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NewsStevens: 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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NewsNew 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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News£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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HSJ LocalCoroner 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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NewsWatchdog 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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NewsDraft 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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NewsSpecial 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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NewsHunt 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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NewsLeaked 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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HSJ LocalTrust 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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NewsNew 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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NewsExclusive: 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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NewsNHS 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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NewsTrust 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.
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NewsHSIB questions efficacy of national anaesthetics safety campaign
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has questioned whether a national patient safety initiative has had any impact on wrongly-administered anaesthetics.
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News712 unnecessary deaths – and how to avoid them: HSJ and BD roundtable
An HSJ roundtable, sponsored by BD, looked at how to reduce medication errors, improving outcomes for patients and reducing waste from unused or unnecessary medicines.
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NewsTerror alert issued after suspicious liquid sent to hospitals
An alert has been sent by the chief medical officer to all NHS organisations after a suspicious package containing liquid was sent to a number of NHS hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRadiology backlog a 'potential key risk' for trusts: CQC chief
Trust boards must recognise backlogs of unreported radiology images as “a potential key risk” and take action immediately, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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News‘Vulnerable’ patients die after food terminology confusion
NHS Improvement has issued an alert following the death of two patients and hundreds of other incidents where people with swallowing difficulties were given inappropriate food due to staff confusion.
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News'Disregard for human life' - 450 patients killed by painkillers at hospital, report says
More than 450 patients died from prescriptions made “without medical justification” at a hospital where the use of opioids resulted in an “institutionalised practice of shortening patients’ lives”, an investigation has found.