All Patient safety articles – Page 198
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NewsNicholson: 'very real' chance Francis recommendations will conflict with policy
Recommendations from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry run a “very real” risk of conflicting with government policy, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has admitted.
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NewsGo ahead for £35m Shropshire reconfiguration
Major changes to acute services in Shropshire have been given the green-light, paving the way for a £35m reconfiguration across the county’s two hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Northampton General takes on vascular surgery
STRUCTURE: A review of vascular surgery in Northamptonshire has resulted in Northampton General Hospital Trust acting as the hub for the specialist service in the county.
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HSJ LocalAssaults on paramedics increase
WORKFORCE: The number of physical assaults on West Midlands Ambulance Service staff has increased in the past 12 months.
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HSJ Local
Ward changes at Pilgrim to improve care
Cardiology patients at Lincolnshire’s Pilgrim Hospital are to be concentrated on one ward to improve patient care.
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NewsOmbudsman's claims on care quality complaint 'did not stand up '
An apparent failure to fully investigate a high profile complaint has led to a renewed call for changes to the system.
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NewsNew infection threats emerging to replace MRSA and C difficile
A third of healthcare associated infections are now caused by bacteria that need to be tackled with different infection control techniques to MRSA and C difficile, a report has warned.
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HSJ Local
Shropshire Healthwatch consultation
STRUCTURE: Shropshire Council has launched a consultation on plans to set up its local Healthwatch.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
Troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay “can’t work” in the future without the reconfiguration of key services, its new chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalData breach trust fined £90,000
A health trust plans to appeal after being fined £90,000 because details of almost 60 patients were sent to the wrong person, the information watchdog said.
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HSJ Local
Sherwood FT two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has now gone two years without a case of MRSA making it one of the best performing hospitals in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Patient discharged with cannula
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a never event incident to its board involving a patient who was discharged with a cannula still in place.
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Diabetes audit reveals thousands of errors in one week
Medication errors occur in the treatment of 3,700 inpatients with diabetes in hospitals in England and Wales each week, according to the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe six steps to delivering better stroke care
Five years on from the National Stroke Strategy, London has turned around its performance. Alec Fraser, Sue Fenwick Elliot and David Cohen explain how the changes were made.
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CommentReaders' letters - 17 May 2012
How advoates can improve clinical engagement, and why the veto on publishing the risk register is a threat to patient safety
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NewsDoctors voting on pensions strike action
Doctors across the UK have begun voting on whether to take industrial action for the first time in more than three decades.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham trust achieves lowest ever C difficile rate
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust recorded its lowest ever number of C difficile cases in 2011/12.
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HSJ Local
Patients to tell Chesterfield how to improve
PERFORMANCE: A total of 850 former A&E patients at Chesterfield Royal Hospital are to be asked their views on how the foundation trust can improve its services.
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NewsPiP scandal: Lessons must be learned says Lord Howe
A review of the PiP breast implant scandal has concluded “serious lessons” must be learned and improvements made by the medicines and healthcare products regulator.
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NewsLeicester receives CQC rebuke over trolley waits
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been issued with a Care Quality Commission warning notice after an inspection revealed lengthy trolley waits, resulting in “a lack of privacy and dignity”.