead to Monitor regulating individual managers, the chief executive of the regulator has told HSJ.
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NewsSunday Times journalist to lead healthcare assistant review
The Sunday Times journalist Camilla Cavendish has been asked by the government to conduct a study of healthcare assistants to ensure they have the necessary training standards, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCriticising individuals 'futile' in such widespread system failure
The Francis report shied away from explicit criticism of individuals involved in care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to avoid “perpetuating the illusion” that removing particular people would solve problems.
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NewsStep up in quality scrutiny of commissioning groups likely to follow Francis
Scrutiny of clinical commissioning groups and support units is set to be tightened in response to the Francis report.
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NewsChild 999 admissions continue to rise
The number of children admitted to English hospitals as emergencies has increased every year since 2003, researchers have found.
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NewsLocal Healthwatch at risk of 'fractious disputes'
The government risks making the same mistakes in setting up local Healthwatch that it made in setting up predecessor patient and public involvement organisations, the Francis report has warned.
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Foreign patients lucrative for NHS
Foreign patients who seek private treatment in the UK are a lucrative source of income for the NHS, research has found.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 13.2.2013
Monitor could regulate managers in response to Francis report and the rest of today’s news
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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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NewsEvery potential student nurse to face aptitude test
Every potential student nurse or qualified healthcare worker entering training will in future be interviewed and tested to make sure they have the right values and skills to provide good care, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAnalysis: system rejects Francis single regulator plans
Robert Francis QC’s proposal for a single quality and finance regulator looks unlikely to be realised after key players rejected the idea. However, the government is working on plans to stiffen the consequences for boards that preside over care failures, HSJ has learned.
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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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NewsNicholson to face MPs over Lorenzo deal
Sir David Nicholson will face questions from MPs following claims anticompetitive deals are being struck between NHS trusts and an IT supplier, HSJ has learned.