All Patient safety articles – Page 231
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards 2010: Patient Safety
Take a look at last year’s winners to help you put together a winning entry
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NewsHospital told to overhaul cleaning team
Cleaning standards at Glasgow Royal Infirmary are satisfactory but action must be taken to ensure cleaners are available when needed, a new report has found.
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NewsTop mark for maternity service
The maternity service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has become the first to achieve the top accreditation for clinical safety in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe cost of poor quality healthcare and how to put it right
Improvement initiatives can save money, but how to make real change remains a challenge, finds Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ KnowledgeVirtual innovations in health and social care
Continuing our series on innovation, Maggie Ioannou looks at the lessons learned from delivering virtual ward.
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NewsHospital infection controls criticised
A hospital has been told to improve its infection control standards by health inspectors who made 16 requirements for change.
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HSJ KnowledgeCommissioning and strategic priorities
World class commissioning requires robust decision making by commissioners linked to the strategic priorities of the PCT. Pat Williams explains how Wolverhampton City PCT is achieving this.
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NewsNeonatal units 'under-staffed'
A committee of Welsh politicians has discovered that many neonatal units for ill and premature babies are crowded and under-staffed.
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NewsTrust to pay compensation to brain damaged man
A taxi driver who suffered brain damage after receiving medical treatment for a stab wound to his neck is set to receive a compensation package from The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust.
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NewsGPs refuse to work for out-of-hours services
GPs are refusing to work for badly funded out-of-hours services that put patients at risk by relying on overseas doctors, a conference heard today.
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NewsLife expectancy gap widens across England
The gap between the life expectancy of the rich and poor has widened despite efforts to close it, a government watchdog has revealed.
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NewsBMA votes against homeopathy funding
The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for homeopathic remedies to be banned on the NHS and removed from pharmacies where they are for sale as medicines.
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NewsBad practice reporting guide published
A new guide has been made available to employers in the NHS that offers advice on how to ensure staff can report bad practice.
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NewsStomach cancer survival rate improves
The number of people dying from stomach cancer in the UK has fallen to a 40-year low, according to Cancer Research UK.
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NewsC diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.
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NewsTell boards 'patient stories' to keep safety on agenda
Getting boards to listen to “patient stories” about safety breakdowns can be a powerful tool for engagement, according to a manager who is pioneering the approach at her hospital.
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NewsFTs urged to use governors on incident inquiry panels
Patient safety can ‘benefit’ when governors sit on serious incident inquiry panels, according to non-executive director at the country’s first mental health foundation trust.
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NewsPatient safety programme hailed
A patient safety programme has played a major role in helping reduce the number of unexpected hospital deaths, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsEarly breast cancer diagnosis could save 1,000 lives
A total of 957 deaths from advanced breast cancer could be avoided each year in England if its early diagnosis rates matched those in Norway and Sweden, research has shown.
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NewsClinical audits ordered to reveal provider level data
National clinical audits will be stripped of their funding if they refuse to publish information on organisation performance, including mortality rates, HSJ has learned.