All Patient safety articles – Page 28
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HSJ Local
NHSE overrules trust and orders second review into patient harms
NHS England has ordered an independent review into patient safety and governance concerns at an acute trust which had been resisting calls to take this step, HSJ has learned.
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News
Suicide inquest sparks warning on 'nine month wait' for treatment
The government has been called on to take action over the national “backlog” for a specialist mental health service after a woman died while waiting to access treatment.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: PM Johnson’s trajectory: from ‘croak us’ to ‘crocus’
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News
Jeremy Hunt’s safety programme has stalled, say bereaved families
Bereaved families have been left feeling like their efforts to improve patient safety have been ‘in vain’ as progress of a government programme instigated by Jeremy Hunt appears to have ‘stalled’.
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News
Watchdog forced to hand over NHS staff names in safety failure cases
A national safety watchdog has been forced to release almost 100 pieces of evidence, including from NHS staff, after being ordered to by courts.
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Exclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’
The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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Regulator steps in after staff claim trust ignored concerns
Staff at a Midlands hospital trust told regulators they had repeatedly raised safety concerns internally without action being taken.
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News
Retirees, long journeys and more day cases will aid elective return, say doctors
Hospitals may take until the summer to begin carrying out ‘normal’ levels of planned surgery and this is likely to require some patients being transferred to areas with greater capacity, doctors have said.
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HSJ Local
Trust warned by regulator after cluster of never events
The Care Quality Commission has ordered immediate improvements to a trust after it reported six never events inside eight months.
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News
Hospital put into special measures after young patients appeared ‘over sedated’
An independent mental health hospital has been placed into special measures after young people ‘appeared to be over sedated’ during an inspection.
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HSJ Local
Trust battles global firm in £100m court fight over ‘substantial defects’ at flagship NHS hospital
One of England’s top NHS trusts is suing a major construction firm for £100m in a bitter legal dispute after significant structural defects were identified in its ‘pioneering’ new hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The future isn’t what it used to be
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News
Covid pressures linked to increased fall rates and patient deaths
Two patients have died and at least seven more have come to harm in recent falls linked to covid-19 pressures at a small acute trust.
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Trusts could get new CQC ratings without inspection
The Care Quality Commission could regularly change its ratings of health and care providers without inspectors visiting them, under new plans from the watchdog.
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Over 450 people a day caught covid in hospitals during January
Record numbers of covid-19 infections which are likely to have taken place after admission to hospital are being reported in January, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Partners
Introducing respiratory support units in the NHS will transform respiratory care
Professor Jon Bennett shares his insights on respiratory support units and their potential to revolutionise acute respiratory care for patients
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News
Pandemic’s role blamed for trust’s 1,955 mixed-sex ward breaches
East Kent University Hospitals Foundation Trust reported 1,955 mixed sex accommodation breaches in November, the month before the new variant of the virus caused a huge increase in covid admissions across the county.
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News
Vax sites offered more staff to record jabs as IT system struggles with ‘exceptional demand’
Ongoing problems with a major IT system which tracks covid-19 vaccinations have forced NHS chiefs to fund more staff to ensure inoculations are accurately recorded, HSJ has learned.
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News
Trusts told to treat more covid-19 patients at home
Hospitals should ramp up their treatment of covid-19 patients at home to free up more beds during the peak of the pandemic, under plans announced by NHS England/Improvement.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The big suck
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.