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Knighthoods for Blakemore and Francis

June 17, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS, blakemore, mdc, queen

Two key figures in healthcare research and reform received knighthoods in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Professor Colin Blakemore, former head …

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NHS staff face prison

June 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS, berwick, prison

The government is to create a new statutory criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of patients, which could see …

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NHS Confederation: ‘ring-fence NHS funding’

June 5, 2014
Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, NHS Confederation, Rob webster, UK

The boss of the NHS Confederation has challenged political parties to ring-fence NHS funding for the next ten years. Rob …

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Robert Francis QC joins Care Quality Commission

June 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, UK, rew, robert francis

Robert Francis QC is to join health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a non-executive director.  Francis will be …

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UK government launches ‘Sign up to Safety’ initiative

March 26, 2014
Sales and Marketing Francis, Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, safety, sign up

A new ambition to reduce avoidable harm in the NHS by half over the next three years, cut costs and …

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Mid Staffs to be ‘dissolved’

February 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, NHS England, tsas

The scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is to be dissolved, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt accepted the recommendation of …

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Treat patients ‘more holistically’

January 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, new year

UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt has spoken of the challenges faced by the NHS in a New Year message to …

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Francis report author becomes Patients Association president

November 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, NHS, robert francis, scandal

The author of a damning report into failings at the Staffordshire hospital has become the new president of the Patients …

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NHS responds to Mid Staffs

November 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS, UK

The government has accepted 281 out of the 290 recommendations contained in the Francis report – the damning document published …

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Simon Stevens

NHS England poaches new CEO from private sector

October 24, 2013
Medical Communications Mid Staffs, NHS England, Simon Stevens, Sir David Nicholson

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Mid Staffs not only ‘dark spot’ in NHS

September 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Mid Staffs, NHS

The scandal of poor patient care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be far from an …

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Mid Staffs faces criminal case

August 30, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, Monitor, NHS

The fall-out from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust scandal has continued with the news that it is to face …

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Report: ‘Improve NHS safety’

August 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cameron, Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS

Patient safety is the key to future NHS success, according to a new review commissioned after the final report of …

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Eleven hospitals put on notice

July 17, 2013
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There were angry exchanges in the House of Commons yesterday as health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that 11 hospitals in …

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Minister: ‘Prosecute NHS directors’

July 5, 2013
Sales and Marketing CQC, DoH, Lamb, Mid Staffs, NHS

Directors responsible for failures in care such as those seen at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust should face prosecution, …

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