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NHS England’s challenges as Sir David Nicholson announces his departure.

NHS England’s challenges as Sir David Nicholson announces his departure.

The media campaign to unseat Sir David Nicholson from his post as NHS England chief executive played some part in his decision to announce his retirement but was not the main cause, HSJ understands.

Speculation about potential successors to Sir David Nicholson as chief executive of NHS England has focued on 10 names.

Speculation about potential successors to Sir David Nicholson as chief executive of NHS England has focued on 10 names.

Sir David Nicholson’s announcement of his retirement follows several months of intense criticism and scrutiny of his leadership, and his role in relation to the Mid Staffordshire care failures.

This report examines the economic benefits generated by NHS foundation trusts and finds that they deliver £30 billion in economic value annually. The analysis looked at foundation trusts broader contributions to communities, arguing that trusts deliver social value in a variety of ways through trust governance arrangements, sourcing local goods, environmental reduction schemes, and employee and patient health promotion initiatives and through international work.

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• Foundation Trust Network - news

This updated constitution reflects provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which are relevant to NHS foundation trusts' constitutions and which are now in force.

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• Monitor - publications

Sir David Nicholson will retire by March next year from his post as NHS England chief executive.

Sir David Nicholson will retire in March next year from his post as NHS England chief executive.

Sir David Nicholson will retire in March next year from his post as NHS England chief executive.

Sir David Nicholson will retire in March next year from his post as NHS England chief executive.

PERFORMANCE: Patient safety at 18 accident and emergency departments in the West Midlands cannot be guaranteed according to a joint letter signed by leading clinicians from across the region.

Ahead of the second reading debate of this bill, this briefing provides explanation and analysis of the Bill and the policies it will enable the government to implement.

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• The Nuffield Trust - publications

Senior figures have warned of “unintended consequences” of rushed legislation in response to the Francis report.

Jeremy Hunt has backed plans for a chief inspector of general practice, to be based in the Care Quality Commission.

Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned, after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6 per cent since the coalition government took office.

This guide aims to enable people who want to die at home to do so and improving the quality of care they receive. It argues that whilst a good death at home may not be a feasible or desirable death for everyone, it could be a reality for many more people if there are services to support it.

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• Research evidence
• SCIE - publications