Policy and regulation – Page 82
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NewsHopson: NHS must 'get off the pot' on improving community services
The Five Year Forward View has failed NHS community services and a third of community providers cut staff last year, NHS Providers chief executive has said.
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NewsScathing report says regulator ignored police warnings and put public at risk
The Nursing and Midwifery Council put the public at risk from poor care after ignoring more than 20 concerns raised by the police for two years, a damning report has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: Consultancy to review what PHE knew about breast screening errors
Consultancy firm PwC will review Public Health England’s handling of potential fatal errors in the national breast screening programme, including when concerns were escalated within the organisation.
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NewsExclusive: Waiting times targets removed from NHS England guidance
Waiting time targets for treating new and expecting mothers with serious mental health problems were scrapped and removed from new national guidance, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRegulator chief executive resigns ahead of scandal report
The chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has resigned, ahead of the publication of a review into the regulator’s handling of the Morecambe Bay maternity scandal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Towards good ideas
Even as Jeremy Hunt and Philip Hammond argue over the budget boost for the NHS, other people are starting to have some good ideas about helping out the NHS, writes Andy Cowper
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NewsUpdated: Minister 'misinformed' over learning disability mortality report
The care minister has admitted misleading MPs over whether the Department of Health and Social Care was told a review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities was due to be published.
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NewsRoyal college backs Hunt bid to improve private sector safety
The Royal College of Surgeons has backed the health and social care secretary’s bid to improve patient safety in private sector hospitals.
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NewsStaff fear speaking up over child abuse in NHS
Unwillingness to challenge senior staff and fears over how managers respond is stopping NHS staff raising concerns about child abuse perpetrated out by their colleagues, a public inquiry has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt seeks 'full health and social care integration' under new 10 year plan
Jeremy Hunt has revealed his top priorities for the forthcoming “long term plan” for the NHS, and said it will represent one of the “big moments in NHS history”.
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NewsRegulator orders review of community team caseloads
A mental health trust has been ordered to carry out an immediate review of community team caseloads after concerns about “ongoing risks” to patients.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: How to spend it best: theft, teaching and toxin-taming
Andy Cowper discusses three themes of theft, teaching and toxin-taming that should inform the NHS turnaround strategy
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NewsHunt attacks private sector over safety and costs
Jeremy Hunt has accused some private sector hospitals of having “coasted” on safety, and warned they could be made to pay costs when the NHS has to take over care of their patients, in a strongly-worded intervention.
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NewsPM's mental health review will call for 'significant' new money
The government’s mental health tsar has said his independent report could have “significant” implications for NHS funding.
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LeaderThe nation's love affair with the NHS is endangering its health
Asked recently to reflect on his record as prime minister, Tony Blair chose the failure to tackle inequality as his greatest oversight.
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NewsNew CQC chief executive revealed
The new chief executive of the Care Quality Commission will be Ian Trenholm, the current chief executive of the NHS Blood and Transplant Authority.
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NewsHunt: Councils 'must be at the heart' of green paper debate
Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged local government to lead the debate about the future of social care services.
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NewsRevealed: New national patient safety director
NHS Improvement has announced Aidan Fowler will be England’s new national patient safety director.
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NewsHigh Court told NHS 'can't go back to block pricing'
A High Court was told the NHS “cannot wind back the clock to block pricing” in the first of two judicial review hearings over NHS England’s accountable care organisation contract.
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LeaderWhy the CQC could inadvertently threaten NHS funding
Ted Baker, the chief inspector of hospitals, recently presented the latest Care Quality Commission inspection results to trust chief executives at a meeting organised by NHS Improvement and NHS England. His overall conclusion was that quality at NHS trusts was improving.