Wednesday 20 November 2013

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry: government response

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry: government response These documents build on the government’s initial response: Patients First and Foremost, which was published in March 2013. They explain the changes that have been put in place since the initial response was published, and set out how the whole health and care system will prioritise and build on this. Volume 2 outlines the responses to each of the 290 recommendations made by the public inquiry.
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How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time: a guide to nursing, midwifery and care...

How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time: a guide to nursing, midwifery and care... this guidance, published by the National Quality Board, aims to support providers and commissioners to make the right decisions about nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability. It outlines expectations related to staffing; signposts tools and resources to support this; and explains what national organisations will do to underpin the expectations

Hospital self-harm care 'lacking'

Hospital self-harm care 'lacking' Many hospitals in England are failing to provide adequate care for people who have self-harmed, despite a national drive to improve services, research suggests. BBC News

Challenging bureaucracy

Challenging bureaucracy In February 2013, the Secretary of State for Health commissioned the NHS Confederation to complete a review of the bureaucratic burdens on providers of NHS care from national bodies. NHS Confederation

General practice funding at a nine-year low

General practice funding at a nine-year low New figures published by the RCGP and the National Association for Patient Participation (NAPP) show funding for general practice at a nine-year low. Royal College of General Practitioners 

The cost of our health: the role of charging in healthcare

The cost of our health: the role of charging in healthcare This report examines the funding of health and care and the role of user charging in healthcare. It argues that new charges could raise nearly £3 billion per year to fund NHS services.

Evidence submission: Health Select Committee's inquiry into public expenditure on health and social care

Evidence submission: Health Select Committee's inquiry into public expenditure on health and social care This submission considers the financial pressures the NHS is currently under and will continue to face in the coming years. It analyses the progress being made in the attempt to meet the Nicholson Challenge target of making £20 billion of savings.

NHS 'privatisation': what's the mood among independent providers?

NHS 'privatisation': what's the mood among independent providers?
Private sector providers continue to increase their presence, despite a widespread feeling that political support for them has expired.