All Patient safety articles – Page 173
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HSJ Local
Keogh review highlights Dudley staffing concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Dudley Group Foundation Trust has said it is to carry out a review of staffing levels after concerns raised by the Keogh mortality review panel.
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NewsKeogh review exposes fears over NHS staffing levels
The NHS has little idea whether staffing levels at English hospitals are safe, Keogh review panel members have admitted.
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HSJ Local
Keogh finds disconnects at United Lincs
The Keogh review has identified “lack of escalation procedures, inadequate staffing levels and disconnected leadership” as some of the key areas of concern at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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NewsResignations announced at Keogh review trust
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust today announced the resignations of its chair and deputy chief executive, minutes before the expected publication of Sir Bruce Keogh review’s report on the trust.
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NewsCollege urges paediatric reconfiguration
Health services for children must be radically changed or young patients could face serious safety risks, leading doctors have said.
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NewsThe Keogh review: HSJ's brief guide to mortality rates
The Keogh review into high mortality rates at 14 NHS hospital trusts has once again brought the debate over the indicator to the fore.
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NewsNew Compassionate Patient Care category for HSJ Awards
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is encouraging all organisations to enter a new HSJ Award category being backed by the Department of Health.
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LeaderNHS innovators get their due reward
Celebrating the pioneers of patient safety and care integration
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SupplementsPatient Safety and Care Integration Awards 2013
Find out more about all the winners and finalists
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NewsSafety fears as junior doctors abandon A&E
Junior doctors are turning their backs on emergency medicine, exacerbating patient safety risks in accident and emergency departments, the General Medical Council has warned.
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NewsHealthcare assistants should obtain care certificate, says review
All healthcare assistants should complete a certificate before they can care for patients unsupervised and that would act as a “badge of honour”, a government commissioned review has recommended.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators to face scrutiny at Morecambe Bay inquiry
The actions of health regulators are to be examined by the inquiry set up to probe care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Consultancy faces conflict allegation over CQC report
The consultancy which found no evidence of an improper relationship between two regulators implicated in the Morecambe Bay care scandal has been accused of a conflict of interest.
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NewsExperts challenge data publication
Publishing surgeons’ performance data is “unlikely” to correctly identify poorly performing medics in some specialities, researchers have said.
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SupplementsSolving the NHS’s procurement problems – an HSJ roundtable
There was unanimous agreement that there was a problem with way the NHS procures goods and services
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NewsExclusive: NHS England and CCG managers dodge fit and proper person test
Plans for a fit and proper person test for senior NHS managers will not apply to NHS England or clinical commissioning group staff, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDetails of NHS fit and proper person test emerge
A fit and proper person test for senior healthcare managers will be made a requirement of Care Quality Commission registration it has emerged.
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NewsTrusts urged to reduce elective activity during junior doctor transition
Hospitals have been urged to consider further reducing elective activity during the junior doctor changeover in August to help tackle a spike in mortality rates.
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NewsHunt 'prepared to look at' future of foundation trust policy
Health secretary speaks exclusively to HSJ on private healthcare, the purchaser-provider split, and the “bold” reforms to healthcare models needed on the 65th anniversary of the NHS.
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CommentWill publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes?
Public reporting of clinical performance can have unintended consequences