Policy and regulation – Page 61
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NewsNHS still not learning from deaths, warns CQC
Trusts are not doing enough to review and learn from the deaths of their patients, a report from the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsGMC to examine how workplace facilities affect doctors’ training
The General Medical Council will be asking junior doctors about the impact workplace facilities have on their training for the first time, it has announced.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On Matt Hancock, bullshitting and lying
Matt Hancock symbolises the slippery slope from bullshit to lies, down which it has become acceptable for our politicians to slide, observes Andy Cowper
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NewsEmergency college appoints first female president
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has elected a new president just as the debate around the future of the four-hour waiting time standard reaches a critical point.
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CommentBreak the vicious cycle of poor mental health crisis care
Paul Farmer urges action on the recommendations of the year-long review of the Mental Health Act and the provisions of the long-term plan to improve the mental health of the nation
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NewsNursing will take 'place at decision-making table' – new CNO
Nursing is going to “take [its] rightful place at the decision-making table” to ensure “nursing is built into all plans in the future”, the new chief nursing officer for England has said.
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NewsStevens warns NHS must not 'lose its head' in no-deal Brexit
The NHS must not lose its head in the event of a no-deal Brexit and should “carry on in a well-organised, thoughtful fashion”, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsGovernment reviews private finance options
The government has launched a review of private financing options for public infrastructure and said it will no longer procure PFI-type projects that are “off-balance sheet”.
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NewsBaroness Harding: I support some form of regulation of managers
Baroness Harding, who is leading the response to the Kark review on NHS management, has told MPs she backs the idea of professional regulation for senior NHS managers.
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NewsMaternity probe now considering more than 250 cases
An independent inquiry into alleged poor maternity care at an NHS trust is now considering more than 250 separate cases, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The blind spot
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsNew emergency mental health targets revealed
Mental health patients needing emergency care would be seen within one hour of referral from accident and emergency departments, under new NHS England proposals.
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NewsOmbudsman discriminated against dyslexic employee
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman may have to pay damages to a dyslexic former employee after a tribunal decided it had discriminated against a disabled worker.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Towards balance, financial and otherwise
Trying to get the balance right between pessimism about the real problems and due optimism about the achievements of parts of the health service matters, says Andy Cowper
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NewsSteve Field: Digital GPs overseas remain a danger
Regulators and policymakers are at a loss for how to stop people accessing dangerous medicines using online services overseas, the outgoing chief inspector of GPs has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust's 'goldfish bowl' A&E has significant nurse shortages - CQC
A trust in special measures has been ordered to take immediate action, after inspectors warned it was failing to safely staff its emergency department.
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NewsNew regulator chief to put spotlight on 'systemic' failings
The new chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has told HSJ she wants the regulator to highlight more of the systemic failings which underpin concerns about individual nurses.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Simon Stevens’ new incentives
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsJust one in 20 trusts has completed pre-Brexit data check
Regulators have told local NHS leaders to “quickly identify and address any vulnerabilities” in their data flows to other EU countries, as the majority of trusts appear to have not done so with less than a month to go before Brexit.