All Patient safety articles – Page 12
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NewsNHSE begins rollout of mandatory outcomes registry
NHS and private providers have until the end of the year to start submitting all data on all surgeries that include a high-risk medical device by year-end into NHS England’s new mandatory medical device outcome registry.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: ‘Culture of impunity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingImpatient: When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this new monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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CommentThe new maternity and neonatal plan is ambitious but lacks detail
According to Robert Wilson, head of Sands and Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit – a much more detailed plan is needed to link national policy priorities with changes in local practice for maternity and neonatal care
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HSJ LocalChild takes patient records to school to use ‘as drawing paper’
A child arrived at their primary school with printed records containing details of 150 patients to use as “drawing paper”, the trust involved has admitted.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Barclay gains breathing space
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsWatchdog hits out at DHSC ‘ambiguity and delay’
The national patient safety commissioner has hit out at government for failing to confirm her budget a month into the financial year, warning that she is ‘incredibly limited’ in what she can achieve.
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HSJ Local‘One nurse per ward’ warning over next week’s strike
A major acute trust has warned ahead of next week’s nursing strike that it will face ‘very severe staffing shortages’ in children’s A&E, with ‘as few as one nurse per ward’, much less critical care capacity, and fewer operating theatres open than on Christmas Day.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The Lloyds Bank £56m
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ InteractiveLeadership Q&A: NHS Resolution
Helen Vernon explains why the role of director of safety and learning at NHS Resolution can make a lasting difference to the safety of NHS patients
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HSJ LocalWarning notice over children’s safety sent to trust
A hospital trust has been served a warning notice over safety issues while its children’s and young people’s services have been rated “inadequate”.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Crackdown on ICS priorities needed
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsSuing trust for £56m is ‘last resort’, says Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it supports a PFI firm taking legal action to claim £56m from an NHS hospital trust, including tens of millions said to be owed to the bank, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Blanket cancellations and holding out against the rate card
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsHospital ‘left in unsafe condition’ by private contractor
A PFI contractor left a hospital ‘in an unsafe condition’ for nine months after a fire which required patients to be evacuated, a trust has claimed in legal papers.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The toughest week since peak covid
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ Local‘He tarnished my reputation’: whistleblower demands action against CQC accuser
A former adviser for the Care Quality Commission has called on the regulator to explain what action it has taken against the officials responsible for wrongly dismissing him after he raised whistleblowing concerns.
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News‘Cover-up’ fears over trust’s toxic culture
An independent group overseeing the reviews into a toxic culture at University Hospitals Birmingham have raised concerns over a possible ‘cover up’ of key reports.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Watchdog slams ‘tick box’ approach to suicides
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.