According to an annual poll, more than two-thirds of NHS staff said they would recommend the care on offer at their local trust to their own friends and family. Of 203,000 staff questioned for the 2013 NHS survey, 65% said care was fit for relatives, 24% were unsure, while 11% would not recommend the service. …
CQC has announced the second group of mental health and community health providers that will be inspected from April 2014. This announcement comes as part of CQC’s new approach to inspecting specialist mental health services as it continues to develop its improved inspection model for mental health and community healthcare. The providers that will be …
The report said trusts had responded well to the A&E challenges this winter. NHS foundation trusts in England in financial trouble has nearly doubled in a year from 21 to 39 according to a study undertaken by Monitor, an organisation which regulates England’s 147 foundation trusts. The study also found that 18 trusts missed a …
An investigation by Community Care and BBC News has revealed that England is still failing too many children with mental health problems. Many children and young people are being placed in hospitals hundreds of miles away from home. It was also found that the number of children and young people being detained on adult mental …
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The roll out of the proposed new NHS data sharing scheme has been delayed by six months. NHS England intended work on the database to start in April but it has now been delayed until the autumn. Following concerns raised by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the British Medical Association among others, NHS …
NHS England has been criticised for not taking appropriate steps to inform the public of changes to medical records. The scheme is intended to link data from GP records with information from hospitals to give an idea of what happens to patients throughout their treatment. This will be the first time the NHS in England …
Yesterday, the Government published its response to a major review of cosmetic procedures in the UK following the PIP breast implants scandal. The review was led by Sir Bruce Keogh and published 10 months ago. In recent years there has been a huge increase in cosmetic procedures, in particular non-surgical interventions such as dermal filler …
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The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) are warning of a “crisis of public confidence” in an NHS scheme set up to share details from people’s medical records. The group supports the plan in principle but said it was “very worried” the public had not been properly informed. The idea of the scheme is to link …
The report by Robert Francis into shortcomings at the mid-Staffordshire hospital caused waves through the NHS establishment and very real shock and alarm for the general public who need to have real and lasting confidence in our public health system. There have been calls for increased staffing levels, more practical training and for greater protection …
MPs say there is a lack of clarity over where saved money goes in the NHS. The NHS is in the middle of an efficiency drive with savings expected to be reinvested in front-line care and making services more productive. More than £10bn has been saved in the first two years with another £4bn forecast …
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