All Patient safety articles – Page 230
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NewsPoor dementia care 'costs NHS millions'
Cutting dementia patients’ average hospital stay by one week could save the NHS at least £80m a year, a report by the Alzheimer’s Society claims.
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NewsRose Gibb wins full right to appeal compensation claim
Rose Gibb has won the right to a full appeal hearing on her claim for compensation against her former employer, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeRisk management: create a culture of safety
The best approach to risk management is to establish a safety culture throughout your organisation, say Peter Mills and colleagues
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NewsPatient Safety Awards shortlist revealed
The Patient Safety Awards shortlist has been announced.
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NewsTrusts frustrated over ‘worse’ mortality rates
Hospital trusts are “surprised and frustrated” by latest mortality ratios that suggest their performance has worsened.
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CommentDavid Nicholson: ride the wave of NHS innovation
Linking quality and productivity via innovation to produce efficiency gains is the most important long term challenge facing the NHS, and it needs action at all levels
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NewsSir Ian Kennedy champions ‘fearless’ NHS regulator
Former Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has accused MPs of “shooting the messenger” in a Commons health committee report on patient safety.
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NewsAndy Burnham responds to infection control criticisms
Health secretary Andy Burnham has admitted the government could work harder in fighting hospital infections after a report accused the Department of Health of failing to monitor the situation adequately.
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NewsOut of hours provider loses contract following overdose case
The out-of-hours provider that hired German locum Dr Daniel Ubani - who accidentally killed a patient by administering a lethal overdose - is to have its NHS contract terminated.
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NewsEU law 'causing hospital deaths'
Poor clinical practice and an EU directive are causing unnecessary deaths in hospitals across the UK, a patient care report has warned.
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NewsTargeted cleaning 'cuts MRSA rates and saves money'
The Department of Health has been shown evidence that just one extra cleaner on a hospital ward can reduce MRSA infections and save tens of thousands of pounds.
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NewsIndependent Mid Staffs inquiry holds first session
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has reiterated its apologies to patients and their families at the opening of an independent inquiry into a hospital described as having “shocking” standards of care.
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NewsGay blood donation ban under review
Gay and bisexual men may be allowed to give blood after a review of high-risk exclusions undertaken by the advisory committee on the safety of blood, tissues and organs.
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NewsCQC calls for better information sharing on patient medications
The Care Quality Commission has urged all hospitals and GP practices to ensure they are sharing “timely, complete” information on changes to patient medication.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety interventions
Avril Lowery explains how Gateshead Health Foundation Trust has taken the guiding principle of Patient Safety First, to make patient safety the trust’s number one priority, and applied it to their own environment, creating an internal campaign that works for them.
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HSJ Knowledge
Care of deteriorating patients
Salford Royal Foundation Trust signed up to Patient Safety First in 2008 and is one of the trusts to implement the reducing harm from deterioration intervention.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety strategy
Sarah Woolley explains how Heart of England Foundation Trust has put the Patient Safety First campaign into action.
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NewsControversial hospital reconfiguration cuts death rates
A controversial hospital reconfiguration has cut death rates and the time patients are staying in hospital, early figures suggest.
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CommentPete Mason on lessons for the NHS from hazardous industries
The NHS and hazardous industries, such as aviation, often use the Swiss cheese model of accident causation, or the “cumulative act effect”.
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NewsSwine flu vaccination programme start date announced
High risk patients and frontline health workers in hospitals will begin being vaccinated against swine flu on 21 October, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has announced.