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 …
Guest blog by Yvonne Sawbridge, Senior Fellow at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham The much awaited Berwick report makes a number of insightful comments about what is good about the NHS whilst also acknowledging that …
