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NewsTrust boards told to ‘grip’ cyber security
Trust boards must demonstrate they have “grip” of their cyber security, NHS England said.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Why HSSIB is too important to lose
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsMidwives ‘awake for 24hrs’ at under-fire maternity unit
A maternity service has been given a “good” rating by the Care Quality Commission, despite midwives reporting being asked to work back-to-back shifts with no sleep breaks.
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HSJ PartnersBreaking down barriers: Supporting early lung cancer detection in patients with mental health conditions
Lung cancer remains one of the UK’s most significant health challenges, yet not all patients face the same odds of early diagnosis.
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NewsTrust sued by staff over ‘hazardous’ exposure to gas
Dozens of staff members working in a major hospital trust’s maternity unit are seeking compensation over claims they were exposed to “hazardous” levels of gas and air.
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NewsHealth minister resigns
Zubir Ahmed has become the first health minister to quit in the current batch of resignations, saying his decision was guided by surgical principles.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust ‘deeply sorry’ for harm to dozens of children
At least 40 children suffered harm – with over 20 cases classed as “moderate or severe” – due to delays while receiving care from a hospital’s audiology department, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSpiralling cost of mental health patients stuck in acute hospitals revealed
Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds a year on expensive temporary staff to look after mental health patients stranded in emergency departments and acute wards, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsFamilies want top medic removed from key taskforce
Bereaved families impacted by the Nottingham maternity scandal have called on Wes Streeting to remove a senior medic from a national taskforce whose appointment they said was “deeply distressing”.
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NewsPatients stuck in unsafe hospital for two more months
NHS England has accepted it will take until the end of June to move “priority” patients out of a hospital where there are “serious safety concerns”.
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HSJ LocalUnqualified therapist treated patients for 10 months
An individual worked as a cognitive behavioural therapist at a trust for 10 months without having the qualifications to do so, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentStrengthening the patient voice after Healthwatch
Removing Healthwatch threatens a decade of progress, leaving patient voice searching for structure, influence and meaningful impact
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News‘Inadequate’ provider threatens CQC with legal action
A patient transport company rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission has said it is taking legal action against the watchdog because it claims the judgement was based on factual inaccuracies and inspectors “going rogue”.
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CommentThe NHS’s lawyers must be incentivised to help improve patient safety
One of the hardest lessons I learned as health secretary was that improving patient safety is not primarily about issuing new guidance, reorganising structures, or creating targets. It is about culture
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News‘Only two weeks of stock’ at key supplier after Iran-linked cyber attack
NHS England believes there is only two weeks’ stock of crucial surgical equipment and other products following an Iran-linked cyber attack on a major medical technology supplier.
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NewsNational leaders’ ‘unwise’ comments put staff at ‘unnecessary risk’ of covid
NHS England alongside other health bodies made “unwise” statements on covid transmission at the start of the pandemic which put staff and patients at “unnecessary risk”, the chair of a public inquiry has said.
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NewsMaternity taskforce ‘missing integral expertise’
“Integral” expertise is missing from Wes Streeting’s new maternity taskforce, a royal college has said, after no anaesthetists were included in the core group set up to tackle ongoing failures in care.
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NewsOckenden to lead inquiry into third trust
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden has been appointed chair of the independent inquiry into maternity failures in Leeds, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has announced.
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HSJ LocalNearly 300 patients to be moved from ‘unacceptable’ hospital
NHS England has ordered the removal of nearly 300 patients from a mental health provider’s flagship hospital amid major safety concerns and a police probe.
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NewsDash claims NHSE ‘very reluctant’ to tell local leaders what to do
The chair of NHS England has told a patient safety event that the national body is “trying to avoid” telling every part of the country how to work.