All Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) articles – Page 5
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NewsGovernment drops proposal for secret trust investigations
There will be no safe spaces during NHS and foundation trust internal investigations, the government announced this week.
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NewsRegulator to consider 'system failings' when investigating staff conduct
Investigators for the General Medical Council are to be given “human factors” training amid changes to the regulator’s investigative processes.
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NewsMinisters told to close 'arbitrary' gap on NHS historical cases
An “arbitrary” gap in regulation is preventing NHS care failures, including alleged cover-ups, from being investigated according to senior figures who have led some of the most important NHS safety inquiries of recent years.
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NewsBed pressures exacerbate radiology safety risks says HSIB
Patients with undiagnosed cancer are being discharged from hospital before crucial radiology scans are completed because of demands to free up hospital beds, it has emerged.
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NewsHSIB questions efficacy of national anaesthetics safety campaign
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has questioned whether a national patient safety initiative has had any impact on wrongly-administered anaesthetics.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: What should we expect from the long term plan?
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome - email me in confidence.
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Comment‘Kangaroo courts’ shame the NHS
Equivocal measures of the NHS to deal with workforce whistleblowers need to be overhauled and replaced with processes based on simple principles of fairness. By Narinder Kapur
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NewsExtending safe space powers 'wholly misconceived' warn MPs
MPs have told ministers to reconsider their plans to grant NHS trusts so-called ‘safe space’ powers as part of draft legislation to establish the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch in law.
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NewsYoung people stuck in mental health services 'void', says HSIB
The long term plan for the health service must address the “void” which leaves young people with serious mental health problems unable to access support when they turn 18, according to a new report.
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CommentThe essentiality of safe space
Safe space within the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is the antidote for toxins created by poor leadership, weak governance, misguided regulation and adversarial processes like complaints and litigation. By Scott Morrish
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NewsHSIB demands national implant reform in first report
A new national system of scanning prosthetic implants before they are put into patients should be created by the government, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has said.
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NewsSafety chief warns no reason not to act on first report
The head of the new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has said there is no reason why national bodies cannot implement recommendations it has made in its first report.
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NewsNHS Providers warns against 'safe space' plans
NHS Providers has added its voice to warnings against local NHS trusts being given “safe space” powers to investigate patient safety incidents.
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NewsHSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
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NewsExtending 'safe space' could erode public confidence, MPs warned
Giving NHS trusts “safe space” powers to investigate themselves will “erode public trust and confidence”, Sir David Behan has warned MPs.
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NewsRoyal college to review trust’s specialist service after never events
The Royal College of Surgeons has been asked to review a trust’s specialist service following never events and concerns over staff culture.
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NewsSafety warning over oxygen cylinder deaths
A “persistent” problem with the design and use of oxygen cylinders could be behind hundreds of patient safety incidents, including six deaths, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has found.
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NewsNHS Improvement: 'Investigation fatigue' prevents trusts learning from mistakes
NHS trusts could be experiencing “investigation fatigue” because they are using incident investigations as a tool for performance management instead of a way to learn from mistakes, NHS Improvement has warned.
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NewsTrusts urged to take 'just culture' approach to investigations
NHS Improvement has published a “just culture” guide to help NHS trusts make decisions following an incident of patient harm.
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CommentThe legitimate and important need to address accountability
We must all be committed to protecting patients from harm in a system that promotes both learning and accountability for staff, writes James Titcombe