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NewsStreeting: Safety agency will be integrated into ‘failing’ CQC carefully
The health secretary has said the government will approach integrating the NHS’s “succesful” safety watchdog into the “failing” Care Quality Commission with “enormous care”.
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CommentNorway provides safer AND cheaper healthcare than the UK – we need to find out why
Jeremy Hunt argues that closing the UK’s patient safety gap must become a core national priority, with new data showing tens of thousands of deaths could be prevented by matching the performance of leading health systems
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HSJ PartnersReimagining the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Care Pathway - Boehringer Ingelheim article
This article was initiated, written and funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Interstitial lung disease (ILD) describes more than 200 rare and complex lung conditions. The most common fibrotic ILD is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which has a median untreated life expectancy of just three to five ...
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NewsFive trusts ‘high outliers’ for ‘largely preventable’ infections
Five trusts with unusually high levels of surgical infections, which experts called “largely preventable” harm, have been identified by the UK’s health security agency.
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NewsHigh risk service paused dozens of times at ‘inadequate’ unit
A service offering elective caesarean sections for women considered “high risk” and unable to labour was paused 32 times, according to inspectors who have rated the department “inadequate” for the second time in a row.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The deeply concerning state of home birth services
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsNational maternity review will not ‘sideline’ Nottingham probe, pledges chair
The high-profile chair of a major maternity review into care failures in Nottingham has pledged to ensure its results “will not be sidelined” by the government’s national investigation.
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NewsRevealed: Urgent review ordered after deaths in fragile maternity services
NHS England has ordered trusts to “urgently” review their home birth services, it has emerged – as an HSJ investigation reveals widespread fragility and safety risks.
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NewsSystem criticised after death of ‘fit and well’ 23-year-old
Urgent and emergency care services in the East Midlands are letting down people with ”serious but not immediately life-threatening” conditions, a coroner has warned after the death of a “fit and well young man”.
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News‘Distressing’ rise in maternal deaths as progress stalls
More women are dying during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth compared to over a decade ago – despite a government ambition to halve maternal mortality rates, it has emerged.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternity safety reflections surface familiar concerns
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsStaff left suicidal by ‘punitive’ and drawn-out HR investigations
Investigations into workplace conflict and alleged misconduct are frequently being used as punishment across the NHS, leaving staff feeling suicidal and alienated, according to findings shared with HSJ.
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NewsNational maternity review branded ‘light touch’
The “rapid national investigation” into maternity care failings launched by Wes Streeting will not formally evaluate the performance of the 12 trusts involved, it has emerged, as families criticised the government’s “light touch” approach.
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NewsResident doctor charged with sexual assaults of 38 patients
A former resident doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting 38 patients who were in his care.
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HSJ Local‘Sexual misconduct and blame culture’ found at hospital
Specialist medics in training have been removed from a hospital department after an NHS England investigation uncovered concerns about sexually inappropriate, undermining and aggressive behaviours.
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NewsPathology firm struggling to return tests in time
Patients at a major London teaching trust risk having their care delayed because its pathology services provider is failing to meet agreed standards.
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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.