All Patient safety articles – Page 188
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS QUEST aims for best quality and safety standards
Fourteen trusts are focusing on key priority areas
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CommentWhy wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now
The key points from an alternative report
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HSJ LocalThirteen hospital staff test positive for tuberculosis
Thirteen staff working at a dialysis unit at the centre of a tuberculosis outbreak have tested positive for the infection, HSJ has learned.
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CommentDoctors' discipline needs an overhaul
Maintaining High Professional Standards is failing patients, doctors and employers
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HSJ LocalRat droppings found in operating theatre
Forty operations have been cancelled at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust after rat droppings were found in an operating theatre.
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NewsRevalidation to cost £970m over 10 years
Medical revalidation will cost the NHS £970m over the next 10 years, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsMPs call for improved diabetes care
Too many patients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications because they are not receiving the straightforward care and support they need, according to MPs.
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley appeal over norovirus spike
Wye Valley Trust has issued an “urgent appeal” for people with diarrhoea and vomiting to stay away from the County Hospital, in Hereford after a spike in the number of patients presenting with symptoms.
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NewsRCN's commission backs audits of culture of NHS bodies
The culture of healthcare organisations should be routinely assessed, according to a commission set up by the Royal College of Nursing.
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NewsCash for end-of-life hospitals
Eighty-five per cent of trusts have adopted a controversial end-of-life care regime which can involve withholding food and drink from terminally-ill patients, figures suggest.
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CommentReaders' letters - 1 November
Checks in place ensure over-the-counter inhalers are safe; and why is no one holding commissioners to account over abuse in care homes?
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NewsCQC staff survey shows morale still low
Just 16 per cent of staff at the Care Quality Commission think morale is good while less than a fifth think changes are effectively implemented, the organisation’s latest staff survey reveals.
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HSJ LocalBristol children's cardiac ward where patient died was understaffed
PERFORMANCE: Managers at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have been criticised by the Care Quality Commission for failing to address long running staffing issues on a ward for seriously ill children.
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CommentSavile saga could leave health service in a fix
Do hospitals have legal liability for Jimmy Savile’s actions?
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Blogs
Winterbourne View was shocking but hardly surprising
Some people will be genuinely shocked at the prison sentences handed out to staff who worked at the Winterbourne View home for people with learning disabilities.
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NewsHunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a taskforce to improve safety of surgery after it emerged more than 80 per cent of never events during 2011-12 occurred in operating theatres.
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HSJ KnowledgeEasing winter pressures
Consultant-delivered multidisciplinary team working is providing a host of positive outcomes
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CommentWhistle while you work - if you dare
Whisteblowing is publicly encouraged but privately still a dangerous business
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HSJ PartnersSafeguarding in the future NHS – what CCGs need to know
An overview of what CCGs will need to demonstrate with regard to safeguarding children
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HSJ LocalFoundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.