All Patient safety articles – Page 62
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust to ban GMC concern medics
A rural trust is rowing back on hiring locum doctors with General Medical Council restrictions, after a non-executive director questioned the “high number” of such staff being employed.
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NewsQueen’s Speech may include new powers for fining trusts
The Queen’s Speech could cover new patient safety legislation, including giving the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch extensive new powers, such as the ability to fine trusts and seize equipment.
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Comment‘Short-termism at its worst’: why managers must be included in pension reforms
The government’s pension reforms are welcome, but they unfairly discriminate against many NHS staff. By Finn O’Dwyer-Cunliffe
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CommentA just culture for both staff and patients
If we truly believe in a just culture and the benefits this can bring for patient safety, it has to give equal importance to being fair to patients and families as well as to staff. By James Titcombe, Peter Walsh and Cicely Cunningham
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NewsTeaching trust revamps theatres after inspectors uncover infection risks
A series of theatre upgrades have been carried out at an Oxford hospital after inspectors found major infection risks at the site.
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NewsExclusive: NHS chiefs want latest no-deal plans from government
NHS chiefs have urged ministers to publish their up-to-date plans for a no-deal Brexit, in the wake of the release of Project Yellowhammer documents.
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Comment‘Mini-deal’ agreements needed to keep both UK and EU patients safe
Layla McCay on concerns that a no-deal Brexit will affect healthcare
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NewsCQC demands trust act as patients wait up to eight days for a bed
A mental health trust has closed its patient waiting area due to a threat from the Care Quality Commission, which its chief has said will mean people waiting longer in A&E.
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NewsHospital gets draft ‘inadequate’ rating
One of three high security mental health hospitals in England has received an “inadequate” rating in a draft report from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC threatens enforcement action for ‘inadequate’ hospital
A private hospital for learning disability patients has been rated “inadequate” and placed into special measures, with the Care Quality Commission finding nine in 10 staff were “unqualified”.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust no longer ‘inadequate’
England’s only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance trust will remain in special measures despite the Care Quality Commission noting improvements.
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NewsTripling in support workers substituting for nurses shows practice is ‘the new normal’
The number of registered nursing shifts being covered by less qualified support workers at an “outstanding” mental health trust has tripled since 2016.
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HSJ Local‘Outstanding’ rating for trust in troubled health economy
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has had its rating upgraded from “good” to “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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CommentScandalous lack of capital investment has put patients at risk
The NHS treats a million people every 36 hours. In the vast majority of cases, the care they receive is exceptional. But in recent years, the ability of NHS professionals to provide the standard of care they strive and want to deliver has become harder, writes Chris Hopson.
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NewsNHS faces legal action from ‘abandoned’ IV feed patients
The NHS and the national medical regulator could face legal action over the shortage of intravenous feed supplies for hundreds of UK patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTwo trusts forced to close 170 beds over fire safety concerns
Two large teaching trusts have been forced to close more than 170 beds due to concerns over fire safety, while significant sections of one hospital can only remain open if hourly checks are carried out.
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NewsCQC closes ‘inadequate’ children’s unit
An NHS children’s mental health unit has been closed down by the Care Quality Commission after being rated “inadequate” earlier this week.
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NewsFood review will ‘unclip caterers’ wings’, says chair
A new government review will aim to stop NHS catering staff feeling “boxed in” and help to “unclip [their] wings”, its chair has told HSJ.
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News‘Inadequate’ mental health hospital placed into special measures
A mental health hospital has been placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found more than 500 instances of restraint and dozens of unexplained serious incidents.