All Patient safety articles – Page 48
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NewsExclusive: Turkish delivery contained just a few hours' worth of gowns
Only a fraction of the gowns expected in a much-publicised shipment from Turkey actually arrived in the UK on Wednesday, HSJ understands.
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NewsApology after NHS sends thousands of dead people covid-19 warnings
NHS Digital has apologised to families after sending letters to more than 10,000 deceased patients, warning them they were at extra risk of covid-19.
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CommentExclusive: deaths of NHS staff from covid-19 analysed
The deaths of 119 NHS staff have been analysed by three leading clinicians. We present their findings here.
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HSJ InteractiveCreating a freedom to speak up culture with real heart
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber FT, the winner of the Freedom to Speak up Organisation of the Year at the 2019 HSJ Awards, has ensured a FTSU culture has spread throughout the organisation and the region, says Jennifer Trueland
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NewsExclusive: ‘Overwhelming angst’ over delay to Ebay-built PPE website
Community, primary and social care providers are still unable to access an online portal set up to respond to urgent requests for personal protection equipment.
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HSJ LocalMajor teaching trust to leave special measures
A major teaching trust should be released from special measures after almost two years in the regime, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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News‘Unprecedented’ plan to prevent suicides during covid-19 crisis
An “unprecedented” national suicide prevention plan has been launched by a government advisory group amid concerns suicides could increase during the covid-19 pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Yet another failure’ on flagship programme for learning disabilities
New data has revealed “yet another failure” to adequately reduce the number of people with learning disabilities living in “modern day asylums”.
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News‘Disastrous results’ feared from covid-19 home tests
Experts have warned giving the public coronavirus antibody tests to be carried out at home could lead to “disastrous results”.
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News‘Mountain’ waiting list will need five-year plan, says royal college
The NHS will need a five-year strategy to deal with a “mountain” of an elective waiting list following the coronavirus outbreak, the Royal College of Surgeons has said.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts to ‘run out of gowns this weekend’
London trusts have been warned not to expect deliveries of gowns from the national supply chain for at least the next few days, HSJ understands.
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NewsAmbulance waiting times soared in March as calls hit record high
The response time for the commonest ambulance call out rose 45 per cent in March nationally and almost trebled in London, the centre of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsHospitals recruit vets to staff covid-19 wards
Hospitals are turning to the veterinary workforce to fill staffing gaps on intensive care wards ahead of an expected peak of covid-19 patients, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts running out of body bags amid covid-19 crisis
Several trusts are experiencing serious shortages of body bags as the death toll from covid-19 grows, procurement leads have told HSJ.
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CommentLeadership of our testing system needs an overhaul
Sir John Oldham argues the UK needs to get the right leadership skills in the right place for successful mass testing.
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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.