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| Wales health: New system for serious NHS failures | |
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| Welsh ministers could put health bodies in special measures, under new plans to tackle any serious NHS failings. | Welsh ministers could put health bodies in special measures, under new plans to tackle any serious NHS failings. |
| In "exceptional circumstances" they could involve suspending the organisation's board or asking another body to run the service. | In "exceptional circumstances" they could involve suspending the organisation's board or asking another body to run the service. |
| In June last year, a damning report criticised mismanagement of the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board in north Wales for a catalogue of errors. | |
| Ministers say it will now be much clearer how matters are dealt with. | |
| The new arrangements are also intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the Welsh government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Auditor General Wales when dealing with potential problems. | The new arrangements are also intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the Welsh government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Auditor General Wales when dealing with potential problems. |
| Less drastic options, in place from next month, are "enhanced monitoring" and "targeted intervention". | |
| The Welsh government said the need for a stronger inspection and regulation regime emerged from last year's joint HIW and Wales Audit Office (WAO) report into governance arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. | The Welsh government said the need for a stronger inspection and regulation regime emerged from last year's joint HIW and Wales Audit Office (WAO) report into governance arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. |
| The board runs all aspects of the NHS in north Wales. | The board runs all aspects of the NHS in north Wales. |
| More clarity | More clarity |
| The report found operations had been delayed and waiting lists allowed to grow at hospitals to avoid financial problems getting worse and that "significant management failings" had risked patient safety by under-reporting infections. | The report found operations had been delayed and waiting lists allowed to grow at hospitals to avoid financial problems getting worse and that "significant management failings" had risked patient safety by under-reporting infections. |
| On Wednesday, Health Minister Mark Drakeford said inspection and regulatory regimes "need to evolve and keep pace with change so we are assured of a reliable and robust quality assurance system". | On Wednesday, Health Minister Mark Drakeford said inspection and regulatory regimes "need to evolve and keep pace with change so we are assured of a reliable and robust quality assurance system". |
| "I am confident that, where issues do emerge which give rise to concern, we now have a clear set of arrangements for all to understand how such matters will be systematically dealt with, to ensure proportionate and timely action," he said. | "I am confident that, where issues do emerge which give rise to concern, we now have a clear set of arrangements for all to understand how such matters will be systematically dealt with, to ensure proportionate and timely action," he said. |
| "Wales already has one of the most closely inspected healthcare systems in the UK - this new arrangement will ensure clarity about who is responsible for driving improvement." | "Wales already has one of the most closely inspected healthcare systems in the UK - this new arrangement will ensure clarity about who is responsible for driving improvement." |