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Mike Farrar

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Name: Mike Farrar

First reported 17 mins ago - Updated 17 mins ago - 1 reports

Anger over promotions for bosses in charge of shamed maternity unit

The health bosses in charge during the scandal at a maternity unit where mothers and babies died face claims they presided over a culture of cover-up and incompetence, only to be ‘rewarded’ with six-figure salaries and promotions. Tony Halsall, the former ... [Published Telegraph - 17 mins ago]

Entities: Mike Farrar, NHS, Anger, John Woodcock, Investigation

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

CQC charter of rights for patients

A new charter of rights could be launched for patients, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced.The proposals would set an “unambiguous baseline” for care, and if standards are continually breached, could result in unit closures, dismissals and ... [Published National Health Executive - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Patient, NHS, Mike Farrar, Dismissal

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Hospitals to be given Ofsted-style ratings

'Tough and rigorous' ratings aim to drive up standards and give patients and families better insight into quality of treatmentHospitals will be told to make urgent improvements if any department is providing poor care, under new Ofsted-style ratings prompted ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Jeremy Hunt, Mike Farrar

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 2 reports

Patients should be involved in NHS changes

A report from the NHS Confederation, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and patient organisation National Voices states that the NHS should close some hospital services and invest more into community-based care.The bodies believe that health service often ... [Published Barchester - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Jeremy Taylor, Mike Farrar

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 4 reports

Britain’s NHS needs major changes

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) needs major changes to avoid failures and a vicious spiral of poorly planned responses to financial pressures, health and social care charities have warned.The NHS Confederation, National Voices, and the Academy ... [Published Press tv - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: NHS, United Kingdom, Jeremy Taylor, Mike Farrar

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 6 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

Major changes to NHS needed, report claims

Major changes to the NHS are needed if it is to be rescued from ?disastrous failures?, managers, doctors and patients have warned.According to the report by the NHS Confederation, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and patient organisation, National Voices, ... [Published Public Sector - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Jeremy Taylor, Mike Farrar, BBC British Broadcasting Corp

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 3 reports

NHS

'No progress made' towards integrated care, staff say

A survey published by the NHS Confederation has revealed disillusionment with the government's move towards integrated care.Close to 95% of respondents said that only 'slight progress' or 'no progress' is being made to integrate care.The majority of respondents ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: NHS, Mike Farrar, Plasterer

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 2 reports

NHS managers prepare for post-Francis world

The head of the NHS Confederation is warning that sticking plasters on ‘creaking parts of the NHS’ will soon fail, and only NHS leaders must “take up the gauntlet” and respond to the increasing pressures and challenges that lay ahead.Mike Farrar, chief ... [Published Pharma Times - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: NHS, NHS Management, Mike Farrar

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 8 reports

Government accused of using 'anti-GP rhetoric' to mask its own failings

Jeremy Hunt accused of demoralising GPs and causing fear among patients before speech attacking 'inaccessible' doctors Doctors' leaders and the health secretary are on a collision course over claims the government is using "anti-GP rhetoric" to mask its ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 23 2013]

Entities: Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Mike Farrar, Michelle Drage, Patient

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Don't visit casualty - email your GP instead: NHS chief Mike Farrar's astonishing answer to A&E crisis

Don't visit casualty - email your GP instead: NHS chief's astonishing answer to A&E crisis when questioned by MPs over how to solve surge in patient numbers Suggestion by NHS Confederation boss Mike Farrar has stunned MPsSaid contacting GPs online would ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 21 2013]

Entities: Patient, Mike Farrar, NHS

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Hospitals freeze A&E targets - because they can’t hit them

Hospitals across Britain have been forced to suspend targets to see accident and emergency patients within four hours because they can no longer cope with demand, doctors and managers have warned. In a stark assessment of the crisis facing the NHS, the ... [Published The Independent - May 21 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Senior NHS figure challenges Jeremy Hunt over causes of A&E crisis

Chief executive of NHS Confederation rejects health secretary's claim that changes to GP contract in 2004 are to blame There is no link between the crisis in hospital A&E departments and GPs opting out of out-of-hours care, a leading NHS figure has said ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Entities: Out-of-Hours, NHS, Jeremy Hunt, Mike Farrar

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Also speaking at the conference, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation Mike Farrar said whatever the rights and wrongs of NHS pension reform, "patients shouldn't be dragged into an argument that is essentially between doctors and the government."

Lansley: 'BMA mis-sold strike action to members' [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]

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Anger over promotions for bosses in charge of s... [Published Telegraph - 17 mins ago]
Lansley: 'BMA mis-sold strike action to members' [Published Management in Practice - 5 hours ago]
'Excellent opportunity' to change urgent care [Published National Health Executive - Jun 18 2013]
NHS ‘must clear up confusion’ to ease pressure ... [Published Yorkshire Post - Jun 18 2013]
Moving care into the community [Published Independent Nurse - Jun 17 2013]
CQC charter of rights for patients [Published National Health Executive - Jun 17 2013]
Patients' views at heart of hospital inspection... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 17 2013]
Hospitals to be given Ofsted-style ratings [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 17 2013]
For Afghan Scouts, 'Be prepared' takes on a new... [Published Los Angeles Times - Jun 14 2013]
Stout appointed as MD of NHS CB hosted CSUs [Published Management in Practice - Jun 13 2013]
Patients should be involved in NHS changes [Published Barchester - Jun 12 2013]
Shifting care from hospital to community requir... [Published Independent Nurse - Jun 11 2013]
Jail threat to staff at death scandal hospital:... [Published Mail Online UK - Jun 10 2013]
Farrar: ?Significant Impact? of Structural Chan... [Published Commissioning GP - Jun 07 2013]
Failure is good in NHS, because we learn [Published Public Service - Jun 07 2013]
Nicholson wants big conversation on NHS [Published E-Health Insider - Jun 07 2013]
Waiting times rising as financial pressures bit... [Published Health Insurance Magazine - Jun 07 2013]
Hospitals 'may need to close' as health service... [Published Health Insurance Magazine - Jun 07 2013]
Jeremy Hunt: blamegamer-in-chief and slave to t... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 06 2013]
Farrar calls for new NHS system [Published Management in Practice - Jun 06 2013]
'Optimism will carry us through' - Farrar [Published National Health Executive - Jun 06 2013]
Thursday 6 June [Published Royal College of Nursing - Jun 06 2013]
Reconfiguration 'not a dirty word' say NHS mana... [Published Pharma Times - Jun 06 2013]
Clinicians back call for changes to NHS services [Published OnMedicanet - Jun 06 2013]
A&E units  in crisis ‘a  wake-up  call’ over NH... [Published Yorkshire Post - Jun 06 2013]
NHS 111: How untrained staff answered calls, pa... [Published Mail Online UK - Jun 06 2013]
Major changes to NHS needed, report claims [Published Public Sector - Jun 05 2013]
Info revolution to transform NHS [Published E-Health Insider - Jun 05 2013]
NHS 'reconfiguration': not as scary as patients... [Published Channel 4 - Jun 05 2013]
Britain’s NHS needs major changes [Published Press tv - Jun 05 2013]

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Four options for reviving the NHS \| Mike Farrar [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Mar 18 2013] The scale of the financial predicament facing the NHS means that radical decisions are needed to ensure its stability The NHS has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks as the media and public question its management capability and standards of ...