Jane Cummings

Jane Cummings is the Chief Nursing Officer, formerly at the Department of Health and now at NHS England

In November 2013 she was interviewed about the demand for safe staffing levels in NHS hospitals and told ITV Daybreak: "The most important thing to do is to use evidence to determine what the staffing levels should be. "It's actually quite dangerous to to [sic] suggest that there must be a particular minimum and what we really need to do is to look at the needs of the patients on a particular ward or service and that will vary.".[1] She was centrally involved in the response to the Francis Report on the Stafford Hospital scandal which requires NHS trusts to review and publish their staffing levels at ward level.[2] She has been at the forefront of efforts to defend the nursing profession in the wake of cases like Mid Staffordshire which have “threatened patient confidence and challenged us all as professionals”.[3]

In December 2013 she was involved in the launch of the £100 million Nursing Technology Fund and said “Technology is a tool that, if embraced and used in the right way, allows healthcare professionals to work differently and more effectively so they can focus on what they do best – providing compassionate, high quality care for patients."[4]

She was said by the Health Service Journal to be the 36th most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013.[5] As of 2015, Cummings was paid a salary of between £165,000 and £169,999 by NHS England, making her one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Nursing chief: Evidence should 'determine' staff levels". ITV News. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Francis response: CNO promises 'relentless focus' on safety and staffing levels". Nursing Times. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "CNO hails first year of success for nursing strategy". Health Service Journal. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Special £100m nursing tech fund launched". British Journal of Healthcare Computing. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-13.

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