All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 133
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HSJ Knowledge72 hours... and counting - meeting the summary discharge target
Are you meeting the NHS contract requirement to get discharge letters to GPs within 72 hours? Will you be ready for the 24 hour requirement starting in April 2010? Find out how to do it at this free online seminar. Register now and watch the debate on demand on your ...
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NewsNo payoff for Mid Staffs chief executive
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust’s former chief executive Martin Yeates will receive six months’ salary but no severance payment following his resignation.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS quality improvement: delivering and demonstrating quality
Following our highly successful Quality Information Assurance online seminar, in partnership with Oracle, in February, we are delighted to bring you the next step in supporting you on your quality journey: Quality Improvement - delivering and demonstrating quality in the NHS.
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NewsMid Staffs chief executive resigns
The chief executive of Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has resigned, two months after the Healthcare Commission published its damning report.
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NewsRose Gibb to take case to Court of Appeal
Rose Gibb is to fight on in her battle to get her £250,000 payoff - making a double-pronged approach to the Court of Appeal and an employment tribunal.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve quality of diagnosis
Little research exists into issues around GPs and acute clinicians getting diagnoses wrong. Ingrid Torjesen asks what the NHS is doing about this crucial quality issue
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NewsCity council chief takes reins at Yorkshire SHA
Two major NHS appointments will see chief executives from local government and a primary care trust leading Yorkshire and the Humber and West Midlands strategic health authorities.
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CommentStephen Eames on the quest for quality
At a recent meeting, a colleague likened the current welter of initiatives on quality to being “tied down like Gulliver”. It’s not that I argue with the importance of providing safe, high quality care - far from it - but I have some sympathy with the view that there is ...
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CommunityUp in smoke
It would be enough to send even the most steel willed public health director reaching for the Marlboros. East Lancashire primary care trust last week ‘fessed up to having double-counted its smoking cessation figures for much of the past year.
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NewsCare Quality Commission will 'do a number' on weakest NHS performers
The chair of the Care Quality Commission has pledged to get tough with NHS and social care organisations languishing in the bottom 10 per cent of performance tables.
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NewsBaby P review reveals 'systemic failings' in NHS
Trusts have been urged to ensure they are meeting child protection standards in a report revealing “systemic failings” in the NHS’s treatment of Baby Peter.
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HSJ KnowledgeGuidance on implementing the never events framework
Operating on the wrong part, or leaving an instrument inside a patient, should not happen. Martin Fletcher and Tanya Huehns look at attempts to make such ‘never events’ history
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NewsBen Bradshaw labels nurse whistleblower ruling 'unduly harsh'
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has appeared to add his support to nurse whistleblower Margaret Haywood.
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Act now to prevent blood clots becoming the 'next MRSA', warns NHS Confederation
Trust boards must act to stop deadly blood clots becoming “the next MRSA” in the eyes of patients and the media, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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NewsAlan Johnson launches new rules on patient involvement
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a series of policies to help avoid more NHS services falling to the “appalling” standards exposed at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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NewsRose Gibb: The case that puts a stop to big pay-off cheques
Former chief executive Rose Gibb’s failure to secure the large severance sum she believed she was assured of marks a sea change in how the NHS handles pay-offs, reports Alison Moore
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LeaderMid Staffordshire: improvement must be routine, not just the result of a scandal
In his report into the lessons to be learned from the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, national primary care director David Colin-Thomé concluded that responsibility lies firmly with the management board and staff.
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Care Quality Commission completes its management team
The Care Quality Commission has filled the remaining director posts on its senior management team.
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NewsHSJ survey: Hospital managers act on Mid Staffs failures
Around half of hospital managers and other staff believe elements of poor standards found at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust exist at their own organisation, a HSJ straw poll suggests.
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DH says NHS can save money and improve patient safety
The NHS is in a position to make “significant” efficiency savings without compromising patient safety, according to a senior Department of Health economist.