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Tag Archives: nhs
Caught on Camera: Grim Reaper spotted in hospital
Blink and you’ll miss it – but here’s the Grim Reaper caught on camera at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Sort of. It’s a screengrab from the video below, which was recorded by staff at the hospital to try and encourage … Continue reading
FOI: Has another newspaper uncovered a health-related manslaughter?
The other week, I blogged about a remarkably successful FOI request by the Brighton Argus which had revealed a previously unreported investigation into an alleged manslaughter at a hospital. Neither the police nor the hospital trust had felt the need … Continue reading
NHS Secrecy: GP consortia to be told to meet in public
Some more good news on the NHS front: After making clear that Foundation Hospital Trusts must hold their board meetings in public, GP consortia have been told they will have to do the same as well. When the Department of … Continue reading
NHS secrecy breakthrough: You shall go to Foundation Trust board meetings
I should have picked up on this sooner, but I’ve been rather distracted over the last week by the birth of my baby daughter. Anyway, about three weeks ago I blogged on the potential threats to information access caused by … Continue reading
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NHS secrecy update: Some good news, but still a long way to go
I was quite surprised by the response to my post last week about the perils of the new NHS legislation for journalists. It seems to have caught the eye all over the place, so particular thanks to Roy Greenslade, Press … Continue reading
Why journalists should be worried about the NHS reforms
Imagine there was a hospital trust in your area which employed 10,000 people – one of the top five employers in an area. It has a turnover of £265million, operated 1,200 beds across several large hospitals and was relied upon … Continue reading
FOI officers hunting round-robin requests? Three ways to reduce that happening
An interesting post from the ever-good FOI Man today looking at the mountain of guidance communications staff in the NHS get hit with, including those dealing with FOIs. It would appears FOI officers are expected to second-guess when an FOI … Continue reading
NHS Jargon part 3: How not to reassure patients when you’re being investigated for lots of deaths
Last week, the report into what went wrong at Mid Staffordshire Hospital, made for very bleak reading. It also emerged that five more hospitals were to be investigated amid concerns about a high number of deaths on their wards. The … Continue reading →