All Patient safety articles – Page 183
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NewsExclusive: 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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NewsHunt'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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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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NewsPioneer 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 KnowledgeWhy 'cookie cutter' change programmes won't work
There is more to replicating success than ‘copy and paste’
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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 LocalCQC 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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NewsLamb: 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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NewsCQC 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 KnowledgePutting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7
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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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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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NewsNew 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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NewsPwC 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.
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NewsBerwick review costs revealed
The Berwick review of patient safety in the NHS cost less than £100,000, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNew law will lead to prosecutions for poor care, says Lamb
The government will introduce a law to allow healthcare providers to be prosecuted for neglect and poor care, the care services minister Norman Lamb has indicated.
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CommentStaff equality and patient safety are intrinsically linked
Using lessons in safety to tackle prejudice
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NewsNMC backs revalidation plans despite concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has approved plans for the revalidation of the profession - provided the new system can be shown to be worth the cost.
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Trust faces £12m financial deficit
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has warned performance difficulties during a “difficult summer” have led it to predict a year-end deficit of £12m.