The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) which was set up to allow NHS staff, patients and their families to report possible shortcomings in healthcare safety is expected to announce its new head this week. Keith Conradi is expected to be named as the new head of the organisation and he was formerly the chief inspector …
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A parent and her partner were convicted recently of abuse and murder of their child despite social workers being alerted to potential abuse three times in the year prior to the death. Nursery staff and neighbours had raised the alarm three times and no further action was taken. This incident echoes the circumstances that surrounded …
The Government has announced that inquiries into child deaths where instances of neglect or abuse are found will be revised. The change has been prompted following a report which looked into local safeguarding children boards and found them to be woefully inadequate and in need of reform in respect of detail and process. The main …
A major leak of data appears to expose the inner workings of senior BMA officials within the junior doctors’ dispute. The leak was of the transcripts of a WhatsApp group which was made up entirely of leaders of the junior doctors committee. The group discussed many matters in relation to the junior doctors’ dispute, the …
In a new report by the National Audit Office it is alleged that the size of the bed blocking problem has been drastically underestimated. Whilst official figures for the number of delayed transfers stands at 1.15 million beds last year, the National Audit Office’s figures suggest over double this amount. The cost of this problem …
CQC’s future strategy unveiled this week includes the commitment to increase the frequency of unannounced inspections of GPs. This approach will look to utilise information gathered outside of the physical inspection even more to more effectively carry out these inspections. The increase in unannounced inspections is to be combined with the relaxation of inspections of …
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From April 2017 the way that CQC inspects hospitals will change and we will see the regulator move to a more targeted inspection approach. CQC will move away from the large inspections of NHS trusts which have taken place over the past three years following the Mid-Staffordshire scandal. Part of the reason for this move …
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A report by the Prison Reform Trust calling for a review of the prison system suggests that new rules be made to protect children convicted of petty crime from custodial sentences. Whilst only 6% of children in care find themselves on the wrong side of the law they account for 50% of children incarcerated in …
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It would appear as though the junior doctors and Jeremy Hunt may have found a resolution to the ever-present contractual dispute. Yesterday it was announced that a middle ground had been found between the BMA, the junior doctors’ representatives, and the department of health. They reached this point through conciliation talks over the past 10 …
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Ofsted has announced its strategic plan which begins from May 2016 and runs through until the end of 2016. Ofsted aims to raise standards with ‘good’ being the target for each setting andfocus on outcomes for the disadvantaged and vulnerable. It also aims to [SC21] improve lives by supporting children to reach their potential regardless of …
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