NHS patients raising safety concerns too often ‘fobbed off’, says commissioner
Dr Henrietta Hughes said focus on budgets had led to substandard care and dismissal of legitimate fears
May 2017
Doctors owe it to patients to tell the truth: the NHS is in terminal decline
Rachel Clarke
The medical establishment shies away from talking politics. But the crisis facing the health service is so severe that physicians must speak out – before it’s too late
February 2017
NHS hasn't improved enough since Mid Staffs, says inquiry lawyer
Robert Francis, whose report uncovered poor care in hospital trust, says pressures on health service generally are ‘pretty bad’
November 2016
NHS cuts putting patient safety at risk, TUC warns
Funding cuts and staff shortages ‘preventing hospitals from implementing Mid Staffordshire recommendations’
July 2016
Has government learned the vital lessons of public service failures?
Terrible examples like Mid Staffs, Rotherham and Doncaster can give clear pointers on how to respond when public services go wrong
March 2016
There's a long list of NHS inquiries, but what have they actually changed?
Richard Vize
From Mid Staffs to Morecambe Bay, inquiries into poor care are cathartic. But too often they have unintended consequences, or are ignored
January 2016
This is the NHS
Spike in mental health patient deaths shows NHS 'struggling to cope'
MP Norman Lamb likens rise of over 20% in the unexpected deaths of mentally ill people in NHS care to Mid Staffs scandal and calls for investigation
December 2015
Mid Staffs scandal: NHS trust fined £500,000 for 'basic' blunders
Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust was also ordered to pay £35,000 in costs after admitting charges over deaths of four elderly patients
The problem with the figures on deaths at Stafford hospital
Chris Elliott
October 2015
Mid Staffs NHS trust charged over deaths of four patients
Foundation trust that was at centre of patient care scandal faces charges relating to deaths at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2014
Mid Staffordshire NHS trust to face criminal charges over deaths
Trust to appear before Stafford magistrates court after HSE brings charges over deaths of four patients between 2005 and 2014
NHS 'backtracking' on ward nurse numbers introduced after Mid Staffs
Critics fear safety will be sacrificed to cut costs after NHS bosses tell hospitals that 1:8 nurse-to-patient ratio is a guide, not a requirement
August 2015
Chilcot report: we need a publication date by the end of the year
Letters: I respect the uncompromising determination of Sir John Chilcot and his commission to find out the facts behind this. But we must be told when his Iraq inquiry report will be made public
June 2015
NHS staff told to say 'I am sorry' to patients for medical blunders
New guidance says doctors, nurses and midwives must now offer prompt apology and explanation to those injured by mistakes during treatment
End of NHS safe-staffing guidelines 'risks another Mid Staffs scandal'
Nursing union head Peter Carter urges health secretary and NHS England chief to revisit decision to halt regulator’s work on staff-patient ratios
NHS patient safety fears as health watchdog scraps staffing guidelines
Nice says it has stopped devising ratios of nurses to patients, recommended in report into Mid Staffs scandal, with NHS England taking over the work
March 2015
Furness hospital's 'lethal mix' of failings led to deaths of 12, report says
Report finds ‘failures at almost very level’ including midwives on ‘seriously dysfunctional’ maternity ward known as ‘musketeers’ due to their cavalier attitude
February 2015
The Society interview
My distress at whistleblowers being bullied in today’s NHS
