All Patient safety articles – Page 166
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs nurses launch High Court appeal over ban
Two former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust nurses who were struck off for altering altering accident and emergency waiting times are to launch a High Court bid to overturn their ban.
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NewsExclusive: National bodies back community services plans
Efforts to develop quality indicators and a tariff payment system for community services providers have taken a leap forward after winning the support of the main national health leadership organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsFGM data must be submitted by NHS
NHS hospitals will have to submit data on the number of girls and women who have suffered female genital mutilation, the government has announced.
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NewsNHS faces 'tension over finances'
The NHS is facing a “profound tension” between financial constraints and the need to provide high quality care, according to a report published on the anniversary of the report into the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust inquiry.
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NewsInquiry chair says evidence summaries will emerge
Summaries of evidence from witnesses who appear at the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be made public, the inquiry chair has said.
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NewsMany healthcare assistants start work without training
A quarter of trusts allow healthcare assistants to start work on the wards without undergoing any training for the job, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsImpact of culture change revealed one year after Francis
Staff wellbeing and organisational culture are being taken more seriously
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HSJ KnowledgeThe simple – but compelling – case for quality governance
Boards must demonstrate they are focused on quality if they want to avoid becoming another Mid Staffordshire
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NewsMidwife shortage 'truly worrying'
The safety of pregnant women and their babies may be put at risk by a lack of NHS funding and a national shortage of 2,300 midwives, MPs have said.
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NewsAlert system will name and shame unsafe providers
The names of organisations that fail to comply with patient safety alerts are to be published online each month as part of a revamped warning system being introduced by NHS England.
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NewsKirkup indicates secrecy on Morecambe Bay probe
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has indicated no witness evidence will be released until his final report is published.
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CommentThe information revolution hasn't stopped care failings
Access to data isn’t improving hospital care
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NewsFurther details emerge on patient safety structure
NHS England has revealed further details about its plans to introduce patient safety collaboratives in response to the recommendations of the Francis inquiry.
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HSJ KnowledgeWeekend surgery just got safer
How a trust improved its use of vacant operating theatres
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NewsSudden rise in nurse workforce
The number of nurses working for acute trusts has risen dramatically in the past two months, suggesting a significant response to the Francis report’s criticism of low staffing levels.
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NewsHunt urges consultants to take responsibility
Care Quality Commission inspectors will check whether hospitals have the name of each patient’s “whole-stay doctor” clearly marked above their bed, the health secretary has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsMPs: CQC is 'being turned around'
The Care Quality Commission has gained a “renewed sense of purpose”, according to a Commons health committee report.
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Doctor 'laughed at' consultant plea
A junior doctor was laughed at by a senior colleague when she suggested a consultant should examine a four-year-old girl who died hours later after suffering a severe infection, an inquest has heard.