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NewsPatient had wrong eye injected after software error
Herefordshire clinicians injected a patient in the wrong eye after a technical blunder, board papers have revealed.
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HSJ LocalTrust could face 'catastrophic' situation over outdated equipment
A hospital trust has warned it could face a “catastrophic” situation through the contamination of outdated equipment.
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NewsHSIB warning over medication errors across NHS
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will review the processes for giving medication to NHS patients after a child was given an oral anaesthetic intravenously by mistake.
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CommentMaking improvement accessible to all
Why upcoming initiatives to improve healthcare could just succeed
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NewsNew safety investigation body 'will operate without fear or favour'
A new body to investigate clinical failure and incidents of patient harm in the NHS will “operate without fear or favour”, the government has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust trains 400 police officers on mental health
MENTAL HEALTH: Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust has trained more than 400 police officers to ‘open their eyes to the struggles of mental health service users’.
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HSJ LocalTrust told to improve mental health services
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have told 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust to boost its performance in for improving access to psychological therapies services
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NewsCall for human factors support for patient safety
A group of leading patient safety experts are seeking central funding to support the spread of human factors science.
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NewsExclusive: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on the patient safety role from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAlert system will name and shame unsafe providers
The names of organisations that fail to comply with patient safety alerts are to be published online each month as part of a revamped warning system being introduced by NHS England.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy 'cookie cutter' change programmes won't work
There is more to replicating success than ‘copy and paste’
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking the risk out of care handovers
Continuity of care demands seamless and mobile use of information
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HSJ Local
Four overdue patient safety alerts for Aintree
PERFORMANCE: The number of overdue patient safety alerts outstanding for the trust has dropped to four, according to latest central alerting system data.
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HSJ Local
Five overdue safety alerts at Aintree University Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had work overdue on five national patient safety alerts in July, latest Department of Health data show.
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HSJ Local
Five overdue safety alerts at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had work overdue on five national patient safety alerts in July, latest Department of Health data show.
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NewsExclusive: DH leak reveals uncertainty over 11,000 PCT jobs
A leaked Department of Health document shows for the first time where commissioning staff could move to in the restructured NHS – however it also reveals confusion over the fate of thousands of jobs.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy it is vital trusts learn lessons from coroners' reports
When a patient dies, the Coroners Rules 1984 allows coroners to produce a report that has the single purpose of preventing future deaths, if it is deemed the risk of death will continue to exist. Joanna Trewin has some advice on how trusts can avoid these - and what to ...
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NewsImperial to take on national patient safety role
A leading London acute trust is to take on responsibility for collecting information on patient safety incidents at NHS trusts when the National Patient Safety Agency is wound up next year.