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Quality payment targets centred on patient safety
The majority of local quality payment targets given to hospital trusts are focused on patient safety, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsBaby P whistleblower to sue GOSH
A senior doctor who claimed Baby P could have been saved if her warnings had been heeded is suing the NHS for compensation, it has been revealed.
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NewsCosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules
Hundreds of cosmetic surgery providers have breached Care Quality Commission rules by failing to respond to a national inquiry into patient outcomes and deaths.
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NewsElderly C diff infection rate at record low
Rates of C difficile among elderly hospital patients are at their lowest ever level, figures have revealed.
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NewsTrust to pay compensation to brain damaged man
A taxi driver who suffered brain damage after receiving medical treatment for a stab wound to his neck is set to receive a compensation package from The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust.
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NewsC diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.
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NewsBasildon handed fine over death of disabled patient
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been fined £50,000 plus £40,000 costs following the death of a patient with cerebral palsy.
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News£40,000 payout for family of out of hours overdose victim
The family of a pensioner who died after he was administered a fatal pain relief overdose by an overseas locum doctor have accepted £40,000 in compensation, their lawyers have revealed.
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NewsTrust to be sentenced over disabled man's death
A hospital trust will be sentenced on Monday after admitting patient safety failings over the death of a severely disabled man.
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News£100,000 fine over hospital death
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay £100,000 after a mother who had just given birth died due to a mix-up between “identical looking” drugs.
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NewsTrust facing sentence over patient death
A health trust is due be sentenced for breaching health and safety rules after a new mother died following a hospital blunder.
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NewsNHS tainted blood decision due
A celebrated composer who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through infected NHS blood transfusions will learn the outcome of his legal challenge over compensation payments on Friday.
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NewsBasildon prosecuted over disabled patient's death
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is being prosecuted over the death of a severely disabled patient.
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NewsTrust in court over patient safety
A hospital trust faces prosecution over health and safety breaches linked to the death of a mother who had just given birth.
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NewsPrivate Mid Staffs inquiry criticised
A closed-doors inquiry into the “shocking” number of deaths at Stafford Hospital has been criticised before it has been held.
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NewsNHS drug errors 'may top 860,000'
The number of mistakes involving NHS patients being given the wrong medication may total 860,850, according to the National Patient Safety Agency.
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NewsNHS trust pays £150,000 compensation over death
The wife of a man who died a day after being discharged from an NHS hospital has been awarded £150,000 compensation by Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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NewsWelsh NHS board admits patient safety breach
A Welsh health board has admitted breaching health and safety laws, which led to the death of a vulnerable patient in its care.
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NewsWelsh health board in court over patient suicide
A Welsh health board is set to face charges for breaking patient safety guidelines in the wake of a patient’s suicide in 2004.