All Patient safety articles – Page 190
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Caution urged on referrals to private centre
A local medical committee has taken the unprecedented step of warning local GPs to consider whether an independent treatment centre is the right choice for their patients.
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NewsAlder Hey Children's Trust responds to court case decision
Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust has told HSJ it recognises consultant surgeon Edwin Jesudason as a whistleblower.
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NewsCQC warns reform could hamper safeguarding
Advances in safeguarding patients that came out of the Shipman inquiry must not be lost amid NHS reforms, says a report on the management of controlled drugs.
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HSJ Local
Troubled mental health trust had 'centralist' culture
Mental health trust Avon and Wiltshire Partnership should put its foundation trust application on hold while it deals with its “centralist, top down and target driven” culture, an independent review has concluded.
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NewsNew HealthWatch England chair announced
Anna Bradley, chair of the General Optical Council, is to chair HealthWatch England, it was confirmed today.
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NewsHigh Court stops Alder Hey taking action against 'whistleblower'
A High Court injunction has been issued to prevent Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust from staging a meeting which could have led to the dismissal of a paediatric surgeon who had raised concerns about safety.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhistleblowing: the way ahead
Strong leaders are essential if future whistleblowers are to prevent harm
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NewsTrust chiefs fear regulators would not spot scandal
Nearly half of hospital chief executives believe regulators and the NHS governance system would miss a Mid Staffordshire-style care scandal if it occurred today.
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News'Significant deficiencies' in emergency surgical care at trust
“Significant deficiencies” have been found in the emergency surgical care offered by a trust that is part of a regional trauma network.
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HSJ KnowledgePeople power: how to make better use of patient experience
It is the commitment of leaders, not the use of surveys, that will properly harness the power of patient experience, argue Seraphim J. Rose Patel and colleagues.
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NewsMid Staffs medical director criticises doctors' 'self-preservation'
Doctors are turning a blind eye to poor practice to protect their own jobs, according to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s medical director.
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NewsJunior doctors raising patient safety fears
One in 20 junior doctors is concerned about patient safety at the place where they train, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Dehydration patient died after staff 'failures'
PERFORMANCE: A man died of dehydration after being neglected by medical staff, a coroner has ruled.
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CommentReaders' letters – 12 July 2012
Standardised barcoding could reduce risk – and the cost of risk; plus, why clinicians fear being managers
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NewsOmbudsman seeks wider powers to tackle failure
The health service ombudsman is seeking to broaden the scope of her office’s investigations into complaints about health treatment by probing systemic failings at NHS bodies, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPCTs restricting access to sexual health services - report
MPs have warned the government that soem trusts are actively restricting women from accessing contraceptive services, in a new report published today.
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NewsC difficile penalties to remain despite concerns
The Department of Health has rejected calls to make the penalties for breaching C difficile targets more proportionate but promised to keep the situation under review, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEnd-of-life care pathway 'used to cut costs'
Hospitals may be withholding food and drink from older patients so they die quicker to cut costs and save on bad spaces, leading doctors have warned.