All Patient safety articles – Page 201
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HSJ Local
Trust aims to slash mortality by quarter in 5 years
A hospital trust has launched an ambitious five-year plan to dramatically reduce its death rates with a host of actions to improve standards of care.
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News
Information tribunal judgment says DH should have released risk register
An information tribunal has ruled the Department of Health’s transition risk register should have been released because of the “general alarm at what was happening”.
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NewsMid Staffs 'could lose all acute services'
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could lose all its acute services unless radical action is taken to address clinical and financial problems, a leading health policy expert has warned its management.
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NewsTrauma network adds five major centres
Five major trauma centres in the South are joining a national network to provide life-saving care to patients.
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NewsBMA warns of first doctor industrial action in decades
The first ballot of doctors on industrial action since 1975 will go ahead within weeks if the government does not rethink the major changes it is making to NHS pensions.
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Comment'Technology could change the way medicine is practiced'
IT must be embraced as a clinical tool.
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NewsDoctor employed by trusts despite 'mercy killing' conviction
A foreign doctor convicted of the “mercy killing” of a patient in Spain later got a job with police in the UK, medical watchdogs have heard.
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NewsQuarter of trusts consider negligence scheme exit
Seventy-two NHS trusts have consulted with a private insurance broker over leaving the NHS Litigation Authority for a commercial alternative, it has been claimed.
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NewsResponse to PiP scare was 'inadequate', say MPs
Action by the government and a health regulator to communicate with women over the PiP breast implants scandal was “inadequate”, MPs have said.
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NewsNHS reform risk register reveals list of serious concerns
A version of the Department of Health’s risk register for the NHS reforms has been published on the internet, having apparently been leaked.
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NewsIncrease in patient liberty restrictions - CQC
There has been a rise in the number of approvals for measures that allow hospital and care home staff to deprive people of their liberty.
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NewsMental health trust in breach of authorisation despite 'improvement'
A mental health trust has been found in significant breach of its authorisation by Monitor, after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about care.
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NewsDoctors acting illegally over abortion consent, inspection shows
Doctors are breaking the law if they “pre-sign” abortion consent forms, the government has said.
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Comment'Our vital out of hours services are being sidelined'
In the first of our new monthly leadership interviews, GP and out of hours pioneer Mark Reynolds outlines his concerns for the future of evening and weekend services to Daloni Carlisle.
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HSJ Local
Sharp fall in staff satisfaction ranking for Alder Hey
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust fell more than 10 places in the national rankings for staff job satisfaction, the latest annual NHS staff survey has shown.
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HSJ Local
Hospital in children's heart care row 'delaying' urgent improvements
STRUCTURE: A leading hospital has been accused of risking delays to much-needed improvements in children’s heart care across England by taking “premature” legal action and “putting a spanner in the works”.
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NewsHealth Bill will widen inequalities says experts' 'risk register'
The Health Bill will widen health inequalities, increase healthcare costs, reduce quality of care and the lead to the loss of a comprehensive NHS, according to an alternative “risk register” drawn up by the Faculty of Public Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe new reality for whistleblowing over poor quality care
The GMC’s new guidance documents give clarification on a doctor’s duties and address concerns over acting on issues of patient safety. Lisa Jones explains.
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HSJ KnowledgeTime to change: how leaders can help inspire round the clock care
The fundamental basis for nursing practice should be the concept of hourly rounding, rather than just another “thing” for nurses to do, says Marie Hutchings.
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NewsImprovements in ‘harm free’ older patient care
A significant improvement has been recorded in the proportion of older patients receiving “harm free” care following a major patient safety trial, HSJ can disclose.