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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.
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News‘Serious failure of governance’ at ‘coach crash’ GP practice
The last remaining partner at a collapsing GP practice has admitted a “serious failure of governance” and likened its problems to a “coach crash”.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog links patient deaths to controversial NHSE policy
A watchdog has called for a pause in the rollout of NHS England’s “advice and guidance” policy to protect safety, and linked it to two patient deaths, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsVirtual ward referral could have prevented teenager’s death
Poor understanding and a failure in a trust’s virtual ward process contributed to the death of a 19-year-old man, a coroner has found.
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NewsHospitals must report on 25 maternity ‘deliverables’
Trusts have been told to report on 25 maternity asks by next month as part of the service’s response to two damning reviews.
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NewsConsultants vote to oust CEO
Three-quarters of consultants at a trust have signed a letter declaring they have no confidence in their chief executive.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Digital front door… plus paper
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. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsGovernment adviser pushes for patient safety probe
Wes Streeting and the government’s maternity adviser are urging a safety body to consider investigating the NHS’s handling of a “severe yet poorly recognised” condition which can cause “life-changing harm”.
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NewsPatient safety brief upgraded in new DHSC team
Patient safety and public health have been upgraded to a ministerial responsibility, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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NewsMentally ill men forced into prison to get a bed
Police are sending people in mental health crisis to prison when they should be in a secure hospital, with “devastating consequences”, inspectors have warned.
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CommentMartha’s Rule: The litmus test for maternity culture
Martha’s Rule can improve maternity safety, but only if NHS organisations foster cultures that genuinely hear, value, and act on concerns