Policy and Regulation – Page 88
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NewsHSIB demands national implant reform in first report
A new national system of scanning prosthetic implants before they are put into patients should be created by the government, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has said.
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NewsSafety chief warns no reason not to act on first report
The head of the new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has said there is no reason why national bodies cannot implement recommendations it has made in its first report.
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NewsHunt: Gosport will prompt 'searching questions' for government
Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has told MPs the government will “ask searching questions” over whether safety and regulatory processes are right following the Gosport Memorial Hospital Inquiry.
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NewsLord Darzi appointed chair of new innovation panel
Former health minister Lord Darzi has been appointed chair of a new innovation panel which will choose which “transformative” medical products should be fast tracked into the NHS.
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NewsConsultancies hired to 'accelerate' integration of four STPs
Two management consultancies have been commissioned to help four STPs in the West Midlands “accelerate” their integration plans, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMajor hospital with ‘bullying culture’ put in special measures
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures after inspectors rated the trust and its leadership inadequate, having found a “bullying culture” and an “obvious deterioration” in services.
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NewsNHS Providers warns against 'safe space' plans
NHS Providers has added its voice to warnings against local NHS trusts being given “safe space” powers to investigate patient safety incidents.
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NewsDevastating fire prompts checks on 3,500 NHS buildings
NHS Property Services is to carry out a review of all the clinical buildings it owns after a report into a devastating fire which destroyed a community hospital.
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NewsSolicitor general backs CCG bid for new inquest after HSJ exposé
The attorney general’s office has backed a bid for a new inquest into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital following an alleged “cover up”.
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NewsCQC warns providers over bogus inspectors
The Care Quality Commission has issued an alert to providers after two examples of people impersonating inspectors.
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NewsRegulator has to apologise for 'plainly wrong' comments
The chairman of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has made an embarrassing climbdown after claiming incorrectly on national TV that the regulator had not put patients’ lives at risk.
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HSJ LocalRegulator lifts undertakings at Southern Health after 'encouraging progress'
NHS Improvement has lifted several “regulatory undertakings” at one of England’s largest community and mental health trusts.
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NewsAHSNs beefed up amid overhaul of £750m 'innovation' budgets
Lord O’Shaughnessy says failure to scale up NHS innovation projects has been an “Achilles’ heel” AHSNs to become “overseeing authority” of innovation schemes Deployment of £750m of innovation funding under review Ministers and NHS leaders are planning to beef up the role of academic health science networks and ...
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NewsHSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
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NewsJeremy Hunt to strip General Medical Council of powers
The General Medical Council is to be stripped of its right to appeal tribunal decisions on doctors’ fitness to practise, less than three years after it was granted the power.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt pushes for big cancer pledge in new NHS plan
Jeremy Hunt wants an ambitious cancer pledge to be a core plank of the government’s new NHS plan, with senior figures pushing for the service’s £7.5bn cancer budget to be doubled over the longer term, HSJ understands.
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NewsExtending 'safe space' could erode public confidence, MPs warned
Giving NHS trusts “safe space” powers to investigate themselves will “erode public trust and confidence”, Sir David Behan has warned MPs.
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NewsBoards told they are failing on infection control
NHS trust boards have been told to do more on infection risks after an analysis by NHS Improvement found many were not receiving detailed information.
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NewsNICE chief: NHS faces 'startling costs' from new treatments
NICE chief executive said NHS faces “startling new costs” from new medical technologies Sir Andrew Dillon says system will have to confront new payment models for high cost drugs Reveals new cross-body panel now looks at potential impact of new drugs The NHS faces a “material challenge” to ...
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NewsHospitals must use new 'early warning score' or risk losing income
NHS hospitals must roll out a new “early warning score” across all their wards following a change to a key national target – or they risk losing income.