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NewsTrust faces decade-long review after hundreds of harm cases discovered
More than 300 cases of patient harm have been identified at a North East trust reviewing major care and governance failings in its breast cancer service.
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NewsTech problem delays elective reform target
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial “advice and guidance” scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Where the Thirlwall inquiry went wrong
This week we discuss the final conclusions of the Thirlwall Inquiry, which examined the failings surrounding the murder and attempted murder of babies by Lucy Letby.
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NewsJudge to examine trust’s care failings
Government has named a chair for its public inquiry into care and governance failings at a mental health trust – nine months after the probe was promised.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Getting sued for AI
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ella Devereux and Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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CommentTrust in AI matters more than efficiency to the public
Public support for AI in healthcare is real – but conditional. New research finds people back a flexible, risk-based regulatory approach while demanding human accountability and equal treatment for all patients
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NewsFine AI firms that harm patients, demands tech commission
The medicines regulator should be allowed to fine AI companies that put patients at risk, its chief executive has said.
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CommentWhy you should worry when a tech supplier goes quiet
Patient safety depends on suppliers that several trusts share. When one fails, the first sign may be silence rather than an alert, and the reporting clocks start only once somebody notices. Peers are amending the cyber bill this month
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CommentUsing Martha’s Rule as a source of intelligence to improve care quality
Patient experience now sits alongside safety and effectiveness in the service’s national quality strategy, but the real test is whether concerns prompt action when the measures appear reassuring
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CommentA more robust approach to GP registration for overseas visitors is needed
Optional identity verification and free care for short-term overseas visitors leave general practice vulnerable to serious information governance failures and rising taxpayer costs
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CommentThe NHS should fund the essential work of community doulas
Community doula services are picking up antiracism work that maternity trusts have struggled to undertake for themselves
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Showing up for each other
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.
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NewsExclusive: Trust admits to harming 200 patients
Almost 200 patients suffered harm after a major teaching trust failed to manage its neurological waiting lists effectively, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsPM should remember ‘the North isn’t just Manchester’, says trust CEO
Andy Burnham should recognise that areas in the North of England other than Greater Manchester require more investment, the chief executive of a Tyneside trust has told HSJ.
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NewsGovernor claims he was intimidated ‘for reposting HSJ articles’
A governor has accused the leadership of a major hospital trust of seeking to “intimidate” him by launching a probe into his social media posts.
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CommentWe need a single electronic record for our buildings
The Southampton hospital fire exposed what estate teams already know – infrastructure failures are costing the NHS thousands of clinical hours every year, yet the data to prevent them exists and is going unused
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NewsCoroner warns of staff shortage after inpatient death
A coroner has warned that more people could die because of a shortage of dietitians for psychiatric inpatients, after the death of a woman whose nutritional needs went unmet.