A blogger’s farewell
This is my last blog for this page so I hope you’ll forgive a longer one than usual. Fortunately, my much wittier boss will be taking up the mantle shortly so you can continue to follow national progress on implementing …
This is my last blog for this page so I hope you’ll forgive a longer one than usual. Fortunately, my much wittier boss will be taking up the mantle shortly so you can continue to follow national progress on implementing …
Today, the Department of Health published proposals on how the new offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect will operate. This takes forward an important recommendation from the report from the independent National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in …
On this first anniversary of publication, it seems no exaggeration to describe the impact of The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry as seismic. Indeed, it seems hard to believe it was only a year ago we were all …
Today we published the full response to the Francis Inquiry - Hard Truths - The Journey to Putting Patients First. I am writing this in the early hours of the morning, feeling excited, tired and sick with nerves at the …
At Sue Ryder, we believe that quality of care is the responsibility of everyone working in healthcare. We all have a part to play to ensure the unacceptable experiences of the patients at Mid-Staffordshire Hospital do not happen again. We …
The Francis Inquiry report highlighted the importance of “visible, receptive, insightful and outward looking” and effective leadership for a flourishing NHS. In this week’s guest blog, Jan Sobieraj, Managing Director at the NHS Leadership Academy, gives an update on all …
In the Government’s initial response to the Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Patients First and Foremost, the NHS Leadership Academy was cited as fulfilling the recommendation ‘for a leadership college, working with a range of …
Regular readers may have noticed the blog falling silent for a while, perhaps assuming that I’d gone off the idea or had simply been too busy. In fact, I’ve been having emergency surgery for an infected appendix – a surprisingly …
‘Outstanding care, Transforming lives’ is the aim of the trust I’ve been based in this week, emblazoned on every screen saver. I’m observing a range of services for people with serious and often enduring mental health issues. Two headlines really …
Guest blog by Sue Covill, Director of Employment Services at NHS Employers Do you remember years ago when as a rite of passage new student nurses used to be sent to the orthopaedic ward for a "long wait"? Many of …