PERFORMANCE: The number of serious incidents reported at Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust has increased by 36 in 11 months compared to the previous year.
By the end of February the trust reported 89 serious incidents since April 2012, compared with a total of 53 incidents reported between April and March 2012.
These incidents include healthcare aqcuired infections, grade 3 and 4 pressure ulcers, slips, trips and falls and other patient safety incidents.
April 2013
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An integrated care board and technology supplier have agreed to settle a legal dispute just minutes before the trial was due to start in the High Court in London.
A major acute trust has been warned by the Care Quality Commission about a “long-term history of poor culture” in one of its departments.
A hospital chief executive has blamed a “mind-blowing increase” in cancer referrals for his trust’s deterioration in performance on long elective waits.
A trust is upgrading its safety protections after a child lost part of their finger after getting it stuck in a hospital door.
The chief executive of an acute trust said he has received a death threat after giving permission for media access to one of his trust’s hospitals.
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