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| Nurses to first train in basic care, ministers to say | Nurses to first train in basic care, ministers to say |
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| Nurses will have to spend time as healthcare assistants as part of a measures to be unveiled by ministers in response to the Stafford hospital inquiry. | Nurses will have to spend time as healthcare assistants as part of a measures to be unveiled by ministers in response to the Stafford hospital inquiry. |
| More compassionate care is needed in the NHS, ministers will concede. | More compassionate care is needed in the NHS, ministers will concede. |
| It comes after the inquiry criticised the system for putting corporate interest ahead of patients. | It comes after the inquiry criticised the system for putting corporate interest ahead of patients. |
| Hundreds of people died needlessly because of neglect and abuse from 2005 to 2008. | |
| Statistics at the time showed there were between 400 and 1,200 more deaths than would be expected. | |
| The inquiry said failings from the top to the bottom of the NHS meant the public had been "betrayed". | The inquiry said failings from the top to the bottom of the NHS meant the public had been "betrayed". |
| In total the report made 290 recommendations for reforming the system. | |
| Ministers are not expected to respond individually to each one. | Ministers are not expected to respond individually to each one. |
| Instead, they will spell out a series of steps they are taking to answer the main themes that arose from the inquiry. | Instead, they will spell out a series of steps they are taking to answer the main themes that arose from the inquiry. |
| Among these will be details about how compassion on the front line could be improved. | Among these will be details about how compassion on the front line could be improved. |
| 'Hands-on' | 'Hands-on' |
| Ministers believe placing student nurses on wards as healthcare assistants for up to a year will help them develop the caring skills required, before going on to do a degree. | Ministers believe placing student nurses on wards as healthcare assistants for up to a year will help them develop the caring skills required, before going on to do a degree. |
| It is unclear whether this time would count towards their degree however as nurse students currently have to spend half of their three years in training working on the front-line. | |
| New minimum training standards and a code of conduct for healthcare assistants is also likely to be unveiled, although this looks like it will fall short of the registration scheme recommended by the public inquiry. | New minimum training standards and a code of conduct for healthcare assistants is also likely to be unveiled, although this looks like it will fall short of the registration scheme recommended by the public inquiry. |
| Speaking ahead of his announcement to Parliament, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said encouraging compassionate care needed to be more of a priority. | Speaking ahead of his announcement to Parliament, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said encouraging compassionate care needed to be more of a priority. |
| "Front-line, hands-on caring experience and values need to be equal with academic training," he said. | "Front-line, hands-on caring experience and values need to be equal with academic training," he said. |
| "These measures are about recruiting all staff with the right values and giving them the training they need to do their job properly, so that patients are treated with compassion." | "These measures are about recruiting all staff with the right values and giving them the training they need to do their job properly, so that patients are treated with compassion." |
| But Peter Walsh, of Action against Medical Accidents, said introducing a legal duty of candour, which was also demanded by the public inquiry, had the potential to have the biggest impact. | But Peter Walsh, of Action against Medical Accidents, said introducing a legal duty of candour, which was also demanded by the public inquiry, had the potential to have the biggest impact. |
| Such a duty would require the NHS to be honest when it makes a mistake. | Such a duty would require the NHS to be honest when it makes a mistake. |
| Mr Walsh said: "For over 60 years the NHS has done no more than pay lip service to the fundamental principle that patients and their families should be told the truth when there has been an error which causes harm. | Mr Walsh said: "For over 60 years the NHS has done no more than pay lip service to the fundamental principle that patients and their families should be told the truth when there has been an error which causes harm. |
| "Whilst frowning upon cover-ups, the system has effectively tolerated them. | "Whilst frowning upon cover-ups, the system has effectively tolerated them. |
| "This culture of cover-up and denial is a cancer eating away at the NHS. | "This culture of cover-up and denial is a cancer eating away at the NHS. |
| "The legally enforceable duty of candour will help change that culture and represents the biggest advance in patient safety and patients rights in the history of the NHS." | "The legally enforceable duty of candour will help change that culture and represents the biggest advance in patient safety and patients rights in the history of the NHS." |