All Patient safety articles – Page 173
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NewsCQC inspectors failed to refer 'uncaring' staff to regulators
Care Quality Commission inspectors who witnessed “unacceptable behaviour” at Whipps Cross Hospital failed to refer any staff to their professional regulators, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsAnalysis: Mid Staffs administrators' plans would see millions in investment
Hundreds of millions of pounds will be ploughed into the Staffordshire health economy over the next three years, if plans by administrators for the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust go ahead.
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HSJ LocalCouncil moves to block mental health reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Plans to remove all acute inpatient mental health beds from Medway Maritime Hospital have been referred to the health secretary by local councillors.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting a stop to preventable deaths
Using morbidity and mortality meetings to help reduce deaths in hospitals
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NewsHuge leap in number of bids to curb liberty
A record number of requests have been made by hospitals and care homes to deprive people of their liberty, figures show.
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CommentLondon's hospitals: a medical history
What today’s leaders can learn from 200 years of the capital’s hospital system
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LeaderGood inquiries should be short and sharp
The Morecambe Bay inquiry can learn from Keogh, Francis and Berwick
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NewsScottish health boards 'must do better'
Every Scottish health board reviewed so far on how they deal with serious incidents have been told they must improve.
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NewsOmbudsman: 'toxic cocktail' hinders complaints
Patients who suffer poor care in hospitals are being failed by a “toxic cocktail” within the health service, according to the NHS Ombudsman.
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NewsExclusive: Work not started on minimum safe staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, has not been asked to begin drawing up evidence-based minimum safe staffing level tools, six months after it was recommended by the Francis inquiry report, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Morecambe Bay inquiry chair prepared to target regulators
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has told HSJ he wants the freedom to investigate all bodies involved – including, potentially, regulators.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient leaders should have been Francis' first recommendation
The report fell short on patient empowerment
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CommentHow the NHS can chip away at 18 week waits
Three steps for the government to improve waiting times further
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NewsBerwick nursing adviser says report was 'specific' on staffing
The Berwick report tacitly backed staffing ratios and the regulation of healthcare assistants in its recommendations, according to the senior nurse involved in the NHS patient safety review.
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Blogs
No blame − the NHS's the gain
The Berwick reviews says the NHS should have a learning, no blame culture. But what would that look like?
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NewsBerwick chief: review critics 'miss the point'
Critics who complained the Berwick review into patient safety was too “soft” are “fundamentally missing the point”, one of the review group’s leading members has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
New unit at Worcester Royal to help A&E
Work has been completed on a new unit at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust which is aimed at relieving pressure on the trust’s accident and emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Complaints rise at Worcester Royal Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The number of complaints about Worcester Royal Hospital have almost doubled over five years according to the latest annual complaint report.
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NewsManagers 'will escape prosecution' under Berwick's law
Members of the Berwick review group have played down the impact of its proposed new criminal offence of neglect or wilful misconduct.
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CommentChris Hopson: Berwick review is an important intervention
Don Berwick’s report outlines the right way for the NHS to move forward