All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 17
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'Star rating' style system back on the agenda for NHS
Hospitals and care homes will receive single quality ratings under plans being developed by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: CQC admits it cannot spot poor hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has not been able to “really assess” the safety and quality of hospitals under its current model, the regulator’s new chair has told HSJ.
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Exclusive: Delay to 111 go live in third of country
NHS Direct has been asked to provide a contingency service in almost a third of England due to delays in rolling out the government’s flagship 111 urgent care phone number, HSJ has learned.
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Ban on gagging clauses is 'smoke and mirrors'
High level announcements about restrictions on the use of confidentiality clauses have “limited significance” but may help to clarify their effect for staff, lawyers have told HSJ.
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Exclusive: Gary Walker did tell Nicholson he was a whistleblower
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker did seek to be treated as a whistleblower when he approached Sir David Nicholson with patient safety concerns, a document seen by HSJ reveals.
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Government moves to clarify protection for whistleblowers
The government has moved to tighten up the use of so-called “gagging” clauses and pay offs to NHS employees in the wake of high profile coverage of whistleblowing cases.
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Ex-older people's tsar criticises out of hospital obsession
Planning for large reductions in older people in acute hospitals is “absolute la la land”, the government’s former older people’s tsar has told HSJ.
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Merging foundation trusts sign competition undertakings
The providers involved in the first merger between two foundation trusts have signed up to undertakings restricting how they can communicate with each other.
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Serco out-of-hours fell 'unacceptably short'
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall’s Serco run out-of-hours service fell “unacceptably short” of essential standards of quality and safety, the chair of the public accounts committee has said.
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Royal Cornwall's response to concerns 'less than adequate'
PERFORMANCE: Failure to respond properly to concerns raised by staff at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust allowed a potentially unsafe doctor to continue to operate for more than ten years, a report has found.
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GPs could be first for Ofsted ratings
GPs could be the first healthcare providers to be subject to new Ofsted-style ratings but it could take up to five years to develop the system for hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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Exclusive: Regulators team up on 'failure and distress regime'
Monitor and the Care Quality Commission are developing a “single failure and distress regime” which aims to increase the consequences of quality failures for trusts.
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NMC seeks new powers in wake of Mid Staffs
Ministers have been challenged to make urgent changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s powers in order to improve public protection – as it emerged just 13 nurses are currently facing sanctions in relation to the high profile care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Minimum nurse staffing levels 'not the answer', says minister
Health minister Dan Poulter appeared yesterday to reject the Francis Report’s call for nationally recognised minimum nurse staffing levels.
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Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Two trusts say private sector franchise an option
STRUCTURE: Two small provider trusts - both of which have aggressively pursued service and organisational integration - have indicated they may form partnerships with the independent sector.
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Francis hits back at inquiry report critics
Robert Francis QC has defended his report against criticisms it failed to hold senior figures to account and contained too many recommendations.
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Farrar bureaucracy review: everything's in play
Plans to cut bureaucracy in the NHS by a third are “ambitious but realistic”, the man leading the government’s post-Francis paperwork review has told HSJ.
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NHS 111 yet to go live in two out of three sites
Less than a third of England has fully launched the NHS 111 service, with just three weeks to go before the national rollout deadline.
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Exclusive: Merging Dorset trusts could be banned from talking
The two providers involved in the first merger of two foundation trusts could be prevented from freely communicating with each other while the Competition Commission reviews the case, HSJ has learned.