All Patient safety articles – Page 172
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HSJ Knowledge
Three ways NHS England's review can improve incentives
How do we ensure incentives improve quality of care?
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Comment
Lord Saatchi: The law is killing patients
Established practices fail both doctors and cancer patients
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News
Keogh recommendation on cosmetic surgery is ignored
Cosmetic surgery clinics are still offering perks such as chauffeurs and package deals despite NHS England recommending they should be banned.
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News
Revalidation warning for doctors
More than 8,000 doctors have been warned their licence to work is at risk unless they submit details to a key appraisal programme.
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HSJ Local
CQC inspectors slam Sherwood Forest for poor staffing
A warning notice has been issued to Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust after a highly critical inspection report found “abysmal” staffing levels.
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News
Exclusive: DWP attempt to obtain drug treatment data rings 'alarm bells'
The Department for Work and Pensions attempted to obtain access to confidential patient data so that it could be linked to information about employment, tax credits and benefits claims, HSJ has learned.
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News
Hunt's US fast-track management scheme will cost £10m
The government will spend £10m on its programme to boost failing hospitals’ management by drafting in new leaders who receive training in America, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire to open new radiotherapy centre
STRUCTURE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has said a brand new radiotherapy centre will open at the hospital in 2014.
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News
Pioneer database faces delay after watchdog intervenes
NHS England’s controversial plan to extract confidential information from patient records to build a national database faces a delay after an intervention by the information watchdog.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why 'cookie cutter' change programmes won't work
There is more to replicating success than ‘copy and paste’
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HSJ Local
GMC abandons case against four Mid Staffs doctors
WORKFORCE: The General Medical Council has abandoned fitness to practise investigations into four senior doctors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust due to insufficient evidence.
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HSJ Local
CQC criticises United Lincolnshire for continued failings
WORKFORCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission over concerns about low staffing, patient safety, record keeping and management.
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News
Lamb: Directors could face poor care prosecutions
Individual directors on the boards of healthcare providers will face the threat of criminal prosecution for neglect or abuse of patients, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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News
CQC appoints campaigner to advise on safety
A father whose high profile fight for answers over the death of his baby son at an NHS hospital led to the setting up of an independent inquiry has been appointed an adviser to the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7
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HSJ Local
CQC gives Kidderminster thumbs up
PERFORMANCE: Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre has been told it is meeting all five essential standards in a recent CQC inspection.
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HSJ Local
Pharmacists drafted in to help A&E staff
PERFORMANCE: Pharmacists are due to be introduced into the accident and emergency department at Worcestershire Royal Hospital to provide better support for patients.
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News
New standards planned for mental health crisis care
The government will impose new standards on mental health providers to force them to improve crisis care for patients across the country, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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News
PwC to support 'operational challenge' of new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is drafting in staff from PwC to help support the first wave of its new inspection regime, board papers reveal.