All Bruce Keogh articles – Page 15
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NewsA decade of the national clinical directors - aka the czars
The NHS’s czars, or national clinical directors, have been hailed as a success.
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CommunityBruce Almighty
We know everyone at the Department of Health is very busy, but NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh’s workload is getting absurd.
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NewsDepartment of Health publishes list of quality measures
The Department of Health will this Friday publish a “menu” of measures agreed by senior clinicians for judging the quality of their care.
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CommentMark Goldman on clinical leadership's tipping point
Many years ago, I was advised by an eminent professor that if enough people all wanted something to happen at the same time it always happened. As far as the events of men rather than nature are concerned, this has proved to be a truth.
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NewsMid Staffs scandal: confed says NHS must 'put its own house in order'
The NHS Confederation has said the NHS must “put its own house in order” in response to the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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Blogs
NHS news blog: Mid Staffs scandal - confed says NHS must 'put its own house in order'
The NHS Confederation has said the NHS must “put its own house in order” in response to the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.Two reports, on the trust’s progress since the highly critical Healthcare Commission investigation and lessons for the whole NHS, were published yesterday. Health secretary Alan Johnson announced ...
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NewsHospital death rates to be published on NHS Choices website
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has instructed the website NHS Choices to publish each hospital trust’s overall death rate.
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News
Ex-BBC boss joins national leadership council
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been named alongside an eclectic list of figures on the national leadership council for the NHS.
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News
Failure of leadership and a lax attitude led to Mid staffs crisis
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh criticised Mid Staffordshire foundation trust’s lax attitude to the quality of its services.Sir Bruce said: ”I’m pretty proud of the NHS but I’m really stunned by this report.
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News
NHS quality board members announced
The Department of Health has announced the 12 expert and lay members of the national quality board.
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Leader
Patient safety: the first step is saying you have a problem
One of the more delicate steps in encouraging a patient safety culture was taken last week, with the first trust by trust breakdown of safety incident reporting.
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News
Exclusive: Data reveals wide variation in patient safety reporting
Trusts where patient safety incidents are most likely to cause deaths, and those with the highest and lowest reporting rates, are revealed for the first time in an exclusive HSJ analysis.
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News
Trusts fail to act on mortality alerts
Some hospital trust boards are neglecting figures that may highlight serious care failings, leading to patient deaths, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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News
PwC contests Treasury budget crunch figures
Real terms NHS funding growth would be squeezed to 0.5 - 1 per cent a year from 2011 under the best case scenario for recovering from the recession outlined by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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News
Trust by trust patient safety information published for first time
The National Patient Safety Agency is to begin publishing patient safety incident reports from all hospital trusts in England and Wales today.
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Easy does it as NHS steps up to quality bat
Central to the next stage review is the demand to improve services - and demonstrate it. So how are NHS organisations planning to measure quality and how long will funding hold out? Dave West finds out
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DH unveils plans for NHS national leadership council
A national leadership council designed to nurture the next generation of NHS leaders has been launched by the Department of Health.The council will have up to 18 members, including five part-time leads for the priority areas of clinical leadership, top leaders, board development, emerging leaders and inclusion.
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News
NHS Medical Education England appoints chairman
Sir Christopher Edwards has been appointed as chairman of NHS Medical Education England.
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News
DH names Patricia Hamilton as medical education head
The Department of Health has named the new director of medical education for England.Patricia Hamilton, currently president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, will take up the position in the New Year.
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News
National quality board named as NHS prepares for international comparison
The NHS will be compared with its international peers in annual reports by the soon to be created national quality board.