All Robert Francis QC articles – Page 9
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HSJ LocalHigh Court orders second inquest over Mid Staffs death
The High Court has ordered a second inquest be held into the death of a Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust patient which has been the subject of accusations of a lack of openness by senior managers.
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LeaderGood inquiries should be short and sharp
The Morecambe Bay inquiry can learn from Keogh, Francis and Berwick
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CommentMichael White: Burnham thinks big
The shadow health secretary wants Labour to have clear, gimmick free policies
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LeaderGood inquiries should be short and sharp
The Morecambe Bay inquiry can learn from Keogh, Francis and Berwick
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NewsExclusive: Work not started on minimum safe staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, has not been asked to begin drawing up evidence-based minimum safe staffing level tools, six months after it was recommended by the Francis inquiry report, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Morecambe Bay inquiry chair prepared to target regulators
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has told HSJ he wants the freedom to investigate all bodies involved – including, potentially, regulators.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient leaders should have been Francis' first recommendation
The report fell short on patient empowerment
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NewsBerwick dashes hopes on minimum staffing levels
The Berwick review into patient safety has stopped short of recommending a minimum safe staffing level for NHS hospital wards.
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NewsBerwick: Staff responsible for neglect should face jail
NHS staff should face jail in cases of “neglect or wilful misconduct”, the high profile review tasked with making zero harm care a reality in the NHS has recommended.
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NewsTrusts seek thousands of frontline staff in 'short-term fix'
Foundation trusts aim to spend £500m recruiting 10,000 additional frontline clinical staff this year as a short term fix before cutting the workforce by almost 30,000 in the following two years, their latest plans show.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs survey reveals claims of continuing poor care
Some patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are continuing to suffer poor care more than four years after widespread failures at the trust first emerged.
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NewsThe Keogh review: HSJ's brief guide to mortality rates
The Keogh review into high mortality rates at 14 NHS hospital trusts has once again brought the debate over the indicator to the fore.
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CommentThe NHS and the public both need a culture change
Public health is the NHS’s biggest challenge now
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NewsHunt 'prepared to look at' future of foundation trust policy
Health secretary speaks exclusively to HSJ on private healthcare, the purchaser-provider split, and the “bold” reforms to healthcare models needed on the 65th anniversary of the NHS.
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CommentTime for truth and reconciliation in the NHS
A new commission could ensure transparency and justice
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HSJ KnowledgeHow chief executives should respond to the Francis report
Priorities from the 290 recommendations
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NewsBMA calls for regulation of managers
The British Medical Association has called for NHS bosses to be held accountable for hospital failures through a new regulation system.
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NewsMid Staffs administrators to ask for more time
The special administrators running Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have asked Monitor for extra time to decide the fate of its acute services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC to begin consultation on new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission was today due to launch a consultation on a new inspection regime, including a “charter of rights” for patients.
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NewsHundreds of Mid Staffs deaths examined by police
A review of deaths at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by Staffordshire Police has identified 200-300 cases in which alleged neglect may have contributed to the death.