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NewsCQC admits it falsely claimed not to know about trust maternity concerns
The Care Quality Commission has admitted it did know about concerns over the death of a baby at a trust being investigated for serious maternity failures after initially denying it had been informed.
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NewsTrust fined £200,000 over teenager’s death
An acute trust has been fined £200,000 after a teenager absconded from a hospital ward and killed herself.
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NewsExclusive: EPRs pose ‘persistent’ threat to patient safety
Electronic patient record systems pose “persistent” risks to patients and have directly contributed to several incidents of harm, a national safety watchdog has found.
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NewsMaternity warning system hit by IT fault
A maternity unit criticised by the Care Quality Commission is battling a high-risk fault in its new electronic patient record system which causes women’s deterioration scores to display incorrectly.
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NewsMajor tech supplier warned over risk to patients
A coroner has warned a major supplier of technology to the primary care sector that failure to address a known issue with its software poses “a risk that future deaths could occur”.
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CommentWill Streeting remain a ‘faithful’ on reforming children’s services?
With the Kingdon review of failures in children’s hearing services offering a blueprint for transformation, Kevin Munro urges the health secretary to implement the review’s recommendations
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HSJ PartnersTime to end the postcode lottery in miscarriage care: why we need a national framework now
Irina Spirieva, general manager of Besins Healthcare UK and Ireland, explores the inconsistencies in miscarriage care across the UK and calls for national action to ensure all women receive timely, compassionate, and evidence-based support
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Nothing about us without us – A reprise
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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NewsCEO vows to tackle ‘punitive’ culture and ‘longstanding frictions’ at trust
A probe into a failing children’s surgeon has revealed shortcomings in management and culture at a major hospital trust.
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CommentI felt unsafe as a visually impaired NHS cancer patient
Patient safety doesn’t begin on a ward or in a theatre, but with communication, writes Anna Tylor
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NewsHospital removed 1,000 patients from waiting list 'retrospectively'
A hospital trust has removed more than 1,000 patients from its waiting list by retrospectively applying referral criteria, which local GPs have said is disruptive and unsafe.
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HSJ LocalHospital rated ‘inadequate’ over leadership and infection failures
A hospital run by the largest trust in the East of England has been downgraded to “inadequate” by the care regulator, which found ”disconnected” leaders and ”bowls of bodily fluids left for multiple hours”.
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NewsMaternity units disrupted for nine months by IT fault
An IT fault has prevented several major maternity units in South London from properly storing foetal heart monitoring records for more than nine months, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Lack of curiosity’ contributed to stillbirths, review finds
An area with high stillbirth rates has found there were “significant” gaps in maternity care in more than one in five cases, in a newly published review.
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NewsRacism and marginalisation led to ‘tragic outcomes’
“Racism and marginalisation” at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust meant families “felt pushed out” and resulted in “tragic outcomes”, according to the chair of the inquiry into its maternity services.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Best Use of Integrated Care and Partnership Working in Patient Safety Award
WINNER Northwest Kidney Network, Cheshire and Mersey Integrated Care System, Liverpool University Hospitals Group, and Cheshire and Mersey Biochemistry Network CORE Kidney Initiative
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Community Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER Leicestershire Partnership Trust Waterlily Inpatient Prevention Programme – Adult Eating Disorders – East Midlands Provider Collaborative
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Early-Stage Patient Safety Innovation of the Year
WINNER Hertfordshire Partnership University FT Adult Community Mental Health Fundamentals of Nursing Care (FoC) Standards: Transforming Depot and Clozapine Clinics
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Developing a Positive Safety Culture Award
WINNER Surrey and Borders Partnership FT Surrey and Borders Carers Programme
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Harnessing a Human Factors Approach to Improve Patient Safety Award
WINNER Phoenix PCN Luton Diabetes Pilot Project – An Integrated and Collaborative Neighbourhood Working Initiative