‘Any large organisation will have “bad apples”, but it is unlikely that the NHS has hired 1.3 million of them in recent years’
Creating a patient-centred culture has been a long-held objective for the NHS, so is there a need for the Francis report’s proposed culture overhaul? By David Buchanan, Mike Bourne and Steve Macaulay
Is Robert Francis right? Does the NHS really need a culture overhaul? A key recommendation from the inquiry into events at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust concerns changing NHS culture to one that pays closer attention to patients.
Creating a more patient-centred culture was an objective of The NHS Plan in 2000. Has nothing changed?
Read the full blog post here: Making the right changes after Mid Staffs | Resource centre | Health Service Journal.
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