All Patient dignity articles – Page 4
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Exclusive: NHS at risk of sharing patient data unlawfully
Patient data could be shared unlawfully from April as the NHS is likely to miss a key privacy target, HSJ has learned.
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Chief appeals to system as CQC rates two A&Es ‘inadequate’
The Care Quality Commission has downgraded two emergency departments run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust to “inadequate” ratings amid quality concerns and consistently poor ambulance handovers.
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Trust abandons Experian credit checks after outcry
A trust director has said he “struggles to defend the logic” behind the decision to routinely share patients’ identities with a major credit check firm.
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Revealed: Hundreds of sexual assaults each year on mixed-gender wards
Hundreds of sexual assaults are reported each year on mixed-sex mental health wards in England, HSJ can reveal, highlighting the urgent need for investment to improve facilities.
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Six hospitals plummeted to ‘inadequate’ in wake of Whorlton Hall
The Care Quality Commission has rated six mental health hospitals “inadequate”, just months after describing them as either “good” or “outstanding”, since the Whorlton Hall scandal was revealed.
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Pre-election figures show record-low A&E performance
The NHS recorded another record low against the four-hour target and a huge number of trolley waits for last month, according to the last major data release before next month’s election published today.
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Doctors think new tech is about politics, says official report
A report commissioned by NHSX found a belief among patients and clinicians that new technology was sometimes foisted on the NHS to “satisfy a political or commercial imperative” rather than improve healthcare for patients and clinicians.
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Comment
Stafford failed my mother, but my father received exemplary care
Having lost her mother 13 years ago in the Mid Staffs disaster, Deb Hazeldine recounts the exemplary end-of-life care her father received recently at the University Hospitals of North Midlands.
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Hospital books hotel rooms for cancer patients ahead of Brexit
A Kent trust bracing for the impact of Brexit has booked hotel rooms for cancer patients.
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'Governance' warning for long-stay care providers
Regulators have highlighted poor oversight of staffing in some independent sector mental health and learning disability hospitals, after HSJ analysis found these services had seen more interventions over “safe care” than NHS units.
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‘Dark ages’ warning over NHS use of catheters
The NHS has been accused of “returning to the dark ages” over fears it wants to reduce catheterisation products and encourage reuseable equipment.
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What about the patient?: Jessie Cunnett
This week: Jessie Cunnett, head of public support, Nursing and Midwifery Council
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HSJ Local
‘Outstanding’ rating for trust in troubled health economy
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has had its rating upgraded from “good” to “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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Single women IVF ban will be reviewed
South east London commissioners have pledged to carry out a “rapid review” of their policy to deny IVF treatment to single women.
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HSJ Local
Trust starved of capital cash for maternity censured by CQC
A trust whose capital bid to improve its maternity services has been repeatedly turned down by government has been told by the Care Quality Commission to make urgent improvements to the obstetrics department after an inspection prompted by three serious incidents.
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What about the patient?: David Gilbert
This week: David Gilbert, patient director, Sussex MSK Partnership (Central)
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Steep rise in summer A&E admissions amid record attendances
Admissions at major NHS emergency departments have risen six per cent in 12 months as total attendances hit 2.27m last month - the highest level since records began in 2010.
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HSJ Local
Capital squeeze will compromise patient safety, warns teaching hospital
Keeping patients safe at a major trauma centre will become “increasingly untenable” because the trust is being denied capital funding, its chief executive has warned.
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Community trust upgraded to ‘outstanding’
A community trust has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Trust stays in special measures after ‘extremely concerning’ lack of improvement
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust will remain in special measures after Care Quality Commission inspectors said they found an “extremely concerning” lack of improvement.