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Stephen Ramsden Stephen Ramsden is chief executive of Luton and Dunstable Hospital foundation trust

Stephen Ramsden on the transformational approach to patient safety

To make real strides in patient safety, we must win the hearts and minds of NHS staff and patients, mobilising them to be drivers of change
  • Published:16 November 2007 09:00
  • Author: Stephen Ramsden

Stephen Ramsden on doctors leading patient safety

Doctors' involvement in a hospital's patient safety drive is bringing about transformation, says Stephen Ramsden
  • Published:12 October 2007 09:00
  • Author: Stephen Ramsden

Stephen Ramsden on being a good chief executive

'What is the role of a chief executive? I constantly ask myself this and I firmly believe the NHS has got it wrong.'
  • Published:10 September 2007 18:28
  • Author: Stephen Ramsden

Stephen Ramsden on telling tales

'It was my first real local experience of the power of the patient's story, and has led to dramatic improvements in our stillbirth rates today'

  • Published:30 July 2007 00:00
  • Author: Stephen Ramsden

Stephen Ramsden on avoidable deaths

What is your hospital standardised mortality rate and what have you done to improve it?

In the first in an online series on the relationship between good management and safety, Stephen Ramsden discusses strategies for lowering hospital mortality rates
  • Published:05 September 2007 10:30
  • Author: Stephen Ramsden