All Patient safety articles – Page 18
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Police role ‘blurred’ with healthcare staff, reviews find
The controversial ‘SIM’ mental healthcare model sometimes ‘blurred’ the role of police with healthcare staff, according to results of local reviews seen by HSJ.
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Revealed: The trusts where at least one in 20 suspected cancer patients have waited three months
More than 5 per cent of patients with suspected cancer have been waiting more than 104 days at 14 trusts, data leaked to HSJ reveals.
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CQC prosecutes troubled provider over death of teenage girl
A struggling mental health trust is being prosecuted over accusations it failed to protect a teenager at a children’s inpatient unit.
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Patient safety is not a ‘priority’ for NHSE, claims watchdog chief
The outgoing chief investigator of the national safety watchdog has described his frustration with the organisation’s ‘ambivalent’ relationship with NHS England
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Trust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic
A trust was supplied with ventilators that were not ‘fit for NHS purposes’ by two suppliers at the height of the first covid wave, HSJ can reveal.
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Javid hires new patient safety watchdog
The government has lined up a former national guardian for the NHS as the country’s first patient safety commissioner.
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HSJ Local
Trust branded ‘inadequate’ for leadership and maternity
One of the trusts worst affected by coronavirus has been issued with two warning notices and rated ‘inadequate’ for leadership, following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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Trust’s improvement plan ‘limited in robustness’
A trust’s attempts to improve safeguarding – believed to have been prompted by a case where a patient with dementia was restrained and forcibly treated – have been criticised by an independent review.
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Staff shortages leaving women in ‘barbaric’ pain
Patient safety campaigners have said ‘too many women’ are still not being offered a general anaesthetic for a diagnostic test because of staff shortages, leaving them in severe pain.
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HSJ Local
Trust sues over PFI building failures
One of England’s largest NHS trusts is suing its private finance initiative provider and an international construction company for millions after fire safety defects forced part of an acute hospital to close.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: A pivotal month for the south east
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Multiple deaths due to care delays highlighted in damning CQC report
Dozens of patients died or suffered ‘severe harm’ after long waits for ambulances during a three-month period in a health system facing ‘extreme pressure’ on its emergency services.
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Three more directors depart top team at trust with ‘significant bullying problem’
One of the country’s most high-profile mental health trusts has lost more members of its top team, with two senior leaders leaving just weeks after the departures of its chair and chief executive were announced.
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NHS England ends covid ‘command and control’ measures
The NHS threat level in response to covid-19 has been downgraded following drops in community cases and hospital inpatient numbers, NHS England chiefs have announced.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Publish the priority scores for elective waits
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Comment
How patients came to share power in the NHS
David Gilbert imagines a world in which those with lived experience of healthcare are given a central role in the planning of services and policy at local and national level.
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HSJ Local
Five charged after alleged ill-treatment of stroke patients at NHS hospital
Three nurses and two healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into ill-treatment of stroke patients at a Lancashire hospital.
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Big rise in delayed GP referrals sparks safety warning
A big rise in GP referrals being deferred because no appointment slots are available, in the wake of the covid pandemic, has sparked concerns that patients are going undiagnosed and missing out on the correct treatment.
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HSJ Local
Ex-SHA chair stands down from maternity failings review
The former trust chair and strategic health authority chief executive appointed to investigate maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has stood down following a call by families for her removal.
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Patient watchdog chair quits and tells Javid funding cuts are endangering ‘its vital role’
Sir Robert Francis has announced he is to step down as chair of Healthwatch England 20 months early, claiming funding cuts mean the patient watchdog could soon struggle “to fulfil its vital role”.