All Patient safety articles – Page 214
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving vascular outcomes: the challenge of delivering NHS Health Checks
A mobile pilot in Hastings and Rother has demonstrated how the NHS Health Check programme can help successfully battle against vascular disease. East Sussex Community Health Services health development manager Hayley Martin explains.
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News£300m bill for social care services transfer
Transferring social care from councils to the NHS could cost more than £300m, according to the organisation representing Scotland’s 32 councils.
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NewsEating assistance figure unchanged in nine years
Almost one in five NHS patients who need help with eating are offered no assistance - a figure that has not changed since 2002, data shows.
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HSJ KnowledgeProviding a quailty service to patients without English as a first language
Interpreting services are failing to meet the needs of black and ethnic minority communities, and risk dilluting the level of patient care. But despite the perceived cost, Maqs Khan explains why investment in interpreting services could safeguard a more efficient future for community care.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy full scale IT adoption is the logical step for safer healthcare practice
While IT is transforming UK healthcare practices and procedures, a significant proportion of the NHS relies on outdated paper-based processes, which are wasteful, inefficient and putting lives at risk. Unquestionably, the time is ripe to fully exploit IT in the NHS, argues Dr Paul Shannon.
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Adult social services face £300m cuts
Local authorities expect to cut around £300m from adult social services this year, despite receiving more than £1.5bn from the NHS and Department of Health.
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NewsWaiting times rising amid cuts, King's Fund finds
NHS waiting times are rising as financial strain on the healthcare system begins to show, according to a report published today.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a leaner integrated approach improved older person services at a reduced cost
Gateshead has taken a joint approach to improving services and reducing costs, with a particular focus on older people’s services and long term conditions. Sue Mundy and Eirian Lewis explain the leaner approach.
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NewsNHS denying patients care, claims surgeon group
British surgeons have accused the NHS of denying needy patients treatment in order to balance their books.
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SupplementsPreventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism
Hard work is needed to beat hospital-associated venous thromboembolism. HSJ’s latest supplement provides valuable information and insight into how this can be achieved.
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NewsMid staffs inquiry told "name and shame" approach of Dr Foster unhelpful
Publishing hospital standardised mortality ratios into league tables without establishing how much of the variation between trusts could be blamed on poor care was “irresponsible”, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has heard.
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NewsPatients 'isolated' by hotel style wards
“Hotel style” hospital environments can leave patients feeling isolated and nurses unable to prioritise care, the public inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has heard.
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NewsAccident and emergency waits rise 65 per cent
The number of people waiting more than four hours in A&E has jumped 65 per cent since the government scrapped a target, NHS figures show.
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News'Sub-optimal' post-operative care putting patients at risk
Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of inadequate care following emergency operations, surgeons claim.
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NewsFirst after-death care guidance issued
A pathway for caring for patients after death has been developed in the first national guidance on “last offices”.
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NewsHip and knee patients 'waiting in pain'
Patients waiting for hip and knee surgery are suffering in pain for longer periods of time after being denied surgery to save money, it has been claimed.
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NewsUnison poll reveals privatisation unease
A survey of over 2,000 adults by Unison showed that three out of four were opposed to any move to have private companies running parts of the NHS blood and transplant service.
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HSJ KnowledgeA new approach to workforce planning needed for surgeons to deliver high quality care
Workforce planning must not be an afterthought if surgeons are to provide high quality care and deliver savings. The Royal College of Surgeons’ council lead for workforce Robert Greatorex looks at how to make informed decisions.
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HSJ KnowledgeReshaping service delivery to put humanity at the heart of public services
Last month’s ombudsman report didn’t just highlight the gap between the NHS’s values and the reality for older people; it suggested that the health service needs to reshape ways of working that start putting patients back at the heart of care, argues thinkpublic’s design project lead Ella Britton.
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NewsPrivate sector incident data sharing deal stalls
A long-awaited deal to feed private providers’ safety incidents into a national database has been delayed since last July by plans to abolish the National Patient Safety Agency.