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Power to the people

Paul Hodgkin says: get ready for Occupy the NHS Now!
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RCP pilots ‘Hospital Health Check’

The Royal College of Physicians wants to develop a ‘Hospital Health Check’ model of aggregating available data on trusts.
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Joe’s view of feedback

Joe McDonald is disappointed that the latest inquiry into the Mid Staffs scandal failed to tackle the regulatory regime. Now,
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Septic shock

Roger Taylor, director of research at Dr Foster, asks how so many Bolton patients came to be coded as having
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Francis response includes Ofsted-ratings

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that an ‘Ofsted style’ system of summary ratings for hospitals and care homes will
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Everybody loses, everybody wins

In an extract from his new book, God Bless the NHS, Roger Taylor of Dr Foster argues that technology can
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Code red

Since the Francis report came out, the newspapers have been full of stories of more hospitals “fiddling” their mortality figures.
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National feedback system needed

The Francis report says there should be a nationally consistent way for patients to feedback online and in real-time about
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