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NHS should have done more to manage hospital consultants, NAO reports
The NHS should have made more progress in improving its management of hospital consultants since the introduction of a 2003 contract giving them a significant pay increase, the National Audit Office has found.
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'Plethora' of NHS bodies and regulators failed to act on warning signs
A “plethora” of agencies, commissioners, regulators and professional bodies failed for years to act on warning signs which should have alerted the NHS system to serious failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the Francis report has concluded.
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Francis live: Monitor will survive as an economic regulator
Live comment, analysis and reaction to the Francis inquiry into systemic failure to safeguard patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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EXCLUSIVE: Safety data reveals trusts bucking the improvement trend
HSJ analysis has identified the NHS providers whose patients are suffering increasing levels of avoidable harm, bucking a national trend of continuous month-on-month improvement.
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Capita faces NHS Choices axe
The future operating model of the website at the centre of the drive to extend choice in the NHS faces fresh uncertainty after the Cabinet Office blocked the renewal of a contract with the existing supplier.
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Francis report: Cameron will respond after meeting Mid Staffs families
Prime minister David Cameron has met with families and campaigners ahead of the publication of the Francis report into care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Medics question rationale of Lewisham downgrade
The health secretary has approved plans to downgrade the first hospital using failure regime legislation. However, the downgrade is subject to conditions, the details of which remain unclear.
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Mid Staffs myths exposed: the truth about death rates, whistleblowers and the inquiry
Shaun Lintern addresses some of the myths that surround the scandal of poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NMC clears Mid Staffs former nursing director
A former director of nursing at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been cleared of any wrong-doing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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NHS flaws 'led to scandal' - Taylor
Perverse incentives, which mean it is better for NHS managers to allow standards of care at hospitals to fall rather than admit they are failing, led to the scandal at Stafford Hospital, a health service expert has said.
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Selbie: 'The NHS is not the same as health'
The chief executive of Public Health England has urged a fundamental rethink of how illness and wellbeing are perceived, stating: “The NHS is not the same as health.”
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Lister Surgicentre still a ‘concern’ despite probe verdict
Three patients who died after routine surgery at a privately-run treatment centre in Hertfordshire were given satisfactory care, an independent probe has concluded.
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Register now to read HSJ's unrivalled coverage of the Francis report
HSJ will be devoting twice as many journalists to the coverage of tomorrow’s Francis report on Mid Staffordshire as any other media organisation.
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HSJ live: rolling news 5.2.2013
New court rules may affect clinical negligence cases and the rest of today’s news as the NHS gears up for tomorrow’s Francis report
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Lewisham consultants ask Keogh for evidence over 'lives saved' claim
STRUCTURE: Senior clinicians from Lewisham Hospital have written to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh to ask him to explain a statistic which Jeremy Hunt attributed to him about mortality at A&E departments.
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CCG leaders claim confidence in detecting and preventing care failure
CCG leaders say they would detect and prevent a serious care failure, an HSJ barometer survey reveals.
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Analysed: primary care rebate schemes
This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at primary care rebate schemes which, it is hoped, will lead to savings on drugs bills
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CCGs seek to tighten screw on provider contracts
Clinical commissioning group leaders entering their first contract negotiations want to tighten the screw on providers, at the same time as promoting service integration, HSJ’s CCG Barometer survey reveals.
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Two CQC executives resign
Two members of the Care Quality Commission’s executive team have handed in their notice, HSJ has learned.