All Patient safety articles – Page 171
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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
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NewsExclusive: More children who have self harmed on acute wards
A growing “hidden cohort” of children who have self-harmed are admitted to acute hospitals because of a lack of appropriate mental health services, according to a survey shared with HSJ.
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CommentMy advice to Bristol heart parents: consider another hospital
The unit lacks direction and leadership
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HSJ LocalExclusive: University Hospitals Bristol 'inured' to impact of failings
An adviser to the national review of children’s heart surgery has warned recent failings at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children “echo” those which led to a public inquiry almost 20 years ago.
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SupplementsNutrition survey: low priority given to malnutrition
HSJ and Nutricia survey highlights fears about priorities
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NewsHunt urged to ensure ombudsman gives evidence to Kirkup inquiry
A Labour MP has written to Jeremy Hunt asking him to ensure the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman gives evidence to the investigation into the failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay.
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HSJ KnowledgeCompassionate commissioning makes a real difference to patients
Support frontline teams
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NewsHeart surgeon loses court fight against trust
A heart surgeon who has not returned to work since five of his patients died after becoming infected with an antibiotic resistant bug during valve replacements has lost a High Court case against his employer.
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CommentOpen letter to Jeremy Hunt: barriers to a paperless NHS
The NHS must address problematic culture