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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Recognising risk, listening to patients and acting early
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsAt least 20% of baby deaths ‘potentially avoidable’
At least a fifth of baby deaths last year may have been preventable, with this estimate considered “a minimum”, an analysis of thousands of care reviews has concluded.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS gears up for unusual Budget
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsCEO ‘shocked’ by latest maternity findings
An acting chief executive has said it was “quite shocking” to find his trust had “let so many people down” on maternity care, contrary to assurances given to the board.
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NewsWorst-rated trust gets new CEO for six months
The worst-rated acute trust in England has hired an experienced interim chief executive while its incumbent takes leave.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Labour joins in the manager bashing
This week we bring you the health highlights from the Labour Party Conference, including an ex-minister who said he would sack half of the NHS managers he has met “in a heartbeat” for not being good enough.
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NewsEight stillbirths may have been avoided at hospitals with longstanding maternity concerns
An independent review has found better care might have prevented eight stillbirths at a trust which was at the centre of a maternity scandal four years ago.
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NewsPublic inquiries a costly ‘knee jerk’, warns chair
The chair of a major public inquiry has admitted they are often “hugely expensive”, time-consuming, and popular with politicians who are keen to pass the buck to the next minister.
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NewsClosure of birthing units announced by ICBs
An integrated care board cluster has confirmed it will permanently close two birthing units.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The appearance of action without improving safety
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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CommentBlame is not the same as accountability
The Thirlwall Inquiry exposes a fatal failure to investigate harm. Rebuilding patient safety requires truth, not scapegoating
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NewsHospitals given two months to put CCTV cameras in neonatal units
Trusts have been told to fit CCTV in neonatal units by the end of November and to “urgently” tell staff and boards that child death protocols cover babies who never leave hospital.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will government abandon 18 weeks?
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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HSJ LocalManagers ‘should not feel affronted’ by Letby inquiry, says CEO
No NHS leader “should feel affronted” at being reminded of basic duties towards patients by the Letby inquiry, the chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has said.
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LeaderEmbarrassing Thirlwall is wrong about NHS management
The Thirlwall inquiry may be of some use to the families involved, but its summary findings and recommendations are patronising, confusing and in some cases plain ignorant, says HSJ editor Alastair McLellan.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsExclusive: ‘Landmark’ safety policy was barely tested before launch
The “Martha’s Rule for maternity services” was used just 13 times in a national pilot before being cited by government and adopted by ministers as a solution to the maternity crisis, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMany maternity units have ‘structural difficulties’, PM admits
The prime minister has admitted “structural difficulties” similar to those faced by a rural maternity unit recently forced to close over staff shortages are widespread across the NHS.
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CommentThe NHS should fund the essential work of community doulas
Community doula services are picking up antiracism work that maternity trusts have struggled to undertake for themselves