PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had 18 serious incidents reported in April – including five which had “death/serious sequalae”.
Some of these 18 units may be downgraded following investigation but the trust also had 62 incidents it is considering as near misses.
May 2013
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
The “honest, transparent and visible” leadership at a trust whose staff feel they are “part of a family” has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
The chief operating officer of one of England’s most challenged trusts is to leave his job after a year because the commute is too much for him.
The man who led an independent investigation into poor maternity care at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has called for a “more compassionate approach” to grieving families who are still battling for compensation.
A challenged acute trust has made two executive appointments, including an interim chief operating officer drafted in at short notice.
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