All Patient safety articles – Page 197
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HSJ Local
Patient safety concerns closes mental health unit
STRUCTURE: All admissions to a mental health unit in Grantham have been stopped on patient safety grounds by Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell meets infection targets
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust has met its annual target for both MRSA and C difficile infections.
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NewsSocial care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey
Older people are being put at risk because of “dangerous” cuts to home-based care which could cost the country billions of pounds, a leading charity has warned.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs could merge with neighbour
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could merge with University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, HSJ understands.
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NewsLarge rise in shifts filled by agency staff
The use of agency nurses by acute and community service providers has soared by 50 per cent in a year, evidence suggests.
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NewsScotland's Legionnaires' cases increase again
Cases of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease have risen again, the Scottish government has confirmed.
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NewsMore blood donations needed ahead of Olympics
A drop in people giving blood over the Jubilee weekend led to national blood stocks falling by 7 per cent, NHS Blood and Transplant has warned.
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HSJ Local
Trust plan to cut mortality
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has developed a plan to cut the trust’s high mortality rate.
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News
'Crisis' in child health could arrive in 12 months
The NHS could be a year away from a “crisis” in the care given to children, the new president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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NewsGovernment wrong to focus on 'breakthrough' drug research, warns pharma chief
Fears have been expressed for the future of medical drug research in the UK by the head of the association representing Britain’s pharmaceutical industry.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs nurses disciplined for continuing cannula incidents
PERFORMANCE: Nurses at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been disciplined with one suspended after the trust revealed another patient had been discharged with a cannula left in their arm.
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NewsWatchdog claims doctors are failing cardiac arrest patients
Cardiac arrests in hospitals could be prevented if doctors recognise and act on early warning signs more quickly, a health watchdog has said.
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HSJ Local
Trust approves £1m consultant rota to cut death rates
WORKFORCE: Consultants working at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust are to be expected to work a seven-day rota in a drive to cut the number of weekend deaths.
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HSJ Local
Trust investigation after death of baby delivered on floor
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is investigating the death of a baby after his mother was forced to give birth on a day room floor because midwives were too busy to see her.
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HSJ Knowledge
How better equipment management offers time and money savings
Managing medical equipment is an often overlooked and typically inefficient aspect of running a healthcare facility.
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News'Cancel operations now', warns doctors' leader ahead of pension action
Hospital managers should begin cancelling routine surgery and appointments now ahead of a day of action by doctors on 21 June, according to the British Medical Association’s consultant leader.
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NewsLansley looking forward to 'time when there are no more Mid Staffs'
The government and the law are on the side of NHS staff who raise concerns about patient care, the health secretary has said.
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NewsNHS could impose mandatory retirement age after court verdict
A recent court ruling could help create a precedent allowing NHS employers to apply a compulsory retirement age to staff, HSJ has been told.
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NewsCameron introduces 'family and friends' hospitals rating
A system for ranking NHS hospitals by patient satisfaction in “real time” will be introduced across England from April next year, the prime minister has announced.
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HSJ LocalCQC criticises poor discharges at Lincoln
PERFORMANCE: Patients at Lincoln County Hospital were “at risk from delays and uncoordinated care” when they were discharged, according to an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.