Victoria Macdonald
Sir David Nicholson resigns … but hangs on
After Mid-Staffs, Sir David Nicholson must have known his resignation as head of the NHS was inevitable.
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Healthcare assistants ‘doing jobs of doctors and nurses’
Healthcare assistants do jobs which should be done by doctors and nurses, such as inserting intravenous drips, without having to take formal training, a review has found.
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Victoria Macdonald
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Sir David Nicholson to step down as NHS boss
NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, who has come under fire for alleged failings when he led the Mid-Stafforshire NHS trust, is to retire next year.
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NHS whistleblowers: are they really being protected now?
An investigation by Channel 4 News raises serious questions about whether, despite public assurances from the man at the top, the NHS can protect those speaking out about patient safety.
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Cameron hits back after nurses brand reforms ‘stupid’
David Cameron says most people agree that would-be nurses should spend time as a healthcare assistant before starting their training, after a union leader calls the reforms a “stupid idea”.
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Mid-Staffordshire NHS trust placed in administration
Administrators are appointed to Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the scandal-hit trust where as many as 1,200 patients may have died needlessly due to “routine neglect”.
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Mid Staffs: new investigation launched
A criminal investigation begins into the death of a woman at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announces.
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Victoria Macdonald
Mid-Staffs scandal: new duty to report deaths
In the government’s response to the Mid-Staffordshire inquiry report hospitals and care homes will have to inform people if they believe treatment of care has caused death or serious injury.
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How long to put care and candour at the heart of the NHS?
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlines changes following the Mid Staffs scandal, with the NHS expected to be honest about mistakes and nurses forced to work as healthcare assistants.
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Victoria Macdonald
Unanswered questions over Mid-Staffs
Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, refuses to be filmed over questions over failing health care at Mid-Staffs NHS.
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Victoria Macdonald
Hunt’s hospitals speech may haunt him
Jeremy Hunt’s speech to the Nuffield Trust conference has all the hallmarks of “bog standard comprehensives”, giving rise to the obvious danger that his remarks will forever haunt him.
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Mid Staffs: accused nurse breaks down
A Mid-Staffordshire nurse accused of refusing to help a patient who had recently had an abortion, breaks down in tears at her disciplinary hearing today.
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Mid Staffs scandal: NHS boss ‘determined’ to stay
Sir David Nicholson, who presided over the scandal at the Mid Staffordshire hospital, tells MPs he is “absolutely determined” to lead NHS health reforms despite calls for him to resign.
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Mid Staffs nurses accused of misconduct
Two nurses who worked at the scandal-hit mid-Staffordshire Hospital falsified records, verbally abused and deliberately left patients waiting in A &E, a hearing heard today.
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Victoria Macdonald
NHS whistleblowers gagging to speak out
The inquiry into the Mid Staffs hospital scandal called for an end to gagging clauses that silence whistleblowers. But will NHS staff who speak out be treated any better in the future?
