All Patient safety articles – Page 257
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News
Neglect of records departments puts patient safety at risk
HSJ's investigation into missing patient records has prompted calls for enforceable standards on their availability.
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News
Missing: the notes of more than a million outpatients
Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients are seen each year without the clinician having their medical records, an HSJ investigation has found.
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Comment
Media Watch: the IT programme
Pity the poor chap on the IT helpdesk when the NHS rings up. For when it comes to sorting out the service's new computer system it's not simply a question of switching it off and on again.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on why safety is just a ritual
A Flybe flight from Southampton to Leeds-Bradford. Through security and reunited with belt and shoes. The flight is called. Walk across the tarmac, climb the stairs and claim seat 4A.
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News
HSJ survey: chiefs and managers at odds on patient safety
Most trust boards are prioritising finances and government targets over infection control, an HSJ poll has revealed.
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Centralisation gains fresh research support
Top health economists have given validity to Department of Health policies on centralisation of specialist services and reducing MRSA rates.
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Leader
Safety demands leaders at the top and power at the bottom
This week's HSJ survey on patient safety exposes a substantial perception gap between chief executives and senior managers.
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David Nicholson speaks at Patient Safety Congress 2008
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has called for national targets and local leadership to improve patient safety in the NHS.
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Sickle cell patients neglected by NHS, report claims
The serious health needs of 12,000 people with sickle cell disease in the UK are being neglected by the NHS because not enough is known about the condition or its treatment, according to a report published today by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death.
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Report points to hormone replacement therapy 'misconceptions'
Hormone replacement therapy is surrounded by 'misconceptions and misperceptions', according to a new report.
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HSJ Partners
Using communication to improve patient safety
Effective communication in hospitals is vital to save lives and ensure patients receive the best care. Clinicians and managers alike should work to hone their skills in this area, as Liza Coffin explains
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HSJ Partners
Developing the annual health check
The Health Foundation has used learning from its safer patients initiative to advise on methodology that could be used when assessing whether acute trusts are complying with the hygiene code.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety survey: those in peril
An HSJ poll has uncovered widespread under-reporting of safety failures, while national monitoring processes need a major overhaul. Charlotte Santry looks at the results
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Comment
Angela Greatley on mental healthcare in prison
Late last month, a Prison Officers’ Association official claimed that prison had become so comfortable that prisoners were no longer trying to escape.
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News
Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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Poll of hospital patients reveals chasm in care standards
A Healthcare Commission survey of hospital patients in England has revealed ‘striking variations’ in some aspects of basic care.
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Inquiry reveals gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illnesses are not being treated appropriately because the health professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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Patient satisfaction varies massively, survey shows
The proportion of inpatients rating their hospital care as 'excellent' varies massively between the best and the worst trusts, a survey by the Healthcare Commission has found.
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HSJ Partners
CSIP factsheet on administering medicines
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's housing learning and improvement network has published an online factsheet to help practitioners, commissioners, care service managers and housing managers in extra care housing deal with issues surrounding administering medicines.
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News
Study on early abortions in non-hospital settings
The Department of Health has published the results of a pilot study on early medical abortions in non-hospital settings.