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  Publication of NHS Transition Risk Register and Implementation of Key Francis Recommendations
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of publishing the NHS transition risk register and in favour of acting on key recommendations from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
  @ MP voted no against publishing the NHS transition risk register and in against acting on key recommendations from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against the publication of the NHS transition risk register and against the implementation of key Francis recommendations. 
  
  The Francis recommendations derive from [http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry] chaired by Robert Francis QC.  290 recommendations are included in the inquiry report[1]. 
  
  The text of the rejected motion read:
  
  :That this House 
  :''is concerned'' about the Governmentâs approach to managing risk in the NHS; 
  :''notes'' that the Government is still to respond fully to the Francis Report, despite the Prime Minister promising on 6 February 2013, Hansard, column 281, a detailed response by the end of March 2013; 
  :''believes'' that the Government is in danger of ignoring the lessons of recent failures by cutting thousands of nursing staff; 
  :''is concerned'' at recent reports revealing pressure to roll out the NHS 111 telephone service despite serious concerns about it not being safe to do so; 
  :''is further concerned'' at recent reports that plans are not in place to avert an Accident and Emergency crisis next winter; 
  :''recognises'' that the 14 Trusts investigated by Sir Bruce Keogh have seen increasing problems since May 2010; 
  :''further believes'' that the Governmentâs failure to implement the key recommendations of the Francis Report, combined with the disruption of the recent NHS reorganisation, risks making it more likely that failures of care will happen in future; 
  :''further'' notes the Governmentâs recent commitment to openness and transparency in the NHS; therefore
  :''calls on the Government'' to publish the NHS transition risk register as ordered by the Information Commissioner and Information Rights Tribunal; and
  :''further calls'' on the Government to bring forward urgent implementation of key Francis recommendations to improve patient safety, including a duty of candour, benchmarks on safe staffing and the regulation of healthcare assistants.
  
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  * [1] [http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/report Final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry - published on Wednesday 6 February 2013]
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