All Patient safety articles – Page 104
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NewsExclusive: Patient record opt-outs risk blocking improvements in cancer care
The UK’s two leading cancer charities have written to Jeremy Hunt to raise concerns that changes to patient data opt-outs may put at risk the ability to deliver a cornerstone of the national cancer strategy.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief outlines plans for A&E performance 'surge'
The chief executive of a major acute hospital trust has outlined a series of actions being taken to turnaround the trust’s poor accident and emergency performance.
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NewsRevealed: New national plan to bring down child mortality rates
The way child deaths are investigated in England is to be overhauled following failure to consistently investigate them and share learning across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNew chief of struggling trust 'not shying away' from challenges
Portsmouth Hospitals Trust will start using a new acute medical model next month in a bid to improve emergency waiting times at the beleaguered provider.
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HSJ Local'Sobering' CQC report exposes multiple failings at hospital trust
Inspectors have highlighted a string of failings at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, including two patients who should have been placed on specialist wards dying after staff failed to recognise their needs.
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NewsExclusive: Safety fears over thousands of unregulated NHS staff
Patients are being put at “unacceptable risk” because thousands of unregulated NHS staff are being allowed to perform invasive procedures without checks on their qualifications, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHealth secretary warned again over hospital access to GP records
Jeremy Hunt has been warned for a second time about the potential harm to patients caused by the lack of patient record sharing in the NHS.
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NewsRegulator chief promises new 'rigour and consistency'
The new head of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has admitted the regulator still struggles to relate to complaining patients and families, but has pledged to bring “rigour and consistency” to its work.
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NewsNHS managers think admitting mistakes is wrong, says PHSO
Senior leaders in the NHS have believed owning up to mistakes was not the right thing to do for too long, the new health service ombudsman has told HSJ.
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NewsKirkup: Divisive debate on midwifery could harm babies
The chair of the Morecambe Bay inquiry has warned the polarised debate around ‘natural’ childbirth could harm safe care for mothers and babies.
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CommentMaternity care must not become further polarised
Bill Kirkup on the storm that has erupted following the royal college decision to withdraw its guidance on promoting normal birth
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NewsAnalysis: NHS staff report fewer serious mistakes but overall errors rise
The number of serious mistakes causing harm to patients reported by NHS staff has fallen significantly over the last four years, despite a rise in the total number of incidents.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Thousands of patients put at risk after waiting list blunders
An acute hospital trust has launched a review of its patient records after external advisers warned thousands of people may have been put at risk of clinical harm due to missed follow-up appointments.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Whistleblower warns trust is 'worst it's ever been' as staff shortage revealed
An ambulance trust has been accused of putting targets ahead of patient safety and creating a culture in which staff are too scared to raise concerns by a senior whistleblower within the organisation.
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NewsNHS bursary reform fails to increase student nurses
The government’s plan to expand the number of nurse training places by scrapping the NHS bursary appears to have failed, the latest data suggests.
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NewsGovernment releases cash in last minute push to expand NHS training
Universities and NHS trusts are being offered tens of thousands of pounds by Health Education England in a push to expand training places for nurses and other health professionals this year.
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HSJ LocalWard remains 'temporarily' closed after police investigation
A Bristol dementia ward has been “temporarily” closed for two months after a police investigation into the possible ill treatment of a patient.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust inspected following 'bullying' whistleblowing claims
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated requires improvement following an inspection prompted by whistleblowers’ allegations including bullying.
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News'Normal birth' campaign abandoned by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives has dropped its controversial “normal birth” campaign and removed advice for midwives from its website amid concerns it could have been “misleading”.
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HSJ LocalCQC warns trust over 'bullying' culture
A struggling trust in the West Midlands was threatened with enforcement action over the staffing levels and culture in its maternity service, HSJ has learned.