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NewsFrancis live: rolling news 7.2.2013
The latest news on the Francis report and the rest of today’s news
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NewsFrancis: Regulating healthcare assistants would not cost 'too much'
Regulating healthcare assistants would be simple and would not “cost too much money”, according to Robert Francis QC.
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NewsRCN 'acutely aware' of lessons from Francis report
The Royal College of Nursing has acknowledged it has “lessons to learn” from the way it handled events surrounding the care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsCameron tells GMC and NMC to improve accountability
The prime minister has told the General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council it must outline the steps they will take to strengthen their systems of accountability in the light of the Francis report.
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NewsUnison accepts Agenda for Change proposals
Unison has become the latest health union to accept proposals to dilute the Agenda for Change pay framework, marking a significant step towards their introduction.
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NewsFrancis highlights problems with 'culture' and targets
Robert Francis QC has criticised elements of the “culture” of the NHS and Department of Health, including overly tough performance management.
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NewsFrancis: slow down FT pipeline to ensure safety
Robert Francis QC has backed the slowing down of the foundation trust pipeline process in order to “make sure” trusts completing the process are safe.
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NewsFrancis: give councils more scrutiny power
The Francis report on NHS care failings has raised serious concerns about the “concept” of local government health scrutiny, pointing to major errors by two councils in holding health services to account.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt says Monitor will survive and run 'failure regime'
Monitor will survive and is likely to take regulation and enforcement action, while the Care Quality Commission focuses on inspection, Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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NewsFrancis: NICE should draw up safe staffing levels
Minimum safe staffing levels should be drawn up by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and policed by the Care Quality Commission, according to the Francis report.
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News'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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NewsLawyers and managers concerned as Francis recommends criminalising 'duty of candour' failures
Robert Francis QC has recommended it be made a crime to obstruct the duty of candour or make an “untruthful statement to a commissioner or regulator”.
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NewsUPDATED Exclusive: CQC does not want to take on Monitor roles
The Care Quality Commission wants to avoid merging with Monitor if at all possible, HSJ has been told.
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NewsObama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM
Don Berwick, the man who advised President Barack Obama on his health reforms, has been appointed to spearhead a “zero harm” agenda in the NHS, David Cameron has revealed.
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NewsFrancis response: ‘immediate’ probe ordered into hospitals with high death rates
The NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to investigate trusts with high death rates “and check remedial action is being taken”, the prime minister has told Parliament.
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NewsChief nurse role should be 'kept under review', says Francis report
The government’s splitting of the chief nursing officer role in England into two positions should be “kept under review”, according to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry report.
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NewsCameron: Failure regime will be for poor care, not just poor finances
David Cameron today said the government would extend the NHS “failure regime” to allow trust boards to be suspended for failures of care, as well as financial management failures.
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NewsFrancis blames NHS culture for Mid Staffs failings
An institutional culture which put the “business of the system ahead of patients” is to blame for the failings surrounding Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Robert Francis QC has said.
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NewsFrancis report: RCN labelled 'ineffective'
Robert Francis QC has described the Royal College of Nursing as “ineffective”, both as a professional organisation and as a trade union. He said it should consider separating its two roles.
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