All articles by James Titcombe – Page 4
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CommentThe NHS is still not learning from past mistakes in maternity
In the light of the Ockenden report, James Titcombe and Nadine Montgomery share their stories of maternity care failings and what is not yet being done to prevent them happening again.
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CommentThe NHS needs a ‘harmed patient pathway’
The NHS should develop a harmed patients pathway to prevent ‘second harm’ or additional suffering of harmed patients and families who are unsupported, urge Peter Walsh, Joanna Hughes and James Titcombe
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CommentA just culture for both staff and patients
If we truly believe in a just culture and the benefits this can bring for patient safety, it has to give equal importance to being fair to patients and families as well as to staff. By James Titcombe, Peter Walsh and Cicely Cunningham
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CommentSaving babies’ lives
In response to numerous cases of unsafe maternity and neonatal care, many initiatives have been introduced but their implementation remains inconsistent due to lack of training and funding, note James Titcombe and Bill Kirkup
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CommentThe legitimate and important need to address accountability
We must all be committed to protecting patients from harm in a system that promotes both learning and accountability for staff, writes James Titcombe
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CommentMorecambe Bay two years on: great progress alongside great gaps
Many positive changes have been made at the trust but many of the inquiry’s recommendations remain worryingly unaddressed, write Bill Kirkup and James Titcombe
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CommentWill the NHS never learn?
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe gives his reaction to MPs’ report on why the health service is still so slow to heed the lessons of the past
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CommentThe NHS must move from ‘no blame’ to a ‘just culture’
A ‘no blame’ culture in the NHS runs the risk of exonerating genuine wrong-doers - it’s time to move rapidly to a ‘just culture’
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CommentThe NHS is an organisation with amnesia
Despite major reports calling for an overhaul of safety, barriers to effective NHS investigations still exist
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CommentTransform the culture of fear into a culture of learning
A negative culture affects an entire organisation
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CommentThe NHS shouldn't accept failure to learn from preventable errors
We need to listen to care experience
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