Department of Health looking at Francis Report

A working group has been set up to investigate a report which looks at reforming parts of the NHS health system.

The Department of Health has instructed the group to study the Francis Report which was commissioned by the UK Secretary of State for Health in light of serious failings at the mid-Staffordshire acute hospital trust.

The report makes a number of recommendations relating to NHS healthcare which will all be considered in a local context to see which areas of our health service need further work.

MLC Dudley Butt who has political responsibility for the department says it’s a very significant document:

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