All Mid Staffs Inquiry articles – Page 26
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NewsHospital manager sacked for inquiry interference
A senior hospital manager has been sacked after trying to suppress the details of how a 20-year-old man died, an NHS trust has said.
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NewsA&E waiting time targets face axe
The government has pledged to scrap the four-hour waiting time target at accident and emergency departments.
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NewsGovernment announces full Mid Staffs inquiry and whistleblower move
The government has announced a public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal.
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CommentKen Jarrold on admitting to the Mid Staffs mistakes
The shame of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will taint the NHS for many years to come.
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NewsWeak NHS managers could be ‘struck off’
Plans to “strike off” underperforming managers have been announced by Gordon Brown as a way of dealing with failures such as the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal.
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CommentMichael White on the Mid Staffs inquiry
An anecdote and a think tank boffin came to mind as I ploughed through the undimmed horrors of Robert Francis QC’s report on the disaster at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsNHS West Midlands faces review of its services
NHS services across the West Midlands are to be reviewed by a panel of senior doctors following last week’s damning report into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsFrancis report criticises SHA's mortality research
The Francis inquiry has added to the heated debate on how the NHS should use hospital standardised mortality ratios.
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LeaderGordon Brown’s knee-jerk reaction to Mid Staffs is doomed to failure
Gordon Brown wants the power to strike you off.
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NewsMonitor claims its quality bar is now set high enough
The new system of regulation will stand up to the scrutiny of a new inquiry into its role around Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Monitor believes.
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NewsOne in 10 concerned about own trust's care standards
One in 10 NHS staff believe the poor care seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may be experienced by patients at their own trust, an HSJ poll suggests.
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NewsSurvey: How good is the care in your trust?
As the NHS considers the implications of the report on care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ is keen to hear from health service staff about their experiences in their own organisations. Please take two minutes to respond to our anonymous survey.
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NewsThe Francis report's 18 recommendations
The conclusions of the inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsInconsistent risk assessment led to pressure ulcers at Mid Staffs, inquiry finds
Inconsistent assessment of the risk of pressure areas is likely to have been one of the causes of pressure ulcers among people who contacted the independent inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsDeficient provision of food and water at Mid Staffs, inquiry found
“Unacceptable standards of care as a result of systemic failings” led to deficient provision of food and water to patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the independent inquiry has found.
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NewsStaff at Mid Staffs 'lacked compassion'
There was a lack of compassion for patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, as well as a lack of information provided about patients’ condition, and insensitivity when staff were communicating with patients and their families, the inquiry into the trust found.
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NewsRemit announced for investigation of regulatory bodies post Mid Staffs
Senior figures from the NHS and regulatory world are likely to have to appear before a new independent investigation of commissioning, supervisory and regulatory bodies that was announced today.
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News'No excuse' for privacy and dignity failings at Mid Staffs
The report investigating serious failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has said there is ‘no excuse’ for the many cases where patients’ dignity was affected, as reported by patients and their families.
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NewsRelatives had to 'alter faults in medical records' at Mid Staffs
The inquiry into serious failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust examined medical records, and heard from patients and their families of concerns about record-keeping.
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NewsDon't use death rates to predict real deaths, Mid Staffs inquiry warns
The independent inquiry into failings at Mid Staffordshire has found hospital standardised mortality ratios should not be used to predict real numbers of avoidable deaths at the trust.