All Patient safety articles – Page 176
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News
Call for Welsh healthcare probe rejected
The Welsh government has rejected calls for an inquiry into NHS care standards and death rates.
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HSJ Knowledge
The impact of EU data regulations on the NHS
New rules will affect the handling of patient data
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News
Trusts seek thousands of frontline staff in 'short-term fix'
Foundation trusts aim to spend £500m recruiting 10,000 additional frontline clinical staff this year as a short term fix before cutting the workforce by almost 30,000 in the following two years, their latest plans show.
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HSJ Local
Medical director leaves Plymouth Hospitals Trust
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust medical director Alex Mayor is leaving the trust to take up a role with the South West Academic Health Science Network, HSJ has learned.
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News
Mid Staffs cases set to resume at NMC today
A fitness to practise case against a former chief nurse at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has resumed today.
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News
Crisp calls for patients to receive 'more power'
Patients should be given greater power over their care, including the ability to own their medical records and representation at every level of NHS management, Sir David Nicholson’s predecessor has said.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs survey reveals claims of continuing poor care
Some patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are continuing to suffer poor care more than four years after widespread failures at the trust first emerged.
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News
NHS emergency care 'unsustainable'
NHS emergency care is “unsustainable”, leading doctors have said.
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News
Exclusive: GMC reveals 16 A&Es with concerns
HSJ can reveal the names of 16 emergency departments about which the General Medical Council has current significant concerns.
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News
Exclusive: Trainee doctors to be withdrawn from DGH
Trainee doctors are to be withdrawn from the paediatrics department of a district general hospital, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Leicester Hospitals publishes survey results online
PERFORMANCE: Friends and family ratings for every ward at the University Hospitals of Leicester Trust will now be published on the trust website.
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Blogs
'Special measures' are a stick to beat trusts with
In my experience, trying to get out of special measures is the start of reducing the quality of services
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HSJ Local
Keogh review highlights Dudley staffing concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Dudley Group Foundation Trust has said it is to carry out a review of staffing levels after concerns raised by the Keogh mortality review panel.
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News
Keogh review exposes fears over NHS staffing levels
The NHS has little idea whether staffing levels at English hospitals are safe, Keogh review panel members have admitted.
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HSJ Local
Keogh finds disconnects at United Lincs
The Keogh review has identified “lack of escalation procedures, inadequate staffing levels and disconnected leadership” as some of the key areas of concern at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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News
Resignations announced at Keogh review trust
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust today announced the resignations of its chair and deputy chief executive, minutes before the expected publication of Sir Bruce Keogh review’s report on the trust.
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News
College urges paediatric reconfiguration
Health services for children must be radically changed or young patients could face serious safety risks, leading doctors have said.
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News
The Keogh review: HSJ's brief guide to mortality rates
The Keogh review into high mortality rates at 14 NHS hospital trusts has once again brought the debate over the indicator to the fore.
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News
New Compassionate Patient Care category for HSJ Awards
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is encouraging all organisations to enter a new HSJ Award category being backed by the Department of Health.
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Leader
NHS innovators get their due reward
Celebrating the pioneers of patient safety and care integration