Policy and Regulation – Page 59
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HSJ LocalCouncil chief to lead city’s ‘integrated care provider’
The chief executive of a city council which had previously suspended its involvement in an integrated care system has been appointed to one of its leadership posts.
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NewsFourteen trusts to be excused from reporting A&E target during controversial trial
Fresh concerns have been raised about how NHS England is conducting its controversial pilot of new accident and emergency standards.
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Expert BriefingThe biggest set of mergers for a decade
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentHealthcare expert witnesses should get professional training
A newly published guidance on how healthcare professionals should be trained to be expert witnesses aims to ensure more consistency and better standards in the evidence provided by medical expert witnesses, says Mark Solon.
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NewsSafety watchdog hit by poor governance and culture
Poor governance and cultural problems at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch have damaged staff morale and led to confused decision making according to multiple whistleblowers, who told HSJ it had also seen major delays to its reports and needed to be “put back on track”.
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NewsHSIB chief: We are on a 'changing trajectory'
The chief investigator of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has accepted the new body has made mistakes but told HSJ it was now on an upward trajectory with plans to improve its governance.
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NewsDraft CQC report had accused Whorlton Hall staff of 'bullying'
Care Quality Commission inspectors were aware patients at Whorlton Hall had accused staff of “bullying and inappropriate behaviour”, according to a draft report.
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NewsNHSE to step in after CCG rewrote teenager's mortality review
NHS England is to issue new guidance to clinical commissioning groups in the wake of an alleged cover-up of a teenager’s avoidable death.
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NewsExclusive: Ward cleanliness to be displayed 'food hygiene style'
“Food hygiene style” ratings will be displayed on every NHS ward and theatre as part of a new drive to improve cleanliness in the health service, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSpecial measures for hospital where patients had to 'lie on floor'
An independent provider of inpatient mental health services has had a second hospital placed in special measures after patients were found to be treated in an “uncaring, undignified and disrespectful” way.
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LeaderPritchard must decide
Just over two months ago, HSJ wrote an editorial suggesting the approach being taken to the recruitment of the NHS’ new chief operating officer would result in “a good chief executive being ripped away from a trust that needs them.” We also said that, as a result, the new COO ...
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NewsGMC manslaughter review ducks question on law change
An independent review to examine the use of gross negligence manslaughter laws in medicine has avoided examining whether the law in England should be changed.
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NewsNew NHS ops chief 'expects to return to trust' after secondment
The newly-appointed NHS chief operating officer is taking up the role on a secondment basis and has told staff at her trust she expects to “return to the trust after a period working at national level”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCQC tells trusts to publish post-inspection letters
The Care Quality Commission has re-introduced post inspection letters for NHS trusts with an expectation that they are made public.
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NewsPrivate hospitals safety warning after patient death
A coroner has issued warnings over safety at private hospitals after a patient referred out of the NHS by his consultant died following surgery.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Private sector must change its offer
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsWorkforce plan: Power will be devolved to regions
Workforce planning policy will be devolved to regional integrated care systems as part of sweeping changes to the way the NHS manages its 1.3 million staff, the long-awaited interim NHS workforce plan has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Dido Harding: Boards should take culture as seriously as finance
Baroness Dido Harding has said if NHS boards took culture and staff management as seriously as finance, the service would “shift from a bullying and rotten culture quite quickly”, while stating she is “pretty confident” it will secure extra workforce investment from government later this year.
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CommentThe Bedpan: When the NHS asks, the answer is ‘yes’
This week: Nicky Morgan, Conservative MP and chair of the House of Commons Treasury select committee.