All Patient safety articles – Page 167
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HSJ KnowledgeReady to go: how to improve the discharge process
One foundation trust has reduced inpatient stays
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NewsMid Staffs fined over 'avoidable' death
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 for the “wholly avoidable” death of a diabetic patient.
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NewsCQC to launch crisis care inspections in summer
Services for people in mental health crisis are to be put under the spotlight this summer with a round of targeted inspections by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalOmbudsman in 'full cooperation' pledge to Morecambe Bay inquiry
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has said it is “fully cooperating” with the Kirkup Inquiry into failures Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Review set to probe standard of nurse training
A major review of nurse training in England will be launched next month to help push up standards of patient care, Health Service Journal can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Councillors vote for legal action on Mid Staffs downgrade
Councillors in Staffordshire have voted to fund legal action against plans to downgrade services at the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Robert Francis joins critics in mental health funding row
Robert Francis QC has expressed surprise at the decision by NHS England and Monitor to use his report into failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust as justification for higher funding cuts to mental health.
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HSJ Knowledge'Race discrimination is a serious risk to patient experience'
Evidence shows lack of progress on diversity
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NewsOmbudsman: Older patients could be 'suffering in silence'
Older people could be suffering in silence because they are less likely to complain when standards slip, even though they use the NHS the most, Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor has said.
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NewsThird of NHS data releases went to private sector, audit says
Just over a third of the organisations which received approved patient data releases from the NHS between April and December last year were private firms, an audit published today said.
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NewsUpdated: Professional regulation bill labelled 'backward step for public protection'
A draft bill aimed at updating the legal framework for regulators of health professionals has been criticised as a “backward step for public protection”.
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NewsReview reveals failings by nursing regulator in Mid Staffs cases
The Nursing and Midwifery Council failed to properly investigate 17 former nurses at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust according to an audit by the Professional Standards Authority.
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NewsHunt safety plans 'will require frontline investment'
Providers will need to invest “significant” time in ensuring frontline staff can deliver the plans to improve patient safety which were announced by the health secretary last week, HSJ has been told.
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CommentMy advice on Bristol: we have come a long way
Chief executive responds to Maria Von Hildebrand
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NewsHunt to launch patient safety 'movement' to halve harm
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is expected to use a major speech in the US today to launch a “patient safety movement” aimed at halving rates of avoidable harm in the NHS over the next three years.
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CommentWe need a new language around whistleblowing
Making raising concerns safer and more effective