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NewsFrancis unveils plan to fix 'serious problem' of NHS's whistleblower treatment
A new national independent officer’s role should be created with responsibility for overseeing the investigation and treatment of NHS whistleblowers, Sir Robert Francis has recommended.
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NewsTrusts should employ whistleblower ‘guardians’, Francis says
Sir Robert Francis QC has called for every NHS organisation to employ a full time officer to act in an ‘independent capacity’ to hear whistleblowers’ concerns and raise them at board level, as part of his review into creating an open culture in the NHS.
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NewsNo binding powers for national whistleblowing 'officer'
A new ‘independent national officer’ role should be created to oversee and review the treatment of NHS whistleblowers, Sir Robert Francis’s ‘freedom to speak up review’ has recommended.
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NewsFrancis calls for stronger legal protection for whistleblowers
Ministers should extend the legal protection for NHS staff who raise whistleblowing concerns through a system to also help those out of work find new jobs in the service, the Francis review has said.
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CommentThe NHS safety record needs to be as good as the airline and motor industries
A systematic approach
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NewsA 'new cadre' of leaders will rise this year, says Stevens
This year will see a ‘generational shift’ in senior NHS management with the rise of a ‘new cadre’ of leaders able to see beyond the interests of single institutions, the NHS England chief executive has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHere's the geeky bit: making sense of 7,500 Change Challenge contributions
Methodology explained
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HSJ KnowledgeThe crowd speaks: Top 10 barriers to change
The most commonly occurring barriers to bottom-up change
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat you said about challenging top-down change
HSJ received thousands of contributions
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NewsNHS managers face jail for publishing misleading information
NHS managers who publish false or misleading information could face up to two years in prison under new laws set to be confirmed by ministers this week, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalShortlisted BME applicants less likely to be offered jobs at Royal Free
WORKFORCE: The proportion of applicants for jobs at Royal Free London Foundation Trust from black and minority ethnic backgrounds who end up being appointed is 11 percentage points lower than that for white applicants.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Memo reveals trust forced to 'scale back' specialist service
Emergency patients at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust who are in need of specialist dermatology treatment could be forced to wait more than a day to be seen, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: winners and losers of CCG support framework
Nearly 50 clinical commissioning groups will have to decide over the next month how they will access essential support services after NHS England decided their existing providers had no future.
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NewsExclusive: NHS managers urged to reject 'divisive' pay offer
NHS managers will be urged to reject the government’s latest pay offer in a ballot of union members, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe CQC's rating regime for health and social care needs to be nuanced
Inconsistencies under fire
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NewsExclusive: Monitor sets up 'engine room' for reform
Monitor is to set up a new directorate tasked with helping trusts improve performance and lead the regulator’s role implementing reforms set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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HSJ KnowledgeStart a conversation with NHS staff and patients to drive change
Crowdsourcing explained
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NewsExclusive: Consultants' leader calls for 'sensible' seven day working proposals
Higher patient mortality at weekends needs to be tackled but proposals for seven day working must be ‘sensible and realistic’, the chair of the British Medical Association consultants committee has told HSJ.
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NewsNursing revalidation will raise standards, says NMC chief
Implementing revalidation for the nursing profession will raise standards, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said.
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NewsColchester’s A&E rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust’s accident and emergency department has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.