All Patient safety articles – Page 131
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CommentWhat the NHS can learn from the nuclear industry
The nuclear power sector has made leaps in safety that the health service would do well to adopt
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NewsMedical examiners could lead to thousands more inquests
Medical examiners service could increase number of inquests by 20,000 a year Royal College of Pathologists president warns of a lack of capacity in the system 385 medical examiners will be recruited to work part-time alongside support staff Department of Health says work ongoing to fund increased coroner workload ...
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HSJ LocalDocument suggests trust may recruit HCAs 'to cover nursing gaps'
WORKFORCE: Public minutes from a Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust board meeting suggested the trust intends to recruit healthcare assistants to cover gaps in its qualified nursing rotas.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust to review use of GPs following patient death
PATIENT SAFETY: An ambulance trust is to review how it uses GPs in its emergency operations centres after a patient died when a GP downgraded the response.
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CommentLord Carter: improved medicines management is key to achieving the vision
Lord Carter has thrown down the gauntlet to pharmacy departments
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CommentSustainability and transformation plans: an opportunity to see the wood for the trees
STPs are the first time the NHS has got serious about populations, rather than organisations
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NewsTransparency league table problems not a 'question of competence'
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed as “harsh” a suggestion that problems with the recently published “learning from mistakes” league table raised a “question of competence” over the government’s handling of improvement initiatives.
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NewsHunt: my biggest mistake
Jeremy Hunt has said that his biggest mistake to date as health secretary was to rely too heavily on inspection to improve poor care before he realised that culture change would have a greater impact.
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LeaderLocked in a deadly embrace with junior doctors, Hunt’s end appears nigh
The health secretary should go big on patient safety and keep quiet on that disputed contract
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CommentVideo: The NHS 'should offer the safest, highest quality care anywhere in the world'
HSJ invited the health secretary to discuss the government’s health policy and his leadership with three senior healthcare figures.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay midwife suspended after new baby death
PATIENT SAFETY: A midwife already being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has been suspended after the death of a baby last month.
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News'Desire to save money' caused NHS nursing shortage says damning report
Migration Advisory Committee agrees to “reluctantly” keep nursing on the shortage occupation list Chair says Department of Health needs to “get its act together” on workforce planning Health Education England would have commissioned 3,000 extra nursing places in 2016-17 if not for financial cuts A nationwide shortage of ...
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NewsPHSO staff vote 'no confidence' in leadership
PCS union take vote of “no confidence” in Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman leadership Members demand meeting with PHSO board to discuss concerns Whistleblowers have revealed concerns over “toxic environment” at the ombudsman service Union staff at the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman have voted “no confidence” in ...
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NewsCQC: Stark contrast in maternity inspections due to 'different hypothesis'
CQC rated maternity unit at Homerton as “inadequate” for safety in 2015 after rating it “good” the previous year Internal review finds that different “hypothesis” and unannounced second inspection led to different findings CQC was contacted by whistleblower about maternal deaths before first inspection, but this did not feature ...
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NewsCommunity trust's failures compared to Mid Staffordshire
Liverpool Community Health Trust heavily critcised for failures of executive team to be “open and transparent” Report blames focus on FT application process and pursuit of cost improvement savings as cause of poor culture Incidents including a memeber of staff being assaulted and held hostage were not properly investigated ...
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NewsExclusive: Whistleblowers expose 'toxic environment' at PHSO
Whistleblowers claim many PHSO complaint assessments were rebranded as investigations and varied in quality PHSO staff said concerns were raised about changes and new targets but these were ignored Behavioural competency framework meant staff could be marked “ineffective” for challenging new ideas Hundreds of new investigations carried out ...
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NewsRCN warns of danger of new role substituting nurses
The Royal College of Nursing has warned that the proposed new nursing associate role must not be used as a substitute for registered nurses.
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Planning for the Five Year Forward View’s Retirement
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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HSJ Local111 provider told to improve just weeks into five year contract
PERFORMANCE: The provider of the largest 111 contract in the country has been issued an “improvement notice” by commissioners, just weeks into a five year deal.
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Magical thinking meets reality
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern.