All Patient safety articles – Page 250
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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.
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HSJ Knowledge
GMC must nip rotten medics in the bud
The General Medical Council has stood for high professionalism for 150 years but exposures of malpractice suggest it must push on with its modernisation to regain public and professional confidence
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Andrew Lansley points finger at ministers over patient safety
Too much blame is being placed on trust boards for patient safety incidents, due to the erosion of parliamentary accountability, according to the shadow health secretary.
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Maternity patient safety incidents increase
The number of incidents reported to the National Patient Safety Agency relating to maternity care has increased, newly released figures show.In 2005 there were 35,428 incidents reported, in 2006 there were 54,775 and in 2007 there were 70,108.
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MRSA and C difficile rates fall in Scottish hospitals
MRSA and C difficile rates in Scotland have fallen and hospitals have achieved the 90 per cent compliance hand hygiene target ahead of the November deadline.
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Warning to hospitals on diluted disinfectants
A study has found that using over-diluted disinfectants in hospitals could result in bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS infection control: a clean bill of health
Last October Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust was the subject of sensational headlines over deadly superbug outbreaks. A year on, under a new chief executive, it is being transformed from ward to board
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Care vs security in mental health services
Excitable media coverage means the public is in fear of mental health service users. Should a very low level of security be accepted or should the emphasis shift towards public safety? By Charlotte Santry
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Bruce Keogh outlines quality comparisons plan
Plans to expose bad care and poor patient safety are to be taken forward with a consultation on the first NHS quality framework.
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Andrew Lansley pledges to double the count of single rooms
The Conservatives have pledged to almost double the proportion of single rooms in NHS hospitals within the first term of a Conservative government.
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Patient safety reporting system in the pipeline
Anaesthetists and other clinical staff in England and Wales may soon have access to a specially designed system for reporting patient safety incidents and 'near misses'.
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Foundation trust improving A&E staffing - Healthcare Commission
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has 'responded positively' to Healthcare Commission concerns over Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department.The trust has improved medical staffing levels and increased the numbers of nurses in A&E, the commission said.
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NHS campaign to reduce unintentional patient harm
The NHS training hub for operative technologies in healthcare has started a new campaign to reduce the number of patients who are unintentionally harmed in hospitals.
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DH intervention forces cancer rethink
A primary care trust has been forced to review its plans to centralise specialist gastrointestinal cancer services after what is believed to be an unprecedented intervention by the Department of Health.
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Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care
National standards for out of hours providers could be extended to cover some in-hours services.
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Trusts urged to act on blood clots advice
Hospital trusts are being urged to adopt new guidelines designed to prevent blood clots that kill up to 25,000 people a year.
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NHS North West launches quality improvement programme
NHS North West is launching a voluntary quality improvement programme that it says will lead to better patient care, save lives and help hospitals save money.Forty hospitals are participating in the programme, which will financially reward hospitals that do well.
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Comment
Stephen Ramsden on harm to patients
Why is there no public outcry about the harm we cause patients in hospital? Or about the avoidable deaths that happen week in, week out?
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VTE risk assessment for hospitals
A venous thromboembolism risk assessment has been developed for hospitals.One of the main recommendations from the April 2007 VTE implementation working group was that all hospitalised patients should receive a VTE risk assessment on admission.
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HIV exposure guidance published
Updated guidance on how to handle exposure to HIV has been published by the Department of Health.