Watch MiP Chief Executive Jon Restell’s interview on BBC Breakfast discussing the events of Countess of Chester, calls for statutory regulation of NHS managers and what can be done to prevent an incident like this happening again.
The interview was recorded on Monday 28 August and can be viewed from the video player below.
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MiP says regulation alone will not improve the NHS culture around raising and acting on concerns, following the findings of the Thirlwall Inquiry into the Lucy Letby case.
TUC Congress has backed a motion calling for an evidence-based and fully resourced plan for NHS management, with unions warning that cutting management capacity risks shifting essential work onto clinical teams.
The Scottish Government has announced plans to radically restructure the NHS, replacing Scotland’s 14 territorial health boards with two new ‘Strategic Health Boards’ covering the west and east of the country.
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