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The office is sponsored by the Care Quality Commission, NHS England and NHS Improvement. [9] In January 2016 Eileen Sills was appointed as the first Freedom to Speak Up National Guardian for the NHS. [10] [11] [12] She resigned two months later, citing that she did not have sufficient time to combine this role with her other work. [13]
The National Guardian's Office is an independent, non-statutory body with the remit to lead culture change in the National Health Service in England.. The appointment of a National Guardian was a recommendation by Sir Robert Francis QC in the 2015 Freedom to Speak Up Review [1] which investigated whistleblower detriment and barriers in the NHS in England.
The NHS Litigation Authority was established in 1995 as a special health authority. [2] Its current duties are established under the National Health Service Act 2006. [3] It began using the name NHS Resolution in April 2017, reflecting a change of role to "the early settlement of cases, learning from what goes wrong and the prevention of errors" according to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for ...
NHS England have been urged to reconsider its decision to refuse publishing a full report into the care received by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane, despite the wishes of the victims ...
The trust was highlighted by NHS England as having 3 of 148 reported never events in the period from April to September 2013. [16] Mrs Sandra Haynes-Kirkbright was suspended by the trust in July 2012 following allegations made against her by colleagues of bullying, harassment, persistent swearing and unprofessional behaviour. She alleged that ...
The NHS was established within the differing nations of the United Kingdom through differing legislation, and as such there has never been a singular British healthcare system, instead there are 4 health services in the United Kingdom; NHS England, the NHS Scotland, HSC Northern Ireland and NHS Wales, which were run by the respective UK government ministries for each home nation before falling ...
Graham Pink (19 December 1929 – 6 March 2021) was a nurse and whistleblower at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester. [ 1 ] Pink's complaints about inadequacies in medical standards
The Dr Foster Hospital Guide is now published on an annual basis, and remains an important independent publication on quality in NHS hospitals. Its latest edition was published in November 2012 and it identified a number of underperforming hospitals in England and a higher risk of avoidable mortality at the weekends.