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Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry Report
Short power point presentation for members summarising the final report of the public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on 6 February 2013.
Updated: 5 March 2021 -
Intergrated care pilots
The Government regards integration as one remedy for the fragmentation of services, which has been identified as a barrier to providing more effective and personalised care. The purpose of the above briefing is to outline how the Government is taking forward its integrated care agenda through the de...
Updated: 7 September 2015 -
Help inform our response to monitor: Guidance on procurement, patient choice and competition in England
This briefing gives an overview of a suite of consultations from Monitor including guidance for commissioners on when to use competition. Monitor, as the new sector regulator for the NHS in England has particular responsibilities in enforcing new regulations on procurement, patient choice and compet...
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
Briefing on the Trust Special Administration’s draft report for the future of services for local people using Stafford and Cannock Chase
This RCN briefing describes the proposals in Trust Special Administration's draft report for the future of services for local people using Stafford and Channock Chase hospitals. consultation document.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
Consultation on migrant access and financial contribution to the NHS in England
This RCN briefing outlines and seeks member views on the Department of Health consultation “Migrant access to the NHS”. The consultation asks who should be charged for NHS services in future, what services they should be charged for and how can the system improve in identifying patients who should b...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
The Keogh Review and special measures
This is a short factual RCN briefing on the Keogh Review report and to provide factual information on the special measures being applied to the 11 NHS trusts named by the Secretary of State for Health on 16 July 2013 (Hunt, 2013).
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
The independent sector: History and role in England
This briefing provides an overview of the independent sector involvement in health care in England from the past to 2012 including key positions that the RCN has taken on these important issues.
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
RCN factsheet on clinical commissioning groups
Short briefing on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), one of the new types of organisation formed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Updated: 14 August 2015 -
Public health reforms in England
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 radically reforms the way that health care is commissioned in England. As part of these reforms, local public health services will move from the NHS into local authorities. A new body – Public Health England – will be set up to provide strategic leadership support...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
Moving Care to the Community
Updated December 2014. Moving care out of hospitals and into the community has been a UK wide priority for over a decade; however despite the government's commitment to invest in the community, there is a mismatch between reality and rhetoric. The RCN has worked closely with our sister nursing organ...
Updated: 5 March 2021
