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'Governance' warning for long-stay care providers
Regulators have highlighted poor oversight of staffing in some independent sector mental health and learning disability hospitals, after HSJ analysis found these services had seen more interventions over “safe care” than NHS units.
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Panel to scrutinise children’s services as safety concerns grow
NHS England has set up an independent board to scrutinise inpatient mental health, learning disabilities and autism services for children and young people, amid growing safety concerns nationally.
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Regulators tell trusts to ‘learn lessons’ from deaths in 2008 and 2012
NHS regulators have warned trusts to heed the learnings of an ombudsman report into the deaths of two patients, ahead of their own review into patient safety failings.
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Coroners warn city’s patients at risk from communication failure
Patients experiencing a mental health crisis in Birmingham are at risk as the police, mental health trust and the city council are not working together or communicating, coroners have warned.
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CQC 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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CQC triumphs in tribunal battle with private provider
A tribunal has backed the Care Quality Commission for a second time over its refusal to register a new “campus style” learning disability care home.
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Stevens: Lawyers get in the way of doctors learning
Lawyers sometimes get in the way of doctors learning from patient safety incidents, says Simon Stevens.
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New charter launched to help trusts deal with safety incidents
NHS staff are requiring “significant” amounts of support after being involved in patient safety incidents, prompting a national body to draw up a new charter for how trusts should respond.
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£5bn care problem being ‘ignored’, warns national lead
The NHS is ignoring the £5bn cost pressure stemming from wound care, the national wound care strategy lead has warned.
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Coroner demands action over radiology and discharge failings after patient death
An elderly patient died after clinicians missed his haemorrhage and discharged him improperly to a community hospital where there was no medical cover, prompting concerns from a coroner.
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Watchdog calls for review into ‘systemic failings’
A watchdog has called for a national review into a mental health trust’s failings following investigations into the deaths of two young men.
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Draft CQC report had accused Whorlton Hall staff of 'bullying'
Care Quality Commission inspectors were aware patients at Whorlton Hall had accused staff of “bullying and inappropriate behaviour”, according to a draft report.
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Special measures for hospital where patients had to 'lie on floor'
An independent provider of inpatient mental health services has had a second hospital placed in special measures after patients were found to be treated in an “uncaring, undignified and disrespectful” way.
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Hunt announces £70m fund to improve global patient safety
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for further global action on patient safety, and revealed the UK will give £70m to improve standards overseas.
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Leaked report shows 'continuing' problems with mortality reviews
NHS England has been told to support areas which are failing to deal with a backlog of reviews into the deaths of learning disability patients, according to a new report.
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Trust could face 'catastrophic' situation over outdated equipment
A hospital trust has warned it could face a “catastrophic” situation through the contamination of outdated equipment.
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New criminal probe launched into Gosport hospital deaths
A fourth criminal investigation has been launched into the deaths of hundreds of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
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Exclusive: CQC lead to step down after five years
The Care Quality Commission’s lead for mental health inspection has announced his intention to step down, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS hierarchies put patients at risk says CQC chief
Hierarchies within the NHS workforce are a “real bar” to patient safety, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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Trust takes action after slump in stroke performance
A hospital trust has increased its number of stroke beds after only 40 per cent of patients were admitted to a specialist unit within four hours.