All Patient safety articles – Page 186
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BlogsEvidence, not newspaper exaggeration, should direct debates about care quality
The Foundation Trust Network has evidence The Sunday Telegraph’s story about “dangerously low staffing levels” at NHS hospitals has been greatly exaggerated, as FTN chief executive Chris Hopson explains.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Safety data reveals trusts bucking the improvement trend
HSJ analysis has identified the NHS providers whose patients are suffering increasing levels of avoidable harm, bucking a national trend of continuous month-on-month improvement.
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NewsNHS flaws 'led to scandal' - Taylor
Perverse incentives, which mean it is better for NHS managers to allow standards of care at hospitals to fall rather than admit they are failing, led to the scandal at Stafford Hospital, a health service expert has said.
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NewsMid Staffs myths exposed: the truth about death rates, whistleblowers and the inquiry
Shaun Lintern addresses some of the myths that surround the scandal of poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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CommentMy five-year journey reporting on Mid Staffs
Reporter and witness Shaun Lintern recalls a disturbing story
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NewsWards dangerously understaffed, warn more than half of nurses
Nearly a quarter of nurses say their trust is at risk of a Mid Staffordshire-style care breakdown
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping the expert capacity to transform the NHS
Do you have enough improvement experts for change?
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat 'safety cases' mean for healthcare
Safety cases are common in industry but how can they be applied to healthcare?
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NewsFrancis report's publication date is revealed
Robert Francis QC has revealed his report on the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will be published on 6 February.
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NewsTrusts to be told to halve pressure ulcers or face fines
NHS trusts could face financial penalties if they fail to halve the number of pressure ulcers in their organisation during the 2013-14, under new rules from the Department of Health.
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NewsTrust leaders admit 'pockets' of poor care found across the NHS
Trust leaders have “formally and publicly” acknowledged that “pockets” of poor care are likely to exist in most NHS organisations, in an open letter ahead of the publication of the Francis report.
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NewsFailed NHS managers could face blacklisting
Ministers are considering creating a “blacklist” of NHS managers who preside over failure and would be prevented from working in the health service again, HSJ understands.
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NewsMid Staffs struggles with patient satisfaction test
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has recorded the third-lowest score in the latest set of results from the midlands and east of England pilot of the friends and family test.
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NewsHunt admits IT plans are ‘brave’ as report lays bare challenge
A report published alongside Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that the NHS should be paperless by 2018 has underlined the difficulties the NHS faces in hitting the target in just five years.
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NewsHospitals 'must tackle surgery infection rate'
People recovering from surgery get infections far more often than is being reported, according to a university-led study.
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HSJ Local
Three ‘never events’ at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
PERFORMANCE: There were three ‘never events’ reported by Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust between July and September 2012, according to latest commissioner board papers.
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NewsOmbudsman to investigate more care failures
Hospitals and other health services are likely to face more investigations by the parliamentary and health services ombudsman after a review called for a change in its approach.
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NewsSavile used hospitals to commit decades of abuse
Jimmy Savile was “a prolific, predatory sex offender” who committed abuse across more than a dozen UK medical sites and could have been prosecuted for offences against at least three victims while he was alive, two separate reports said on Friday.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire 999 calls up 30 per cent
The number of emergency 999 calls in Leicestershire has jumped 30 per cent in the first three weeks of December, according to the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
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NewsNicholson argues he should survive to implement Mid Staffs recommendations
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson believes he should survive any criticism levelled at him by the forthcoming report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.