All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 31
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Medicine no longer an "old boys club"
An increase in the number of doctors referred to the General Medical Council by their medical colleagues shows the profession is moving away from being “an old boys’ club”, new research has suggested.
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Nicholson says only 'small number' of PFI hospitals need extra funds
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson appeared to contradict Andrew Lansley today when he told the Mid Staffs inquiry most PFI hospitals were “not in financial difficulty”.
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CQC's annual report overstated inspection figures
The Care Quality Commission’s annual report claimed the regulator had carried out more than twice as many inspections as had actually taken place, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has heard.
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Nicholson: State should have power to renationalise FTs
The NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry he would like to see the government have power to bring failing foundation trusts back under state control.
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Former CMO dealt out photos of dead children on minister's desk like a "pack of cards"
It is too easy for the higher echelons of the NHS to forget about the impacts of their policies on real people while staff on the front line can become “inured to suffering”, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has heard.
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DH still learning "whether we got it right" with CQC
The permanent secretary to the Department of Health has admitted the regulatory system failed patients and relatives at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Socially enterprising South West faces union resistance
Minutes from a recent NHS South West board meeting published last week reveal the extent of union disquiet at plans to transfer around half of the region’s community services to social enterprises.
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Emergency services commissioning needs clarity, committee warns
MPs have called for clarity about who will be responsible for commissioning ambulance services amid concerns that urgent and emergency services could become fragmented.
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Anonymous tip off raises questions on CQC evidence to Mid Staffs
Evidence given to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry by witnesses from the Care Quality Commission has been called into question after the inquiry team received an anonymous tip off.
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Keogh: Clinicians to blame for problems at Mid Staffs
Problems at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust were a “failure of clinical leadership and professionalism”, the medical director of the NHS has told the public inquiry.
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Flory blames HCC for delay in action over Mid Staffs
The deputy chief executive of the NHS has admitted the Department of Health should have acted sooner over failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, but blamed the Healthcare Commission for not warning them of the seriousness.
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Nursing 'lost its way', says CNO
Nursing “lost its way” on values during the recruitment drive at the start of the new millennium, chief nursing officer Dame Christine Beasley has told the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry.
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Unions to ballot members on appetite for industrial action
Nurses and other healthcare workers are among more than one million public sector workers who are going to be asked to vote on taking industrial action in a bid to protect their pensions.
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Senior civil servant denies using 'clever tactics' to push through FTs
A civil servant responsible for the foundation trust pipeline has denied he was under political pressure from Number 10 to push through unsuitable trusts but admitted he was trying to get trusts to Monitor “as soon as possible”.
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Mid Staffs chair to stand down
The chair of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he will retire in January after three years in the post.
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CQC leadership failed to act with urgency
MPs have criticised the leadership of the Care Quality Commission for failing to stand up to ministers in the face of “unrealistic statutory obligations”.
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Commissioning board chair could work just four days a month
The chair of the NHS Commissioning Board will be expected to work as few as four days a month once the board is up and running, the new job specification reveals.
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Bradshaw denies government pressured DH to approve FT applications
Former health minister Ben Bradshaw has denied Number 10 was putting pressure on the Department of Health to grant foundation trust status to unsustainable trusts at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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Patient outcomes could be threatened by HR cuts
Patient outcomes will suffer if NHS human resources work is allowed to deteriorate during the current period of reform and cost-cutting, a government commissioned report has warned.
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Pharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the NHS to be more open to research projects which could illuminate the wider societal benefits of treatment.