All Patient safety articles – Page 189
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NewsFrancis response: Increased threat of prosecution for major safety breaches
NHS providers could face an increased risk of being prosecuted for major patient safety problems, which breach health and safety law, under government proposals responding to the Francis report.
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HSJ KnowledgeChallenges faced by NHS clinical directors
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Exclusive: Hospitals and GPs to be required to tell truth about errors
Healthcare providers which conceal mistakes or failures that lead to harm of patients will be held to account under a new statutory duty of candour, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: CQC reveals overhaul of inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is about to launch a massive overhaul of its inspection regime which could see the best hospitals go five years without an inspection and the worst face intense scrutiny, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: CQC admits it cannot spot poor hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has not been able to “really assess” the safety and quality of hospitals under its current model, the regulator’s new chair has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: One breach could put a trust in 'failure regime'
Just one breach of new fundamental standards to be developed by the Care Quality Commission would see a provider tipped into a new “single failure regime” – but all enforcement action will be left to other regulators, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
United Lincolnshire under 'sustained pressure'
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has said it is facing “sustained presure” on its services due to high demand for emergency services.
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NewsBan on gagging clauses is 'smoke and mirrors'
High level announcements about restrictions on the use of confidentiality clauses have “limited significance” but may help to clarify their effect for staff, lawyers have told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Nicholson forced to correct evidence to MPs over Gary Walker
Sir David Nicholson has been forced to write to MPs to correct comments he gave in relation to sacked hospital chief executive during evidence to the Commons public accounts committee, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGary Walker says he was threatened and removed from job
Former hospital chief executive Gary Walker has told MPs he was threatened and removed from his job in a row with then health authority boss Dame Barbara Hakin.
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NewsExclusive: Gary Walker did tell Nicholson he was a whistleblower
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker did seek to be treated as a whistleblower when he approached Sir David Nicholson with patient safety concerns, a document seen by HSJ reveals.
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NewsGovernment moves to clarify protection for whistleblowers
The government has moved to tighten up the use of so-called “gagging” clauses and pay offs to NHS employees in the wake of high profile coverage of whistleblowing cases.
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NewsExclusive: Keogh mortality probe could be 'model' for chief inspector of hospitals
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh hopes his review of care quality at 14 acute trusts will provide a model for the future chief inspector of hospitals.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay Inquiry chair revealed
PERFORMANCE: The independent inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be led by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, local MPs have revealed.
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NewsCSUs see chance for new business in wake of Francis
Commissioning support units are strengthening their quality assurance services in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.