This ‘standard integrated policy’ was one of a number of recommendations of the review by Sir Robert Francis into whistleblowing in the NHS, aimed at improving the experience of whistleblowing in the NHS. It is expected that this policy (produced by NHS Improvement and NHS England) will be adopted by all NHS organisations in England as a minimum standard to help to normalise the raising of concerns for the benefit of all patients.

The Director for Patient Experience, discusses the steps NHS England is taking to ensure primary care staff feel supported if raising safety concerns: There is no greater insight in the drive for NHS improvement than that gained by listening to patients, families and staff. It is now the norm for patients to be asked for […]

NHS England’s Improving Rehabilitation Services Programme Lead explains why guidance published today is a vital new tool for commissioners, patients, their families, clinicians and provider organisations: In response to commissioners’ requests for support and guidance, today sees the publication of Commissioning Guidance for Rehabilitation. This interactive PDF supports the commissioning of effective, high quality rehabilitation […]

NHS England’s work on rehabilitation is led by the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, Suzanne Rastrick. It is focused on helping people remain as independent as possible, continuing to live their lives and, wherever possible, returning to work and occupation. The work supports commissioners, services users, providers and clinicians to develop and improve rehabilitation services […]

The guidance outlines: what rehabilitation is ie: scope, breadth and depth; the components of good rehabilitation; how to know whether the services that are commissioned are of good quality; and how to compare rehabilitation services, locally, regionally and nationally.

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NHS England is today taking significant steps to make it easier for primary care staff to raise their concerns so that action can be taken and improvements made. Firstly new whistleblowing guidance has been drawn up which will now be consulted on for the next five weeks.  The guidance comes after Sir Robert Francis recommended […]

NHS England has today launched a new Improvement and Assessment Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), which will include ratings published online to show patients how their local health service is performing in six important areas. From June, an initial assessment of CCG performance will be available online that will cover six crucial areas including […]

The checklist can be found as a new section within the updated MAG form (NHS England 2016), but for those doctors not using the MAG form, or who would like a printed/hard copy version including the explanatory notes, a separate/stand-alone version is available to assist doctors as an aide memoire in their preparation for appraisal. […]