All Patient safety articles – Page 46
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NewsSome maternity inspections suspended to ‘minimise impact on trusts’
Routine investigations into maternity incidents involving babies treated for oxygen deprivation at birth, but with no apparent brain injuries, have been suspended.
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CommentAmazed, guilty, excited, incompetent and frustrated — how NHS leaders feel amid the crisis
Niall Dickson discusses the various issues that are confronting NHS leaders during the coronavirus pandemic and testing their performance and levels of resilience
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NewsOxygen supply problems ‘the new PPE’, warn hospital bosses
Oxygen shortages and difficulties in expanding storage quickly are now a major problem for hospital bosses dealing with covid-19 patients, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute services to receive 30 million PPE products
Adult social care services are to receive millions of personal protective equipment products following a national audit of PPE, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust warned of ‘worst case’ 13-fold rise in critical care patients
Devon’s largest acute provider has been told to prepare for a 13-fold rise in critical care patients in the next three months under a worst case scenario, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCoronavirus response could create 'very serious unintended consequences'
National NHS leaders are to take action over growing fears that the “unintended consequences” of focusing so heavily on tackling covid-19 could do more harm than the virus, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLearning disabilities patients told they may be ‘too frail’ for mechanical ventilation if they get covid-19
People with learning disabilities have been told by GP surgeries they are unlikely to be prioritised for hospital care if they contract covid-19, because they could be too “frail”.
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NewsMajor acute tells staff to work despite isolation guidance
A major hospital trust has told staff they should attend work even if a household member is showing covid-19 symptoms, contrary to national guidance.
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NewsExclusive: Government seeks urgent PPE audit amid widespread shortages
The government has ordered an urgent national audit of personal protective equipment, body bags, swabs and infection control products, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Retail logistics firm put in charge of crisis-hit PPE deliveries
The firm Clipper Logistics will manage a new supply channel to deliver personal protective equipment to NHS trusts and community healthcare partners, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ InteractiveUnderstanding the impact of Freedom to Speak Up
Dr Henrietta Hughes on fostering a culture in which workers are supported to speak up and why it’s important for organisations to use data to develop new insights into their own speaking up culture
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CommentCowper’s Cut: What hope sounds like
With increasing political populism seen at its apex in Brexit and amidst the consequence-free political lying, a round of applause is maybe what hope sounds like. Writes Andy Cowper.
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HSJ LocalPatient deaths linked to long-standing failings at trust’s maternity unit
A previously unpublished report has laid bare multiple failings in a remote trust’s maternity department.
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NewsNational chiefs: Ventilators will follow ‘most immediate need’
National and regional NHS chiefs will seek to share out scarce ventilators to ”areas with the most immediate need, on a fair share basis relative to patient ventilation need, they have told hospital chiefs, who are increasingly concerned about what they will receive and when.
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Expert BriefingRevealed: The challenges and dilemmas as NHS Nightingale prepares to open
The NHS and Army’s project to convert London’s ExCel into a 4,000-bed field hospital — a plan of unprecedented scale for this country — is grappling with major clinical and cultural tensions, as well as the huge logistical challenge, ahead of its official opening next week.
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NewsTrust chiefs fear ventilator delays ahead of crucial week
Senior NHS leaders across hospital trusts are growing increasingly concerned about the shortage of ventilators — and a lack of information about supply — ahead of a “key week” for the health service, HSJ understands.
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NewsHospitals warned of increased fire risk on covid-19 wards
Health chiefs have warned hospitals of increased risks of “combustion” on wards caused by more ventilators being used to treat covid-19 patients.
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CommentExclusive: The three vital lessons Italian hospitals have learned in fighting covid-19
Protection for staff, clean covid-negative wards, and enforcing social isolation are the three take home messages from Italy’s fight against covid-19, according to rapid findings shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsCQC considers remote monitoring for troubled trusts during covid-19 crisis
The Care Quality Commission is considering monitoring a handful of the NHS’ most challenged trusts “remotely” during the covid-19 pandemic, the watchdog has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Intensive care staffing ratios dramatically diluted
The staff-to-patient ratios for intensive care are being dramatically reduced as the NHS seeks to rapidly expand its capacity to treat severely ill covid-19 patients, HSJ has learned.