All Patient safety articles – Page 160
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HSJ KnowledgeResidential care means more than a chair to sit in
Consider occupation when commissioning for quality of life in homes
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HSJ LocalManchester trust calls for suspension of Healthier Together consultation
STRUCTURE: A teaching hospital, whose services are threatened by a major shake up of acute care in Greater Manchester, has called for a ‘flawed’ consultation on the plan to be suspended.
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NewsHunt dismisses Keogh trusts' finance struggles
Lack of money is no excuse for poor care, the health secretary has said
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NewsUnions ballot members for strike action over NHS pay
Three health unions have announced they are going to ballot their members for strike action over NHS pay.
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CommentMichael White: Compassion requires us to sort out assisted dying law
There was a thoughtful, moving debate in the Lords
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NewsDrop in bans on hospital and care home workers
The Labour Party has voiced concern about a sharp drop in the numbers of people being barred from working with vulnerable adults in care homes and hospitals.
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NewsFriends and family test changes announced
NHS England is to change how the friends and family test is implemented and presented after a major review concluded it cannot be used as a “single measure” for the quality of care across the health service as originally intended.
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HSJ LocalDelay to Mid Staffs dissolution could be 'disastrous', administrators warn
STRUCTURE: Failure to secure changes to services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust before winter could be “potentially disastrous” for the local health economy, the trust’s special administrators have claimed.
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NewsDuty of candour extended to cover wider set of incidents
A statutory duty of candour in the NHS will cover a wider set of incidents than previously expected, and will force NHS trusts to apologise to affected patients, it has emerged.
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SupplementsPatient Safety and Care Awards winners 2014
Celebrating the best practice in patient safety and care
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LeaderThe UK needs to be attractive to overseas health staff
Having enough people is crucial to high quality care
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HSJ LocalMoorfields misreported waiting times performance for five years
PERFORMANCE: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been misreporting waiting times for treatment at its sites across London for years, with hundreds of patients waiting longer than recorded, the trust discovered.
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NewsExclusive: Majority of hospital trusts missed their own nurse staffing targets
More than three-quarters of acute NHS providers have missed their own targets for the number of hours worked at their hospitals by registered nurses, HSJ analysis has revealed
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NewsThree Keogh trusts must stay in special measures, CQC decides
Three acute trusts placed in special measures a year ago have failed to make significant progress and should remain in special measures, the chief inspector of hospitals has said
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HSJ KnowledgeFrom board to ward: How patients' stories can spur on change
Patient involvement motivates staff
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NewsCouncils urged to toughen health scrutiny
Local authorities have been urged to step up their scrutiny of NHS providers, as a survey revealed funding for such checks has dwindled.
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NewsExclusive: Provider ordered to pay whistleblower £80k compensation
A whistleblowing nurse has been awarded £80,000 by an employment tribunal that found she was unfairly dismissed after raising patient safety concerns
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HSJ LocalHospital lock out to continue into another week
WORKFORCE: A lockout of NHS pathology staff at Northampton General Hospital over a pay dispute will continue into next week.
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SupplementsPatient data webinar: Eyes on the dashboard
Finding solutions to fragmented data systems
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CommentHow to look after older people in an ideal world
An alternative care pathway could have very different outcomes