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The answer is … another inspector

Details: Published: Monday, 11 February 2013 12:06; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1537

The Prime Minister responded to the Francis report on Stafford Hospital by announcing that the CQC will create a new Chief Inspector of Hospitals post to be responsible for new inspections regime from autumn. Since the report was published pressure has increased for Sir David Nicholson to resign.

Speaking in Parliament following the publication of the report, the Prime Minister apologised to the families of those who suffered for the way the system allowed horrific abuse to go unchecked. He went on to say that the report highlighted three core problems. A focus on finance and figures, no-one being accountable for patient care, and defensiveness & complacency.

David Cameron said: “This government has put compassion ahead of bureaucratic process-driven targets and put quality of care on a par with quality of treatment. We have set this out explicitly in the Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, together with a new vision for compassionate nursing. We have introduced a tough new programme for tracking and eliminating falls, pressure sores and hospital infections. And we have demanded nursing rounds every hour, in every ward of every hospital. But it is clear we need to do more. We will study every one of the 290 recommendations in today’s Report and respond in detail next month.”

Since the announcement NHS chief Sir David Nicholson has resisted calls for him to resign over the Stafford Hospital scandal. Victims’ families and many commentators have demanded he step down, but Sir David said he is “not ashamed” of being in his job. He was head of the local Strategic Health Authority at the time. But both the Prime Minister and Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, have stood by him, quoting Francis’s advice that there should be ‘no scapegoats.’

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