All MID STAFFORDSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 6
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HSJ Local'Mid Staffs effect' staff shortage threatens A&E opening hours
ACUTE CARE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may have to further restrict accident and emergency opening hours at Stafford Hospital due to a shortage of nurses, it has emerged.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.02.2014 Trust pulls out of running in George Eliot bidding process
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust pulls bid, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs nurses launch High Court appeal over ban
Two former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust nurses who were struck off for altering altering accident and emergency waiting times are to launch a High Court bid to overturn their ban.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.02.2014 Vasco-Knight suspended with immediate effect
The chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, accused of “nepotism” by two whistleblowers, has been suspended, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsHSJ Live 07.02.2014 Acting chair of Vasco-Knight trust resigns after eight days
Topsy Murray has resigned from her position as acting chair of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust eight days into the role, and the rest of the day’s news and comment
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CommentHospital culture has changed due to Francis
The report may have started a new era of high quality care
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HSJ Local
Monitor approves proposal to dissolve Mid Staffs
Monitor has approved the trust special administrators’ proposal for Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be dissolved.
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News'Weaknesses' in decisions to drop cases against doctors
Weaknesses have been found in the General Medical Council’s handling of one in five of the fitness to practise cases that it closed early without doctors facing a disciplinary panel, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUpdated: Full list of NHS recipients of honours
The chief executive of Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been awarded a knighthood in the new year’s honours list.
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NewsUPDATED: Final recommendations issued on Mid Staffs break-up
The administrators appointed to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have made some concessions to local campaigners on the services that would be left at the two hospitals it runs.
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CommentTepid Francis response won’t guarantee patient safety
The Mid Staffs inquiry has been a missed opportunity
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NewsA&E target missed for first time this winter
The health service has failed to meet the accident and emergency waiting target for seeing 95 per cent of patients within four hours for the first week this winter.
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NewsJudge acts to stop Mid Staffs nurse leaving NMC register
A High Court judge has granted a last minute injunction to stop former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust chief nurse Jan Harry from leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
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NewsNMC decision on Mid Staffs nurse 'too lenient'
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s decision to caution former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust chief nurse Jan Harry is being challenged in the High Court on the grounds it is “unduly lenient”.
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NewsNHS England to launch new ‘hospital safety’ website
A dedicated hospital safety website will be launched next year as part of the government’s response to Robert Francis QC’s report, ministers have announced.
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NewsNursing directors warned to ensure safe staffing levels
Directors of nursing who fail to ensure their hospitals have adequate numbers of nurses could find themselves facing fitness to practise panels, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned.
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NewsFormer Mid Staffs chief nurse given caution
A former chief nurse at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital has received a five year caution after being found guilty of exposing patients to danger.
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NewsSmall trusts 'hit by raised efficiency assumption'
Raised efficiency assumptions could have an impact on small and medium sized trusts’ ability to provide good quality patient care, Monitor has warned.
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News'Link' between mortality rates and doctor sanctions to be probed
The General Medical Council has told HSJ it will investigate an apparent statistical link between high mortality rates and the numbers of doctors receiving a warning or sanction.
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HSJ Local
Monitor places King's Lynn in special measures
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust has been placed under special measures by Monitor because of poor care and weak leadership.