All Patient safety articles – Page 40
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CommentHSIB should investigate staff well-being as well as patient safety
The NHS has been plagued by failures to learn lessons relating to patient safety and also by neglect of issues related to staff wellbeing. We offer two proposals to address this issue – that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch broadens its remit to investigate adverse events relating to staff wellbeing, ...
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NewsNHS England warns provider it ‘will not tolerate’ further service failures
NHS England has told a large private provider it will ‘not tolerate failures’ after repeated concerns have been raised about its services.
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NewsSafety watchdog has major concerns over ‘lost’ follow-up appointments
A national safety watchdog has highlighted major concerns around follow-up appointments being “lost” within hospital IT systems.
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NewsThree hospitals placed in special measures following infection control concerns
Three private mental health hospitals have been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission found concerns over infection control.
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NewsTrust ‘reviewing hundreds of patients’ after failings discovered
The suicide of a woman with severe mental illness has prompted a review into the care of hundreds of other patients, according to her family.
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HSJ LocalConsultant accused of ‘financial abuse of terminally ill patient’
A consultant has failed to get an injunction placed on a hospital trust investigating several allegations into his work, including that he improperly referred hospital patients to his private clinics.
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News"Commercial partners" could take over "entirety" of planned imaging networks
New diagnostic imaging networks will be of such scale that they will be ‘significant operation businesses in their own right’ and will ‘need a distinct identity and arm’s length separation from the trusts’, NHS England has said.
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NewsCQC tells provider to inform police of staff assault on patient
Allegations of staff assaulting patients at a mental health hospital have been uncovered for a second time, one year after the Care Quality Commission first raised concerns over potential abuse at the unit.
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HSJ LocalNHSE sends improvement director into struggling acute trust
Regulators have sent an improvement director into a North West acute trust amid multiple allegations of poor care and ‘cover up’ across different specialties.
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NewsManager leaves after allegedly using lucrative shifts for gym trips and shopping
A manager has left a mental health and learning disabilities unit after allegations they booked themselves in for lucrative shifts but used the time for online shopping and gym trips.
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NewsTrust being investigated for safety failures saw over 100 neonatal deaths in eight years
Nearly 200 families have now reported experiences of poor maternity and neonatal care in East Kent, according to the family whose baby’s death sparked both an independent investigation and a court case against the trust.
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HSJ LocalNew boss drafted in as scandal-hit unit suspends staff
Several staff at a trust which is at the centre of a major maternity scandal have been placed on leave, while a new interim head of midwifery has been drafted in.
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HSJ LocalHospital forced to evacuate ICU because roof could collapse
A hospital was forced to evacuate and then close its critical care unit for around three weeks last month because of concerns its roof could collapse.
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HSJ LocalConsultants blow whistle on 10,000 ‘hidden’ follow-up cases amid trust merger
An acute trust is reviewing thousands of gastroenterology cases for possible patient harm, after details emerged of an ‘extremely concerning’ list of patients who have not had follow-up appointments for up to six years since being treated.
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NewsExclusive: Consultant ‘cliques’ and ‘unacceptable behaviours’ put patients at risk
Deep-rooted relationship problems between consultants in a major trust’s neurosurgery department distracted from patient care, according to a review leaked to HSJ.
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NewsDozens of patients seen by independent provider suffered ‘moderate or severe’ harm
Nearly 30 patients suffered severe or moderate harm due to quality issues with ultrasounds carried out by an independent provider, a review has found.
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NewsWards at trust facing patient deaths inquiry downgraded to ‘inadequate’
Wards at a trust facing an inquiry over the deaths of vulnerable patients have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ over fresh patient safety concerns.
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NewsMaternity services to be quality checked as £95m pledged to improve safety
Trusts will be visited by NHS England and Improvement maternity advisers to achieve ‘sustainable improvement’ in the wake of the Shrewsbury and Telford care scandal.
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NewsFlagship death review programme had ‘unclear and limited’ impact
A flagship government programme to improve care for people with learning disabilities has had an ‘unclear’ and ‘limited’ impact after six years, an NHS England report has found.
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NewsCQC to expand inspection programme from April
More Care Quality Commission inspections will take place from next month as pressures from covid-19 continue to ease.