All Patient safety articles – Page 25
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NewsMortuary abuse inquiry suggests contractors’ criminal checks could be shared with trusts
Contractors could be required to provide trusts with the findings of criminal records checks on their employees, an update from Michael inquiry into mortuary security has suggested.
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NewsSpecialist hospital threatened with closure over unsafe wards
A specialist hospital for people with a learning difficulty or autism could be closed unless it makes improvements, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts making least progress in improving maternity services
The trusts that have made the most and least progress on urgent recommendations set out by the Ockenden review have been revealed
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NewsNHS England ends covid ‘command and control’ measures
The NHS threat level in response to covid-19 has been downgraded following drops in community cases and hospital inpatient numbers, NHS England chiefs have announced.
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CommentHow providers are delivering on tackling backlogs
Trusts are implementing a wide range of innovative solutions to tackle the elective care backlog, as Ella Fuller explains
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NewsFamilies dismay at interim report plans despite review ‘chaos’
Families involved in a major review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust have criticised the decision of the review team to press ahead with the publication of an interim report, despite serious concerns about its terms of reference and methodology.
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CommentTighter reporting requirements could overwhelm hospitals
The medical regulator has issued new standards for doctors — Louella Vaughan argues
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NewsRevealed: Secret stats show A&E crisis four times as bad as official numbers
New figures leaked to HSJ show the true volume of 12-hour waiters in emergency departments is more than four times as high as official statistics suggest.
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NewsNHS England gives up on A&E ‘tents’ plan
NHS England has given up telling trusts to erect ‘tents’ outside emergency departments to help cope with the ambulance handover crisis, according to senior medics.
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NewsStaff warn of ‘worsening’ culture at beleaguered trust
The culture at a long-troubled ambulance trust is ‘worsening, not improving’, its staff have told a health watchdog.
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HSJ LocalNearly half of trust’s beds filled by patients fit to be discharged
A chief executive has described her ‘considerable regret’ that growing difficulty in discharging patients has resulted in nearly half of her trust’s inpatients being clinically ready to leave.
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NewsPatient watchdog chair quits and tells Javid funding cuts are endangering ‘its vital role’
Sir Robert Francis has announced he is to step down as chair of Healthwatch England 20 months early, claiming funding cuts mean the patient watchdog could soon struggle “to fulfil its vital role”.
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CommentThink twice about talking to patients, doctors told
The language used by doctors is disempowering and patronising for patients, who may not be clever enough to understand what’s going on, writes Julian Patterson
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News‘40,000 put at risk last month’ while waiting in ambulance
More than 38,000 patients were put at risk of harm during March – more than 4,000 of them seriously – while they waited in an ambulance outside hospital, according to estimates shared with HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The Great Resignation
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ LocalHospital CEO driven to A&E after fearing ambulance delays
An NHS hospital chief executive with a suspected stroke was driven to hospital by her husband because of fears over very long ambulance delays, she has revealed.
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NewsFamilies call for removal of ex-SHA chair from care failings review
Families involved in a review into maternity services failings at Nottingham University Hospitals have called for the newly appointed ex-SHA chair to decline the post.
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NewsHospital placed in special measures
A specialist eating disorder hospital in Yorkshire has been placed in special measures and told to make urgent improvements within six months or face closure.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Is infection control relaxation worth the risk?
The NHS has been told to scale back infection control measures, but what will this mean for staff and patients?
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CommentUrgent focus needed on backlogs in children and young people’s services
We need a coordinated effort, funding and support to help community providers address backlogs of care across community services for children and young people, write Daniel Reynolds and Miriam Deakin