All Patient safety articles – Page 148
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NewsRoyal college: Changing surgical pathways could save money and lives
Hospitals could reduce length of stay and improve patient outcomes if they reimagine the way more than 10 million patients a year undergo surgery in the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUnison issues strike warning over unsocial hours pay
One of the largest NHS unions has issued a warning to the next government that it will ballot for strike action if ministers try to cut unsocial hours payments.
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News'No improvement over safe staffing', nurse survey suggests
Almost two thirds of nursing staff who have experienced a ‘red flag’ event while working on an acute adult inpatient ward have failed to see nurse numbers immediately increased to deal with the situation, according to a major survey of NHS staffing levels.
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NewsPolicy delays risk 'preventable deaths', doctors warn NHS England
Letter says rare conditions drug policy is a “matter of extreme urgency” Doctors warn patient access could be delayed until 2016-17 NHS England to set out timetable for new specialised commissioning process soon Twenty senior doctors and experts have written an open letter to the NHS England board ...
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HSJ KnowledgeA doctor's advice: How to avoid medical errors at all costs
Avoid medical errors at all cost
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HSJ PartnersCorporate manslaughter: with convictions on the rise, are you vulnerable?
Corporate manslaughter: are you at risk?
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HSJ KnowledgeHit or miss: Lessons from the best and worst A&E performers
The overall picture shows some economies excelled, others struggled
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HSJ LocalDoctor accountability helps trust bring down sepsis mortality
QUALITY: One of England’s largest teaching hospitals has achieved a dramatic turnaround in the care and survival of patients with sepsis after developing a tool to hold individual clinicians to account for their care.
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HSJ LocalPrivate ambulance provider investigated over security concerns
PERFORMANCE: A private ambulance provider used by an NHS trust in Kent is being investigated after an inspection found it was insecurely storing medicine at a hotel and employed staff who had not been security checked.
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NewsExclusive: Concerns over nurse rapist raised five years ago
Concerns about a nurse convicted last month of raping and photographing unconscious patients at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford were raised more than five years ago, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGMC to review decision making in Dame Barbara Hakin investigation
The General Medical Council is to review a decision made during its investigation into complaints against NHS England national director Dame Barbara Hakin.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe three things keeping NHS commissioners awake at night
What gives commissioners sleepless nights?
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NewsMake drug shortages ‘never events’, say MPs
The next government has been urged to treat patient incidents caused by avoidable shortages in prescription medicines as ‘never events’ by a group of MPs.
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NewsWinter A&E analysis: More ambulance queues and cancelled operations
Ambulance handover delays, cancelled elective operations and delayed transfers of care all saw huge increases this winter, in what has been the most difficult year for accident and emergency departments in a decade.
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HSJ LocalMonitor tells London trust to reduce waits and improve finances
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has been told to reduce waiting times and make improvements to its finances, following an investigation by Monitor.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England labelled 'dysfunctional' over drug policy delay
NHS England has been accused of misleading government ministers and labelled a ‘dysfunctional organisation’ over delays in drawing up a prescribing policy for drugs to treat rare diseases.
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HSJ Local
Barts Health U-turn over whistleblower
A significant U-turn by the management of Barts Health Trust has seen a sacked whistleblowing union rep re-instated after being dismissed almost two years ago.
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HSJ KnowledgeChange Challenge video: Improving patient safety through collaboration
A large scale transformation programme
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NewsCreate patient safety body straight after election, say MPs
An independent national patient safety organisation to investigate clinical incidents in the NHS should be created immediately after the election, a committee of MPs has said.