All Robert Francis QC articles – Page 5
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NewsMid Staffs trust to face criminal charges over patient deaths
The former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to face criminal charges in relation to the deaths of four patients.
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NewsCQC sets out brief for whistleblower guardian
The Care Quality Commission has set out proposals for how a ‘national guardian’ for NHS whistleblowers should be established.
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NewsNICE makes U-turn over publishing safe staffing guidance
Plans to publish safe nurse staffing guidance for emergency departments have been abandoned in a U-turn by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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CommentRose misses the chance to tackle bullying and inequality
Report is remarkable for what it doesn’t say
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NewsExclusive: Hunt says hospital chief found ‘fit and proper’
The health secretary has said that a hospital chief executive has been assessed as ‘fit and proper’, after regulators considered a series of serious concerns against him.
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NewsHunt intervention: NICE will review new body's safe staffing guidance
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt today intervened in the debate over safe staffing levels in the NHS, announcing future guidelines will be independently reviewed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsNew body takes over NHS England safety responsibilities
NHS England’s safety function will be moved to the new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsExclusive: NICE to publish A&E staffing guidance not wanted by NHS England
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will publish recommended nurse staffing levels for accident and emergency departments despite being asked by NHS England to drop the work, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMore than 60 managers have faced fit and proper complaints
A total of 65 NHS chief executives and senior board directors have been subject to complaints under fit and proper person regulations, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: NICE safe staffing work cost £1m
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence spent nearly £1m on its work to develop nurse safe staffing guidelines for the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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News'Safe staffing' move took national nurses by surprise
Senior national and regional nursing leaders were taken by surprise by Simon Stevens’ announcement that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s work on safe staffing guidance was to be stopped, it has emerged.
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NewsFrancis criticises NHS England safe staffing intervention
Sir Robert Francis has expressed serious concerns over NHS England’s decision to suspend the work he recommended to determine safe staffing guidelines.
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NewsExclusive: NICE suspends work on nurse staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has suspended with immediate effect its work to determine safe staffing levels across the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSE criticised for ‘arbitrary’ decision not to intervene at Morecambe Bay
The Health and Safety Executive has been criticised for not intervening over the deaths of mothers and babies at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsCQC's board concerned over hospital report delays
The Care Quality Commission’s board has highlighted concern about the time taken by the watchdog to publish hospital inspection reports.
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HSJ KnowledgeRace inequality of NHS staff is putting patients at risk
BME findings of the whistleblowing report explained
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HSJ KnowledgeUnleash workforce creativity with staff engagement building blocks
The King’s Fund proposes ways to build confidence among the workforce to lead on safety
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CommentBlowing the whistle on Labour's relationship with the NHS
What does Miliband’s failure to acknowledge healthcare problems in Wales tell us?
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LeaderPoliticians are still playing the blame game over whistleblowing
Neither side seems to note the irony