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NewsExclusive: Three patients died after radiology failings at teaching hospital
Radiology failings at a teaching hospital led to eight patients coming to severe harm, with three dying, a hospital trust has admitted.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2019: Digitising patient services initiative
WINNER: Barts Health Trust and Explain My Procedure – Animation Supported Consent
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2019: Patient safety award
WINNER: Wessex Academic Health Science Network – National Polypharmacy Prescribing Comparators
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2019: Acute or specialist trust of the year
WINNER: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2019: Freedom to speak up organisation of the year
WINNER: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Foundation Trust – Developing Compassionate “Speak Up” cultures – within and across systems
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Expert Briefing
DHSC orders reviews for autism and LD inpatients
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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News
CQC needs ‘urgent reform’ to protect patients from abuse
The Care Quality Commission’s ability to protect patients against human rights abuses is “impaired” and needs urgent reform, according to a Parliamentary report.
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News
Trusts face mandatory estates safety checks
Trusts will be forced to demonstrate the safety and efficiency of their estates and facilities services under new plans drawn up by NHS England and Improvement.
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News
Pensions crisis and staff shortages trigger record low cancer performance
A shortage of radiologists, pensions issues and rising demand have driven the worst breast cancer wait times for at least nine years, some of the worst performing trusts told HSJ .
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News
NHSE moves closer to four-hour target overhaul
NHS England appears increasingly likely to recommend a major overhaul — and potential scrapping — of the four-hour accident and emergency target, statements issued today suggest.
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News
Complex AI rules could risk patient safety, say officials
Half of developers are not seeking ethical approval before they start producing new artificial intelligence systems for healthcare, according to a report by NHSX.
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News
Private hospital used for overflow beds rated “inadequate”
A private mental health hospital, used by NHS trusts when there are no available beds, has been rated “inadequate” and put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission.
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News
Surgeon who left patient on the table loses race discrimination case
A ruling which saw a whistleblowing surgeon lose his case for discrimination has revealed the extent of medical infighting at the “increasingly dysfunctional” ENT department within one of the country’s most troubled trusts.
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News
Teaching trusts fall out over transplant safety concerns
A “breakdown in trust” between two of the country’s leading teaching hospitals saw transplant patients referred elsewhere as a result of safety concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
There is still much to do to defeat Britain's biggest cancer killer
The complex diagnosing and treatment of lung cancer needs the reins of policy tightening. By David Baldwin
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News
Top doctor reveals huge tax bill
Royal college dean charged with pension tax bill that is “£20,000 more than her total annual salary” “This government is making it impossible for me to stay in the NHS long-term” Government reiterates determination to help senior doctors manage their pensions The dean of the ...
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News
Exclusive: Hospitals substitute nurses as staffing crisis worsens
The number of hospitals falling short of their planned nurse staffing by 10 per cent or more has almost tripled over five years, HSJ has learned.
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News
Regulator misled health secretary over safety scandal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council misled former health secretary Jeremy Hunt over its handling of fitness to practise cases linked to the Morecambe Bay maternity scandal, an independent report has said.
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Comment
Stafford failed my mother, but my father received exemplary care
Having lost her mother 13 years ago in the Mid Staffs disaster, Deb Hazeldine recounts the exemplary end-of-life care her father received recently at the University Hospitals of North Midlands.
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News
Private providers to share concerns over medics with NHS
A new database to track doctors working in the independent sector is being developed as part of wider reforms to improve the clinical governance of those providers.
