Responses to the Francis report, nationally and in Sussex

Nearly a week on, it’s probably a good time to gather together the major responses to the Francis Report, or the Report of The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, to give it its full title. Here they are, in alphabetical order of issuing organisation:

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
• AgeUK
• British Medical Association
• Care Quality Commission
• Centre for Mental Health
• General Medical Council
• Health Foundation
• Health Service Ombudsman
• King’s Fund
• Monitor
• NHS Alliance
• NHS Clinical Commissioners[pdf] (partnership of the NHS Alliance, National Association of Primary Care and NHS Confederation)
• NHS Commissioning Board: NHS Commissioning Board promises fundamental change in response to Francis Report and video message from David Nicholson
• NHS Confederation: Making it better? Assuring high-quality care in the NHS 
• NHS Leadership Academy
• Nuffield Trust
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Midwives
• Royal College of Nursing

A number of organisations in the Sussex health economy have also made statements:

• Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Sussex Community NHS Trust
• Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust