All Francis report - recommendations articles – Page 20
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NewsFrancis 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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Comment
Readers' letters − 28 February 2013
Hospedia respond to Noel Plumridge’s criticism of hopsital’s that outsource services, while the role of local councillors in scrutinising the NHS is highlighted
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NewsFarrar 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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LeaderAbandon pious certainties and ask what Francis means for you
How NHS organisations react is what matters
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CommentCulture is the foundation of patient safety
Hospitals must have a balanced culture following Francis
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BlogsNHS leaders of the future: more Thatcher or Nyborg?
NHS leaders could do worse than taking notes from Borgen prime minister Birgitte Nyborg on building alliances with others and finding unlikely common causes, says Chris Ham
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CommentOn balance, sacking Nicholson would be worse for the NHS
Getting rid of Sir David is the easy option
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HSJ KnowledgeInvesting in leadership post-Francis
Facing up to the “greatest leadership challenge the NHS has faced”
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CommentNicholson does not deserve the Mail's vilification
The paper is set on forcing the NHS chief out of his job
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News
Senior physicians call for 'cultural change' in NHS
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has said there are problems across the NHS which could cause the care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be repeated elsewhere.
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CommentShould David Nicholson stay or should he go?
Roger Kline examines both sides of the argument
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Blogs
The NHS should aim higher than "don't be evil"
“Do no evil” seems a very modest ambition, but it’s one banks and multinationals have struggled to live up to. Surely the NHS can be better than this?
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SupplementsMixed reviews for Francis's epic: A roundtable debate
It was one of the most eagerly and nervously anticipated reports in the history of the NHS. Yet the feeling among experts gathered at the HSJ/Capsticks debate to discuss Robert Francis’s weighty tome was one of anti-climax.
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CommentWhat a 'duty of candour' means in practice
Candour permeates Robert Francis’ 290 recommendations
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NewsCompromise agreements 'should not silence safety concerns'
The vast majority of compromise agreements in the NHS are not the result of whistleblowing disputes, while confidentiality clauses cannot be used to directly prevent patient safety concerns being raised, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderGagging staff is wrong, but the debate needs perspective
Worries about whistleblowing and bullying are not new
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PM backs 'accountability' over Mid Staffs
It is “not acceptable” that no one has been held accountable for the neglect of patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
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CommentIn defence of David Nicholson
It is essential Sir David stays to handle the NHS’s current transition
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NewsDame Ruth Carnall tells London chief execs gagging clauses 'unacceptable'
The head of NHS London, England’s largest strategic health authority, has said she will write to all chief executives in the capital to remind them gagging clauses in severance deals are “unacceptable”.