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NewsTrusts should employ whistleblower ‘guardians’, Francis says
Sir Robert Francis QC has called for every NHS organisation to employ a full time officer to act in an ‘independent capacity’ to hear whistleblowers’ concerns and raise them at board level, as part of his review into creating an open culture in the NHS.
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LeaderPoliticians are still playing the blame game over whistleblowing
Neither side seems to note the irony
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NewsFrancis: CQC should probe whistleblower settlements
Settlements between NHS trusts and whistleblowers should be scrutinised by the Care Quality Commission to ensure organisations are well led, the Francis review has recommended.
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News'Harrowing' experience of NHS whistleblowers revealed
The Freedom to Speak Up review heard ‘harrowing’ evidence of how some whistleblowers have been treated, according to today’s report.
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NewsNo binding powers for national whistleblowing 'officer'
A new ‘independent national officer’ role should be created to oversee and review the treatment of NHS whistleblowers, Sir Robert Francis’s ‘freedom to speak up review’ has recommended.
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NewsFrancis calls for stronger legal protection for whistleblowers
Ministers should extend the legal protection for NHS staff who raise whistleblowing concerns through a system to also help those out of work find new jobs in the service, the Francis review has said.
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HSJ LocalShrewsbury and Telford chief executive to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has announced he is retiring.
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HSJ LocalStafford Hospital inpatient surgery transferred
Surgical services and procedures requiring overnight inpatient stays have been transferred from the former Stafford Hospital to Royal Stoke University Hospital and Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.02.2015: Francis whistleblowing report and reaction - catch up
Sir Robert Francis has published his review of how whistleblowers are treated in the NHS. The health department has also published a its response, and a comprehensive update on other policy made in response to the Mid Staffs failures.
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NewsExclusive: Stevens moves to sidestep pricing rules after provider revolt
Trusts will be asked to accept a new ‘voluntary’ tariff for 2015-16 after the formal price setting process was thrown into uncertainty and delay by a provider revolt, Simon Stevens has proposed.
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NewsHunt's plans for local avoidable death estimates ‘meaningless’
Plans outlined by Jeremy Hunt to calculate the number of avoidable deaths for individual hospitals ‘wouldn’t have any meaning’, according to the expert whose research the idea is based on.
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NewsHSJ launches second phase of change challenge campaign
Identifying the best ways to help the NHS drive real change
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NewsLords 'dismay' over fast tracked avoidable harm bill
Members of the House of Lords have accused civil servants of trying to ‘short circuit’ the parliamentary process to pass a law on avoidable harm.
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HSJ LocalShane Gordon appointed Colchester chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: Shane Gordon has been appointed chief operating officer of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust.
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LeaderStevens is dismantling the recent past to make way for the NHS's future
The end of Lansley’s act
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HSJ LocalCQC tells north west London trust to improve
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has been told to improve after Care Quality Commission inspectors had concerns about risks to patient safety and a lack of compliance with infection control.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.02.2015: Royal College of Nursing chief executive resigns
Peter Carter to leave RCN after eight years as chief executive, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsStevens: New care vanguard must bring in GP lists
The involvement of GPs is the most important and most challenging factor facing any area wanting to trial one of the new models of care detailed in the NHS Five Year Forward View, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsStevens: 'Mixed model' could see CCGs hand over powers
Simon Stevens favours a ‘mixed model’ of health economy accountability in which some clinical commissioning groups could delegate responsibilities to local authorities or providers of new care models, he has told HSJ.
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NewsA 'new cadre' of leaders will rise this year, says Stevens
This year will see a ‘generational shift’ in senior NHS management with the rise of a ‘new cadre’ of leaders able to see beyond the interests of single institutions, the NHS England chief executive has said.