All Patient safety articles – Page 135
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NewsMonitor reveals hourly rate caps for agency staff
Monitor and TDA reveal hourly rates for all agency staff Regulators agree to exclude bank staff from new caps on pay Trusts express fears over safety in consultation response Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published details this afternoon of the hourly rates that NHS trusts ...
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NewsJeremy Hunt rejects BMA offer of Acas mediation
Jeremy Hunt says the BMA carried out a “campaign of misinformation” Health secretary says doctors’ union should negotiate with the DH Government will not consider using Acas without “meaningful talks” first The health secretary has rejected an offer of third party mediation with the British Medical Association over ...
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NewsKeogh raises terrorism fears over junior doctors strike
Sir Bruce Keogh says BMA must have clear guidance around major incidents in light of Paris attacks NHS England medical director says patient safety of “paramount importance” Letter calls on BMA to advise doctors to return to work if wards are short staffed Sir Bruce Keogh has called ...
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Junior doctors vote for strike action but call in Acas
98 per cent of junior doctors vote in favour of strike action Chief medical officer says severity of strike action is a “step too far” BMA offers talks with government via conciliation body Acas Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over government plans to impose a ...
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NewsNewcastle upon Tyne trust scoops three HSJ Awards
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has scooped three prizes at the HSJ Awards 2015.
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NewsDH unable to reveal extent of pay cut for doctors needing pay protection
DH says it is unable to say what the level of pay cut would be for junior doctors requiring pay protection Net take home pay for trainees will fall by £250-£300 because of basic pay rise BMA warns new contract offer would mean reduced pay for future junior doctors ...
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NewsExclusive: Monitor to reveal national whistleblowing policy
NHS organisations in England required to adopt national whistleblower policy Regulators believe policy will tackle variable standards Move follows recommendation of Sir Robert Francis QC’s report Monitor will publish plans today for a national whistleblowing policy that each NHS organisation in England will be required to adopt, HSJ ...
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NewsExclusive: Fewer than one in 10 hospitals meet their own nurse staffing targets
Nine in 10 hospital sites fail to achieve own nurse staffing plans Chief nurses insist recruiting substantive nurses will save the NHS money Hopson: “Not enough clarity and consistency in the system” over staffing More than nine out of 10 acute hospitals in England are failing to meet ...
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NewsNew patient safety body to focus on maternity care
New investigation body will focus on maternity incidents from April next year Government to invest £4m in new technology, education and training Transparency data to include comparable trust performance on maternity outcomes The new Independent Patient Safety Investigations Service has been asked by the health secretary to focus ...
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NewsTrusts ‘make do and mend’ as capital investment squeeze hits estates repairs
“High risk” maintenance problems up 30pc year on year, as capital investments falls Estates director warns “make do and mend” approach to maintenance will impact safety Imperial College Healthcare would have to spend £39m to deal with high risk backlog NHS providers face costs of more than £450m ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to carry out secret audit of midwifery investigations
NHS England will not publish the results of a national audit into the quality of investigations into maternity incidents prompted by the death of a baby girl, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance pilot scheme linked to patient death 'not suitably managed'
PATIENT SAFETY: An ambulance pilot that could have contributed to the death of at least one patient had no ‘risk assessment and limited risk management’, NHS England has concluded.
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NewsClinicians guilty of manslaughter after Leicester child death
A doctor and a nurse have been convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence of a child at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
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NewsMid Staffs trust pleads guilty over patient deaths
The former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has today pleaded guilty to charges brought under health and safety legislation relating to four patient deaths.
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NewsAnalysis: New junior doctor contract won't stop strike action
A new contract offer for junior doctors working in the NHS in England has been published by the Department of Health and NHS Employers today.HSJ’s workforce correspondent Shaun Lintern examines the new offer and explores why the eleventh hour proposal is unlikely to stop a strike by junior doctors, who ...
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NewsNHS England to review staff training after mental health homicides
NHS England is reviewing the quality of training for staff who assess the root causes of homicides by mental health patients.
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NewsExclusive: Stafford child death investigation to consider case for new inquest
An independent review into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital will examine whether there should be a second inquest after its terms of reference were expanded, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalControversial ambulance delay pilot may have contributed to patient death
Commissioners warned that a controversial South East Coast Ambulance Foundation Trust pilot that added 10 minutes to some emergency response times may have contributed to the death of at least one patient, leaked emails seen by HSJ reveal.
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NewsGlobal safe staffing expert questions ‘crazy’ NHS nursing policy
One of the world’s leading experts on nursing and safe staffing has questioned current NHS policies towards nurses and suggested some could even put patients at greater risk.