All Patient safety articles – Page 188
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HSJ Local
Down's sufferer takes action over 'no resuscitation' order
A man with Down’s Syndrome is taking legal action against a trust after a do not resuscitate (DNR) order was put on his file without the knowledge of his next of kin.
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CommentTalking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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NewsCommissioners reject 24/7 reopening of Mid Staffs A&E
Commissioners have rejected Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s plan to reopen its accident and emergency department 24 hours a day.
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NewsBehan: all managers should spend time at CQC
New CQC chief speaks to HSJ, urging managers to have career stint at regulator, in his first interview since replacing Cynthia Bower
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HSJ Local
Focus on falls at Lincolnshire Trust
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has launched a major push to prevent patients falling whilst in hospital.
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HSJ Local
Pensioner jailed over chief executive harassment
A 74-year-old woman who harassed a hospital chief executive and turned up at a doctor’s house with a meat hammer has been jailed for four weeks.
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SHA investigation highlights Leicester concerns
A lack of vision and clinical strategy risks “inhibiting improvement in clinical care” at the University Hospitals of Leicester, according to a Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster investigation.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs board supports re-opening of A&E
PERFORMANCE: The board of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has voted in favour of re-opening the accident and emergency department at night, nine months after it was closed due to safety fears.
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NewsCQC could ditch annual inspections following U-turn
The Care Quality Commission could move away from regular inspections of all regulated organisations and back towards a more risk-based model, under plans being put out for consultation today.
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NewsAnalysis: Decisions need to be taken before Hunt's honeymoon ends
HSJ’s team of experts examine some of the issues Jeremy Hunt faces in his first months in his role as health secretary.
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NewsDozens of ambulance stations set to close in East Midlands
Dozens of ambulance stations could be closed across the East Midlands under plans intended to improve emergency response times.
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NewsRevealed: extent of harm to patients under NHS care
More than 20 per cent of patients suffer avoidable harm during their care at some trusts, a national survey of frontline NHS services has revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Great UDI care race
America has fired the starting gun for sweeping changes to medical device procurement worldwide
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HSJ LocalPolice investigate 11 NHS staff after A&E death
PERFORMANCE: A criminal investigation has been launched into the death of a patient who collapsed outside a hospital A&E department.
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HSJ LocalSecond CQC warning in a year for Leicester
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester has been handed a second warning notice by the Care Quality Commission in less than a year.
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HSJ LocalX-ray mistakes investigated at Midlands hospital
PERFORMANCE: A baby and an adult patient were wrongly subjected to an x-ray by hospital staff it has emerged after a whistleblower came forward.
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CommentThe long term care conundrum
Demand continues to rise so where does the accountability lie, asks Noel Plumridge
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NewsChild abuse risk at walk-in centres
“Significant and worrying gaps” in the way some NHS walk-in centres operate risks child abuse going undetected, a study obtained by HSJ has warned.
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HSJ PartnersPenalty clauses and the rule of law in NHS acute services
Are the financial adjustments for performance in relation to C difficile legal?