All Patient safety articles – Page 7
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NewsTrust proposes to cut its estates team by half
A prestigious teaching hospital is consulting on plans to cut its number of estates and maintenance staff by more than half.
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HSJ Local‘Tension’ and ‘poor behaviours’ uncovered on trust’s board
The board of a mental health trust grappling with serious culture and safety concerns is “not functioning well”, an NHS England investigation has found, amid the early departure of its chair.
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NewsNursing and medical director failed to act on suicide risks, court told
A trust’s nursing director and associate medical director should have reduced risk on a mental health inpatient ward by ensuring bin liners were removed, a court has heard.
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NewsHuge cyber attack caused minimal patient harm, ICB claims
A cyber attack which crippled a region’s pathology system for three months caused only five cases of “moderate” harm and no significant harm, the NHS has claimed.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: It shouldn’t take a CQC inspection
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s CQC rating raised after CEO plea
A trust that was the centre of one of the NHS’s biggest maternity care scandals has successfully challenged the Care Quality Commission’s rating of its service, HSJ has discovered.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The NHS remains an organisation with amnesia
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsCQC examining possible 'criminal offence' by trust
The Care Quality Commission is considering bringing a criminal prosecution against an NHS trust over the death of a 13-year-old girl from sepsis.
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NewsCQC chief quits after ‘intensely challenging experience’
Kate Terroni, current interim chief executive of the Care Quality Commission is leaving the embattled regulator, it has announced.
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HSJ PartnersClosing the hormone health gap: A call to action for better care for men and women
Irina Spirieva, general manager of Besins Healthcare UK examines the barriers to effective and equitable hormone healthcare, and how targeted initiatives can enhance patient outcomes while optimising NHS service provision
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CommentBeing a patient taught me things I hadn’t learned as a trust CEO
NHS CEO’s patient journey helps him realise the strengths of the NHS and areas requiring improvement, particularly in EDI and the use of emerging technologies
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: An 'incredibly difficult winter'
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsOverhauling CQC ratings ‘could bring greater clarity’, ministers told
Changes to the Care Quality Commission’s one-word ratings “could be beneficial”, Penny Dash has concluded in the final version of her review.
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HSJ Local‘Dangerous’ people should not be admitted to specialist beds, warns CEO
Police should work with mental health services to ensure people who pose a danger to society — and show no signs of being mentally unwell — are not inappropriately admitted to rarely available specialist beds, a chief executive has said.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Further evidence maternity safety is going in the wrong direction
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsHospital’s ‘isolated’ maternity services under question
The future of services at an historical specialist hospital is under question, as part of plans set out at a tense board meeting today.
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NewsICBs told to fix ‘substantial gaps’ in whistleblowing support
Integrated care boards have been told to rectify the “substantial gaps” in reporting through Freedom to Speak Up in primary care.
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NewsTrust says BBC story about ‘penknife surgeon’ was misleading
A BBC story about a patient being operated on with a penknife has been challenged by the trust involved as misleading.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Inequity in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Patient voice makes a confusing appearance in the Darzi report
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 NHS.