All News articles – Page 1904
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National database to log NHS errors
The Department of Health has announced the creation of an independent body to run a national database logging all 'failures, mistakes, errors and near misses' in the delivery of NHS healthcare.
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Control freaks in the firing line
After years of denigrating the public sector's fatalism and caution - in large part features arising from successive governments' dismissal of it - there are faint glimmers that this government is considering a different approach.
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Outsiders to shake up complacent DoH
The Department of Health could be in line for the most far-reaching shake-up of its existence, with outside organisations invited to feed into its internal review.
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Coming clean
The number of 'red'dirty hospitals has fallen after being named and shamed, but those in trouble still get the headlines, writes Laura Donnelly
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Cell structure
Following the killing of a prisoner by a cell-mate with schizophrenia, the criminal justice system in Essex has focused on offenders and defenders with mental health problems. Cathy Cooper looks at the new approach and its impact
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A suitable case for treatment?
Fears that nursing home referrals to GPs and A&E wards were excessive and inappropriate were not borne out by a health authority study. Ali Zaatar reports
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How the research was carried out
In the study by Salford University for Sefton health authority, the research team used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the research questions and adopted retrospective and prospective approaches.
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Leadership centre may buck men-only trend
The Leadership Centre for Health looks set to be headed by a woman director, bucking the men-only trend of top NHS appointments.
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Robinson lends bubbly personality to suspended surgeon's campaign
It being Easter, with MPs on their unexpected break, I must confess right away that I have not got as far with this case as I had hoped to. But there have been several near misses.
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CHI launches investigation into London breastscreening unit
The Commission for Health Improvement is to undertake its first investigation requested by somebody other than the health secretary in England or Wales, into the breast-screening service at Hammersmith Hospitals trust.
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The bottom line
There is no doubt that intermediate care is not a cheap option and there is some doubt about its effectiveness over other forms of care. A study by Andrea Steiner, senior lecturer in gerontology and health policy at Southampton University, found that intermediate care did not necessarily solve the problem ...
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Scottish funding boost will be strictly monitored, says Deacon
Scottish health boards have been warned that a cash boost of 6. 5 per cent for the year ahead must not be mistaken for a 'blank cheque'.
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CHI-type body proposed for NI services
An independent body to monitor the delivery of health and social services in Northern Ireland, comparable to the Commission for Health Improvement in England, has been proposed by health minister Bairbre de Brun.
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DoH 'far too bleak'on mental health framework
Local efforts to monitor clinical governance in mental health services have not been reflected in official figures which paint a far bleaker picture, policy experts and charities have claimed.
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A turn for the better
A nurse rotation programme has already boosted recruitment in the hard-to-staff mental health sector. Patrick Coyne and Alan Beadsmoore do the rounds
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Home, but not alone
Prompt discharge of patients is vital when beds are scarce, but some patients may need continued care to help them adjust. Diane Evans describes a voluntary scheme to help frail patients who live alone