Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare

Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare This independent rapid policy review, chaired by Professor Sir Norman Williams, was set up to look at the wider patient safety impact of concerns among healthcare professionals that simple errors could result in prosecution for gross negligence manslaughter, even if they happen in the context of broader organisation and system failings. The review makes recommendations to support a more just and learning culture in the healthcare system. King's Fund

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• Why the Williams review rejected calls to legally protect doctors' reflective notes GP Online

Parkrun & the NHS: a mutual cause for celebration

Parkrun & the NHS: a mutual cause for celebration The free run celebrated the NHS’s 70th birthday this weekend. But, argues Jack Dickenson, it is the event itself that could provide the elusive public health intervention we so badly need. The Guardian

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• PICTURE GALLERY: Kettering parkrun celebrates 70 years of the NHS Northamptonshire Telegraph

First date set for judicial review into Corby Urgent Care Centre - Northamptonshire Telegraph

First date set for judicial review into Corby Urgent Care Centre A date has been set for the preliminary hearing for a legal challenge against changes to Corby’s Urgent Care Centre. Protestors against the changes proposed to the UCC in Cottingham Road have learned that the half-hour hearing will take place 168 miles away over the Welsh border in Cardiff on Tuesday, June 19. The Save Our UCC group say that the proposal to offer an appointment-only system is a material change to the function of the walk-in facility and therefore bosses should have launched a full consultation before they announced the change. Northamptonshire Telegraph

NHS quality checkers’ toolkits

NHS quality checkers’ toolkits Quality checking is where people with a learning disability, autism or both are employed to help us look at the quality of the services they use and tell us how we can make them better – these toolkits are for quality checkers to use within NHS services. NHS England

New roles help to build teams around the patient

New roles help to build teams around the patient In our new case study, we look at how Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust engaged staff and introduced the nursing associate and the assistant practitioner roles to develop new team structures.

After having seen limited outcomes from proactive recruitment campaigns, the trust was unable to make up for a shortfall in nursing. It decided to explore the possibility of introducing a new workforce model and make better use of the skills already available in teams. NHS Employers

Start Well: Stay Well model to support new starters

Start Well: Stay Well model to support new starters We have published a brand new retention-focused case study.

The new publication explores how the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) designed the Start Well: Stay Well model to ensure new starters feel part of the team from the start of their employment journey, and that they continue to be engaged throughout their time with CUH. NHS Employers

More cuts to care on way - council chiefs

More cuts to care on way - council chiefs Vulnerable old and disabled people will see cuts to vital care services and higher charges, council chiefs say.

The annual budget survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services shows councils expect to spend £21.4bn this year in England.

While this is a rise from £20.8bn last year, the cost of inflation combined with growing demand means this will not be enough, ADASS said. BBC News

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• Forty per cent rise in care home residents being evicted because of closures The Telegraph

Bottle feeding is a woman's right, midwives told

Bottle feeding is a woman's right, midwives told If a woman decides not to breastfeed her baby it is her choice and must be respected, midwives are being told.
The Royal College of Midwives' new position statement makes it explicitly clear that women should be supported if, after being given advice, information and support, they opt to bottle feed using formula milk.
Although breast is best, often some women struggle to start or sustain breastfeeding, says the RCM.
Informed choice must be promoted. BBC News

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• New mothers ‘should not be shamed into breastfeeding’  The Telegraph

The UK health tax hurting foreign nurses

The UK health tax hurting foreign nurses When a Kenyan nurse took up a job in the UK a few years ago, he felt his family's future had been secured.
But now the distraught father-of-three is struggling financially to reunite his family.
Ken, not his real name, lives with his wife and daughter.
But his twin children, a boy and a girl, remain in Kenya where they live with relatives.
That's because Ken is unable to raise enough money to cover a British health tax, known as the immigration health surcharge (IHS).
'Struggling to stay afloat'
Migrant workers coming to the UK from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and their dependents have to a pay an annual fee of £200 ($268) each. BBC News