All C difficile articles – Page 7
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News
No prosecutions over Maidstone deaths
No-one will face prosecution over the deaths of 90 patients from C difficile at a Kent trust, it was announced today.Kent police and the Health and Safety Executive said they would take no further action after a review prompted by the critical Healthcare Commission report into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells ...
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News
CMO calls for focus on teen health
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has called for a focus on teenage health, including a national summit to take stock of health programmes and services for teenagers, more involvement of teenagers in designing health services, and establishing a young person's panel to advise on a national campaign on risk ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Complying with the acute services contract
A new mandatory contract for acute services is causing concern among commissioners and providers because some feel it places unreasonable demands on trusts. Jeremy Roper explains
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News
Regions braced for change as plans put Darzi's vision on map
The strategic health authorities have set out their stalls but is there anything new in the proposals and are they likely to make regional variations in care inevitable? Alison Moore investigates
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HSJ Knowledge
Understanding the new NHS standard contract for acute services
A new contract has tightened the rules governing interactions between acute care providers and commissioners. Johanne Smith explains the new requirements
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News
West Midlands and South East Coast set out Darzi visions
NHS West Midlands has identified ‘seven big challenges’ for healthcare in the region, including an ‘unjustifiable variability’ in the safety and quality of services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Assessing independent sector performance
A broad survey of data from independent healthcare providers across the UK has revealed the sector's staffing levels, bed spaces and hospital-acquired infection rates. Sally Taber examines the results
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HSJ Knowledge
Turnaround troubleshooter at the top
NHS fixer Jan Filochowski believes honesty with staff is the first step to dealing with a trust in crisis. Alison Moore reports
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News
Statistics reveal infection death hot spots
The Office for National Statistics has published its first report on deaths involving MRSA and C difficile.The report shows that 217 hospitals and one hospice account for more than 80 per cent of the total number of deaths in England and Wales.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on why safety is just a ritual
A Flybe flight from Southampton to Leeds-Bradford. Through security and reunited with belt and shoes. The flight is called. Walk across the tarmac, climb the stairs and claim seat 4A.
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News
HSJ survey: chiefs and managers at odds on patient safety
Most trust boards are prioritising finances and government targets over infection control, an HSJ poll has revealed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety survey: those in peril
An HSJ poll has uncovered widespread under-reporting of safety failures, while national monitoring processes need a major overhaul. Charlotte Santry looks at the results
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News
Poll of hospital patients reveals chasm in care standards
A Healthcare Commission survey of hospital patients in England has revealed ‘striking variations’ in some aspects of basic care.
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Comment
Media Watch: nurses' paperwork
Research suggesting nurses are drowning in paperwork generated a deluge of angry comment. 'The managers who preside over this shambles have blood on their hands,' screamed the News of the World.
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News
C difficile figures are grounds for 'optimism' - Confed
The latest quarterly figures on C difficile from the Health Protection Agency give grounds for 'cautious optimism', according to the NHS Confederation.
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News
MRSA levels plateau in England
MRSA bloodstream infection levels have plateaued in England, the Health Protection Agency has revealed.The agency today published its latest quarterly report, which showed that between October and December 2007 1,087 cases were reported, compared with 1,080 in the previous quarter.
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on acute trust challenges
The financial year just gone has not been the easiest for acute services, with tough targets, population changes and possible structural shifts all putting pressure on trusts.
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HSJ Knowledge
The Corporate Manslaughter Act: what does it mean for you?
HSJ gathered a group of experts to discuss - live and online - the implications of the Corporate Manslaughter Act. Louise Hunt was there
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HSJ Knowledge
Taking patient safety seriously at board level
In 2002, when I was chief executive of an acute trust, I remember sharing the indignation of the whole country over the series of train crashes that killed around 50 people between 1999 and 2002. It did not enter my head at the time that I was a senior executive ...
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Leader
Introducing Board Talk, the new voice for non-execs
Today HSJ is launching Board Talk, a free service on hsj.co.uk for trust non-executive directors.