All Patient safety articles – Page 170
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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.
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CommentMore accountability and regulation could punish the system
Accountability could have a negative impact on care workers
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NewsClinicians 'must say sorry for errors', says Hunt
Doctors and nurses should be honest when things go wrong and “say sorry” to patients, according to the health secretary.
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NewsKiller nurses among staff stripped of NHS pensions
Two nurses convicted of murdering patients are among 11 NHS workers that have had their pensions taken away after committing serious offences, it has been revealed.
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Checks 'won't tackle unfit doctors'
Checks aimed at identifying poorly-performing doctors will do nothing to help find or stop them, according to a poll of more than 5,600 doctors.
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HSJ KnowledgeTrust cleans up its act with innovative audit tool
How Nottinghamshire Healthcare raised standards
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News'Weaknesses' in decisions to drop cases against doctors
Weaknesses have been found in the General Medical Council’s handling of one in five of the fitness to practise cases that it closed early without doctors facing a disciplinary panel, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentMore patient data ultimately means better care
Help us get a complete picture of the care the NHS delivers
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NewsRichards: compassion 'alive and well' in NHS
Compassion in the NHS is “alive and well”, according to England’s chief inspector of hospitals.