All Patient dignity articles – Page 7
-
NewsCQC: Some patients only have access to poor services
Patients in some parts of the country now only have access to providers delivering poor services, according to the Care Quality Commission’s annual assessment of healthcare quality in England.
-
News'Serious consequences' for NHS after negligence ruling over receptionist's advice
NHS trusts must review their practice “straight away” after a Supreme Court judgement yesterday extended their duty of care to information given to patients by clerical staff.
-
NewsTrusts move clinical waste contracts to new provider after stockpiling scandal
Fifteen NHS trusts have transferred their clinical waste management contracts to another provider, after it emerged a key supplier to the NHS was stockpiling human body parts and other dangerous waste.
-
NewsMinisters told to close 'arbitrary' gap on NHS historical cases
An “arbitrary” gap in regulation is preventing NHS care failures, including alleged cover-ups, from being investigated according to senior figures who have led some of the most important NHS safety inquiries of recent years.
-
NewsWatchdog calls for national sexual safety guidance
The care quality watchdog is calling for national guidance on sexual safety on mental health units following an investigation into more than 1,000 reports of abuse and harassment.
-
NewsExclusive: Regulator says IVF cuts put mothers and babies at risk
Commissioning restrictions on IVF treatment are putting the lives of mothers and babies at risk, according to a report commissioned by the official regulator and three major fertility organisations.
-
NewsCQC warning amid claim hospital patients treated like 'cattle'
A troubled trust has been warned it could face enforcement action by the CQC amid claims by its own staff patients were being treated like “animals and cattle” in “unsafe, demeaning, undignified, and disgusting” conditions.
-
HSJ LocalTrust climbs two ratings in latest CQC inspection
An acute trust in London has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission, after previously being rated as “requires improvement”.
-
Comment“Non-clinical compassion”; the forgotten value
Ali Raza, Vlad Kovach and Amanda Maunders make a case for kindling “non-clinical compassion” into healthcare policy thinking, citing examples of how Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is trying to integrate a compassionate outlook in non-clinical work
-
CommentCowper’s Cut: The great Dame Julie Moore retires
Andy Cowper reflects on the leadership and management skills of Dame Julie Moore, who has just retired as chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham FT
-
CommentProviding consistent and humane end of life care
Ian Greenwood recounts the traumatic experiences of his late father to highlight NHS clinical inefficiency and inconsistent care and the importance of communicating end of life care plans
-
NewsHospital hit A&E target by 'making staff bothered', says CEO
Making staff “bothered” about the four hour metric and recognising it was a “quality standard not a performance target” was the main driver behind a struggling hospital’s accident and emergency performance recovery, a senior trust chief has told HSJ.
-
NewsTrusts raise concerns over lack of winter preparations
Trust leaders have raised concerns about the lack of planning at a national level ahead of next winter urging system leaders to publish a long awaited review of last winter.
-
CommentWhy the NHS’s 10 year plan must grasp the nettle of plural provision within integrated care systems
The NHS needs to be open towards plurality, preserving benefits of a diverse range of independent providers. By David Hare and Jo Pritchard
-
HSJ LocalCQC highlights avoidable harm in 'fragmented' health economy
A review of the Northamptonshire health economy found several examples of patients being harmed by poor hospital discharge processes, as well as a “lack of trust” between organisations that was hampering progress towards system integration.
-
HSJ InteractiveInquests and the Gosport Independent Panel Report
Looking at the inquests in the Gosport scandal, several legal issues arose then, which still appear in inquests in the health and social care sector held throughout the country, says Errol Archer
-
News‘Vulnerable’ patients die after food terminology confusion
NHS Improvement has issued an alert following the death of two patients and hundreds of other incidents where people with swallowing difficulties were given inappropriate food due to staff confusion.
-
NewsCommunity trust with 'passionate' leaders rated outstanding
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has been rated outstanding by inspectors, the Care Quality Commission has announced.
-
CommentA new deal with the public
It’s time to revisit what people can expect from the NHS and what their obligations are in return, writes Chris Ham
-
NewsCCG U-turn on life-saving care to vulnerable patient after legal challenge
A clinical commissioning group has reversed a decision to pull life saving support from a vulnerable patient, after his lawyers argued the commissioner was breaching the Equality Act.