South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1357
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HSJ Live 20.11.13: HSJ Awards winners announced
HSJ Awards winners announced, reaction to the government’s response to Francis, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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Health leaders question NHS progress, survey finds
Two in every five NHS senior leaders believe the health service is in a worse condition following the current government’s reorganisation, according to a survey by a consultancy firm.
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HSJ Knowledge
Take outpatient clinics out of the system
Four ways make mental health care fit for the 21st century
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Supplements
HSJ Awards 2013: A celebration of compassionate healthcare
Alastair McLellan introduces this year’s winners
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HSJ Knowledge
#StopPUDay2013: a million tweets for hospital transformation
#StopPUDay2013: eliminating avoidable pressure ulcers
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Francis: future Mid Staffs would be detected earlier
Robert Francis QC, chairman of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry, has told HSJ he believes the government’s actions mean any future “Mid Staffs” would be detected earlier.
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Francis response: New patient safety drive from NHS England
A major patient safety improvement programme and new incident report and alert systems are to be introduced by NHS England in response to the Francis inquiry.
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Government rejects centralist plans for local Healthwatch
The government has rejected a plan by Robert Francis QC to force councils to hand centrally-allocated funding directly to local Healthwatch groups, arguing that councils should be free to decide the groups’ funding.
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CQC to oversee barring scheme for directors
The Care Quality Commission is to get power to investigate board directors of all NHS providers to establish whether they are “fit” to hold the position, it has been announced.
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The government's Francis response: line by line
The government has provided detailed responses to each of Robert Francis’ 290 recommendations. HSJ highlights the most significant.
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Lawyer warns of creating 'a new industry'
“A new industry of internal investigation” could be created by plans to strip trusts of their government indemnity cover if they break duty of candour rules, a lawyer has warned.
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Francis response: trusts to decide on 'named nurse' for patients
Allocating named or key nurses to individual patients is not to be made mandatory, the government response to the Francis report has said.
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NHS 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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The nine rejected Francis recommendations
The government has rejected nine of Robert Francis’ 290 recommendations.
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Updated: trusts face new wilful neglect offence
Hospital managers and non-clinicians could be drawn into the scope of a new criminal offence of wilful neglect and abuse of patients along with their organisation, it has emerged.
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Government accepts all but nine Francis recommendations
The government has at least partially accepted all but nine of Robert Francis QC’s 290 recommendations to improve care in the NHS, it has announced.
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Cover-up trusts could lose litigation cover
NHS organisations which fail to be open and honest with patients and families when they suffer poor care could be forced to pay the costs of any litigation, the government has announced today.
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Bureaucracy burden 'bigger' than previously thought
National bodies should reduce the amount of data they collect from NHS providers by 10 per cent over the next two years and contribute to the cost of any new information requests, a review of bureaucracy in the NHS is set to say.
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Comment
Michael White: Constant reform is reminiscent of Thatcher
Rarely a week passes without a major health announcement