Policy and Regulation – Page 97
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NewsNew regulator launches investigation after patient dies
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has launched its fourth investigation after being alerted to a patient’s death after they presented to hospital two weeks after surgery.
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NewsNew chair of NHS Improvement revealed
The former chief executive of the broadband provider TalkTalk is the Department of Health’s preference to be the next chair of NHS Improvement, HSJ understands.
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NewsTheresa May names lead to review Mental Health Act
The prime minister has announced the former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists will lead an independent review of the Mental Health Act.
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HSJ LocalCharity fears national precedent if CCG axes free transport services
A charity has warned a dangerous precedent may be set if a clinical commissioning group enforces its decision to stop funding non-emergency patient transport to people who rely on “life sustaining” treatment.
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NewsExclusive: Government threatens to intervene over DTOCs performance
Ministers are set to issue a fresh warning to councils deemed to have made insufficient progress tackling delayed transfers of care, amid a bitter row over the withholding of funding.
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CommentThe clock is ticking on prevention and integration
Lip service has been paid to the need for prevention and integration in the NHS and social care system. Now more must be done to implement change on the ground, writes Mike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross
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NewsExclusive: NHS regulators face scrutiny in new Kirkup inquiry
A new inquiry by Bill Kirkup into the death of a baby girl 16 years ago will examine the role of NHS regulators and national bodies whose inaction led to a “regulatory gap”, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentNHS England and NHS Improvement should be brought closer together
Is it possible to tighten up NHS organisation and efficiency without major upheaval?
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HSJ LocalTrust pleads guilty to health and safety charge over patient's death
One of the country’s largest mental health and community trusts has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law over the death of a teenage patient.
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NewsResignations send stark warning to chief execs on A&E performance
Two acute trust chief executives have resigned today under pressure from ministers and NHS Improvement over consistently poor accident and emergency performance.
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CommentA radical reshaping of regulation is needed
Expanding the 9 professional regulatory bodies would be counter-productive
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NewsGovernment pushes ahead with safe space plans despite 'misuse' concerns
A new health service safety investigations bill pushes ahead with controversial plans to allow local NHS trusts to investigate safety breaches without the need to disclose the information uncovered.
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NewsTrusts left waiting months for late CQC inspection results
Trusts are waiting almost half a year to receive their Care Quality Commission inspection reports, the latest data from the regulator reveals.
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NewsSimon Stevens: Cut DTOCs to prepare for possible flu outbreak
Freeing up delayed transfer of care beds will be vital to ensuring the NHS has enough capacity to manage winter pressures and a possible flu outbreak, Simon Stevens has warned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut – complexity for dummies
Complexity is not going away, especially in public policy and in healthcare – but can our leaders explain it to their audience, asks Andy Cowper
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees short term deal over £26m property dispute
An interim deal has been struck between a mental health and community provider and NHS Property Services amid a row over liability for millions in estates maintenance costs.
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NewsExclusive: NHS trusts branding care staff as 'advanced nurses'
Unregistered care assistants are working in the NHS with job titles describing them as nurses with advanced skills, new research has revealed.
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NewsNHSI investigates trust over financial governance concerns
NHS Improvement is investigating financial governance at a London hospital trust after management consultants raised concerns over how it produced its 2017-18 plan.
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NewsNMC: All graduate nurses should be ready to prescribe
Nurses could be able to prescribe medication “much sooner” in their careers than they currently can under plans being consulted on by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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CommentHow much localism in healthcare is too much?
Though localism has its benefits, policy makers should tread with caution, as handing health fully over to local government has thrown up challenges in the past.