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And here’s today’s news from National Health Executive on Wednesday the 10th of July 2024.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has said Nazir Afzal’s independent report into its culture will be a turning point for the organisation after evidence of staff being subjected to racism, discrimination and bullying was revealed. The report concluded that there are fundamentally two separate cultures within the NMC — one which could see two people pass in the corridor with polar opposite experiences.
The NMC has acknowledged the report’s findings and apologised, vowing to undergo a culture change programme backed by the recommendations made as part of the review. Nazir Afzal’s report, in collaboration with Rise Associates, was commissioned at the start of this year after a whistleblower claimed in 2023 that a “deep seated toxic culture” was leading to skewed and failed investigations within the NMC. The report’s authors say that everything they documented was corroborated by their findings.
A leading group of oncology experts have outlined how the NHS can improve cancer care by addressing a series of time-critical problems. These issues include shifting demographics; significant treatment delays; unbalanced survival rates; and a lack of patient follow-up after care.
The experts, which published their review in The Lancet Oncology, have outlined several solutions that a new national cancer control plan would need to address. A new NHS taskforce for social and commercial determinants, retuning the cancer research agenda, investment in the workforce, and expanding national audits are all included as part of the solution.
Following the appointment of Wes Streeting as new health secretary, and ministerial roles being given to Stephen Kinnock and Karin Smyth, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced that Andrew Gwynne and Baroness Merron have also been handed junior roles.
Gwynne, who helped Labour hold the Greater Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton with a 13,000 majority, has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention. Meanwhile, Baroness Merron has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Life Sciences.
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