All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 49
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Two further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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Comment
When localism tips into a postcode lottery
With CCGs ignoring national guidelines, the ‘N’ in NHS is shaky
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Leader
The UK needs to be attractive to overseas health staff
Having enough people is crucial to high quality care
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Dalton calls for providers to be driving force of reform
The creation of new organisational models should be driven by providers rather than the government, Sir David Dalton has said
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Better care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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Hunt: CCGs must become 'accountable care organisations'
Clinical commissioning groups must become more accountable as they expand their role in delivering healthcare, the health secretary has said
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Hunt calls for safeguarding review in wake of Savile abuse
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for regulators and trust leaders to review safeguarding procedures after an investigation revealed that “weak systems” in hospitals had allowed celebrity Jimmy Savile to abuse scores of patients over many years.
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Supplements
Clinical care protocols: When safe comes as standard
Why evidence based clinical care protocols hold the key to standardising care
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Airline style briefings aim to improve patient safety
Trusts taking part in the new Sign up to Safety campaign will be asked to commit to giving patients “airline style” safety advice on their stay in hospital, a trust chief executive leading the campaign has said.
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New patient safety website draws on 'old' data
Trusts pinpointed as having a poor patient safety incident reporting culture on a new website have criticised the measure and its use of old data.
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Francis to explore NHS 'culture of fear' in new whistleblowing inquiry
Sir Robert Francis QC is to lead a review of how whistleblowers are treated in the NHS, it has been announced today.
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Revealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents
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New website to identify trusts with 'poor reporting culture'
Hospitals with low numbers of the most serious patient safety incidents are among those set to be highlighted as having a poor reporting culture on a website being launched by the health secretary later today.
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Leader
Leaders risk damage to the NHS if they just play to the gallery
Those understanding reform can avoid mistakes
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Exclusive: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on the patient safety role from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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Plans for nurse staffing data unclear
NHS England has still not worked out how to present trusts’ nurse staffing data on NHS Choices, less than two weeks before it is due to publish the information for the first time.
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Private sector debate is 'utterly toxic', says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the debate over the use of private providers in the NHS is “utterly toxic”, and that poor care is still unacceptable regardless of how it is provided.