18
Feb 2015
The Care Quality Commission has made profound changes to the method in which it inspects hospitals since the report on the unacceptable care at Mid Staffordshire by Sir Robert Francis. When Hard Truths was published in January 2014, most of the improvements had been put in place. A new Chief Inspector of Hospitals had been…
11
Feb 2015
A report by the Dr Foster data analysis company says that hundreds of deaths may have occurred if urgent measures had not been put in place at 11 failing hospital trusts in England. The report, which focused on under-performing hospitals identified following the Stafford Hospital scandal, showed that average death rates fell after emergency interventions…
11
Feb 2015
A review, led by Sir Robert Francis QC, has heard “shocking” stories about staff being afraid to speak up, because they are apprehensive about being intimidated, ignored or bullied. Sir Robert warned that a “significant proportion” of NHS workers would not voice their concerns, either because they felt nothing would be done, or because they…
09
Feb 2015
According to a review by the office of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Service, nearly half of investigations into NHS patient complaints are inadequate. The review, which looked into 150 cases of alleged avoidable death or harm, found that the handling of 61complaints of NHS trusts in England was not good enough, and that…
06
Feb 2015
Leading analysts have said that overhauls to the organisation of the NHS have been “disastrous” and have “distracted” from patient care. The findings by the King’s Fund think tank have said that changes made by the current coalition government have failed patients, wasted three years, left a strategic vacuum and caused financial distress. The changes,…
04
Feb 2015
Analysis of the NHS urgent care line 111 has shown that there has been a surge in the number of patients being referred to A&E departments and GP surgeries, meaning added pressure on already overstretched hospitals and GPs. The doctors’ union the BMA, who produced the figures, has had long-standing concerns over NHS 111. Although…
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