All Patient safety articles – Page 111
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HSJ LocalMajor hospital shake-up delayed because reducing beds is 'unsafe'
CCGs and acute trust halt plans to cut 171 beds Major reconfiguration of acute and critical care will now be phased in by autumn Dewsbury Hospital to retain 100 more beds than originally planned A major reconfiguration of critical care in Yorkshire has been delayed after commissioners agreed ...
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HSJ LocalPotentially 'life threatening' gaps in care, independent review warns
Review finds Bristol community mental health services had gaps in care that “may well have been life threatening” Introduction of “system leadership” care model linked to disruption of care Review of 26 suicides or attempts finds “collective failings” of care in several cases Disruptions linked to a new ...
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust needs £200m to replace unfit estate
Trust submits a £200m estates plan to NHS Improvement to prop up crumbling 1970s estate Staff were left without IT facilities last summer after electrical switch malfunctioned Six buildings to be demolished because they are not fit for purpose A struggling teaching trust has submitted a £200m estates ...
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NewsJunior doctors get new whistleblowing protection after HEE loses court case
Court of Appeal judgement says Parliament cannot have intended to exclude junior doctors from whistleblowing protection Ruling effectively means Health Education England could be deemed an employer by employment tribunals Dr Chris Day’s case will be reconsidered at employment tribunal stage Junior doctors have been granted new whistleblowing ...
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HSJ LocalIndependent hospital improves training in wake of patient death failures
Staff at independent mental health unit given extra training in dealing with emergencies Extra training comes after coroner wrote to the firm outlining failures linked to the death of a patient Inquest found James O’Brien died of natural causes, but the jury said the emergency response from hospital staff ...
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CommentOrganising care at the NHS front line
Quality improvement is best led not by regulators but by those who care for patients, say Chris Ham and Don Berwick
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NewsScheme to protect thousands of vulnerable children delayed again
Child protection information sharing target pushed back to March 2019 Figures suggest tens of thousands of vulnerable children still not visible to health services Only a third of local authorities and 14 per cent of healthcare organisations use the system NHS Digital blames “overly ambitious target”, lack of funding ...
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NewsRegulators developing protocol for 'safe service closures'
NHS England “should have stepped in” before mental health hospital closed with six days’ notice New national protocol agreed for sudden closures of services Quality surveillance groups to be made aware of “single items” of concern A national protocol for sudden service closure is being produced after NHS ...
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NewsElection 2017: Labour pledges 'new law' for NHS safe staffing
If Labour wins the general election it will bring in a “new law” to make safe staffing legally enforceable and ask NICE to recommence its work Party will lift the 1 per cent pay increase cap for NHS staff and set pay levels that “reflect the complexity of the ...
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HSJ LocalTrust destroyed records after baby suffered brain damage
Trust destroyed medical records after legal claim was lodged against midwifery unit Midwife told registrar to stay outside delivery room while baby’s life was in danger Calderdale and Huddersfield FT’s documents had “puzzling differences” and midwife’s account had “unexplained discrepancies”, says judge A trust destroyed medical records after ...
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HSJ LocalNHSI: Trust was not using national ligature tool when woman died
Woman hanged herself from a bath tap in mental health inpatient unit run by Humber FT Inquest returned a verdict of accidental death but coroner flagged up concerns with trust’s ligature policy to NHS Improvement NHSI says the trust was not using a prescribed national tool and had not ...
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HSJ LocalMental health trust launches review of deaths in custody
Mental health trust launches review after 10 prisoners die in one year Two patients committed suicide within nine days of each other in February Suicides in prison have doubled since 2012 A mental health trust which runs prisons services is launching a review of the way it handles ...
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NewsHunt rows back plans for extending investigation 'safe space'
HSIB will operate safe space principles ahead of new legislation to protect material Local NHS organisations will not be granted safe space powers Jeremy Hunt says extending safe space locally would be “premature” The Department of Health will not extend plans for a legal safe space during safety ...
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NewsNHS warned not to ignore needs of 'generation Y' workforce
Pay review body warns policymakers not to ignore demands of “generation Y” doctors Call follows last year’s damaging junior doctors contract dispute People born between 1980 and 2000 will make up half the global workforce by 2020 A failure by NHS policymakers to respond to demands of a ...
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HSJ LocalPatient death reveals 'no coordination' between mental health services
A coroner has raised concerns about the lack of coordination in mental health services for young people in Birmingham, after a patient under NHS care was found hanged.
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NewsNew safety checks for trust workforce plans in development
Nursing directors to develop new tools and safeguards around workforce reforms NHS Improvement wants to ensure trusts follow proper governance processes Two nursing directors have been asked by NHS Improvement to lead work developing new safeguards to protect care quality when trusts make significant changes to their workforce.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health seeks to fill five board level jobs
The largest mental health and community services trust in the country is advertising five board level jobs following a string of resignations.
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NewsNHS research finds 'direct link' between staffing levels and death risk
First UK study to link individual patient outcomes to nursing care and staffing levels Patients were at increased risk of death when there was low staffing and high temporary staffing High levels of admissions per nurse were associated with increased risk New research at an NHS hospital has ...
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NewsRevealed: CQC inspects 40 providers after whistleblower concerns
Whisteblowing complaints to the CQC resulted in 15 NHS and 25 independent providers having an inspection instigated or bought forward Twenty per cent of private providers and 9 per cent of NHS providers subject to a complaint had an inspection unexpectedly scheduled Between 1 April 2016 and 17 February ...
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NewsNew regulator chief pledges to improve handling of NHS complaints
New health ombudsman pledges to listen to concerns about service Rob Behrens replaces former ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor Dame Julie resigned after revelations by HSJ in 2016 The new head of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has pledged to listen to concerns about the way the watchdog ...