All Patient safety articles – Page 244
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Luton and Dunstable investigates deadly E coli outbreak
Luton and Dunstable Hospital foundation trust is investigating the source of a drug-resistant E coli outbreak that has been linked to the deaths of two babies on its neonatal intensive care unit.
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Bed occupancy linked to hospital infections - Conservatives
Conservative Party research has linked hospital ward overcrowding with infections such as MRSA and C difficile.
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C difficile rates down 38 per cent, Health Protection Agency figures show
C difficile rates plummeted 38 per cent among over-65s during April-June 2008 compared with the same quarter last year.Health Protection Agency figures show that the number of cases in April-June 2008 was 8,683, also representing a drop of 18 per cent on the previous quarter.
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Maidstone boosts pay offer to tempt new chair
A salary of £44,000 is being offered for a new chair for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.
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Junior doctors need better supervision
Hospitals are relying too heavily on unsupervised trainee doctors for procedures that could be carried out by non-medical staff, according to the incoming chair of the postgraduate medical education training board.
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Hygiene problems will be no bar to registration with Care Quality Commission
Trusts will be allowed to register with the Care Quality Commission even if poor hygiene is putting patients at 'significant risk'.
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Scotland sets target to cut C difficile rates
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has set a target for health boards to reduce C difficile rates among over-65s by 30 per cent by 2011.
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National Patient Safety Agency issues hand hygiene advice
Guidance cards explaining how staff should wash their hands have been sent to healthcare providers across the UK.
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Surgeons call for better patient data to reduce infections
Surgeons have called for hospital patients to have access to better information in order to drive down infection rates.
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National Patient Safety Agency boosts ethics review transparency
The National Patient Safety Agency is to publish summaries of research papers submitted by researchers seeking ethical approval for their work in the NHS.
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New research facility to battle hospital infections
A new £5m research facility that will lead the fight against hospital infections is to be established at St Andrews University.
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Kent council launches NHS complaints helpline
A county council has launched a new service to deal with complaints about the health service.
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Annual health check: patient safety push fails to raise bar on hygiene
The NHS is failing to improve hygiene standards despite a major quality and patient safety push.
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Leader
Annual check finds trusts in rude health
Among the talk of recessions, crunches and squeezes, there is some good news - the Healthcare Commission's valedictory annual health check again reveals substantial improvement.
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Patient safety research fund launched
A £5m research programme to look into service quality and patient safety has been launched.
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Harefield heart transplants under review
The Healthcare Commission has begun a review of heart transplant services at Harefield Hospital after the national specialised commissioning team informed it of a rise in mortality rates.
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HSJ Knowledge
Publishing death rates: no dead certainties?
There has been a degree of disquiet about publishing mortality rates. Supporters hoped this would lead to greater transparency, quality and patient choice - but has reality matched expectations? Daloni Carlisle reports
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Comment
Michael White on the NHS and political miscalculations
With the global banking network near meltdown, we're all on a sharp learning curve. So here's a tip for David Cameron: don't use the distress of NHS patients such as the late Elizabeth Woods to make party-political points.
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NHS could be sued under free market
Plans to create a European Union free market in public healthcare could open the health service to legal challenges from patients demanding treatments that are not available in the UK.
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Maidstone report focuses on non-execs
Strategic health authorities and the Appointments Commission should work together to ensure new non-executive directors understand what is expected of them, a report into the management of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has concluded.