All Patient safety articles – Page 261
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News
Shrinking office space risks patient confidentiality
Doctors have less office space than a year ago and over half of doctors say they do not have adequate office resources, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.
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Staffordshire ambulance safety warning
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust took risks with the safety of patients, staff and volunteers, the Healthcare Commission has found.In an investigation covering April 2004 to June 2007, the commission found problems relating to the poor management of controlled drugs, emergency ambulance volunteers and its out-of-hours GP service.
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Staff survey shows low opinion of senior management
Trusts have been urged to address a ‘breakdown’ in the relationship between senior managers and staff, following the results of the fifth annual NHS staff survey.It is the first time the Healthcare Commission’s survey of every trust in England has asked specific questions about senior management.
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Gibb sues former employer
Rose Gibb, the former chief executive who received a £75,000 pay-off after presiding over a fatal infection outbreak, was prepared to 'stay and face the music', according to her trade union. She is suing her former employer for a further £175,000 plus interest, claiming she was forced to leave.
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Patient safety tops list of complaints to Healthcare Commission
Patient safety has emerged as the biggest area of concern in complaints that are handled by the Healthcare Commission.
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Concern at slow response to review of brutal murder
The chair of an inquiry into the brutal murder of a man with learning disabilities has said she is 'hugely disappointed' by the NHS's failure to address the problems it identified.
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Comment
Michael White on biosimilars and generics
At my bus-pass holding time of life, you don't often come across a word whose meaning you could no more guess at than a street sign in Tokyo. It happened to me when trawling Hansard the other day. The word was 'biosimilars'.
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Comment
Media Watch: anti-infection alligators
The leech has long been recognised as the doctor's friend. Now another swamp creature is crawling to the forefront of healthcare.
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Staff survey points to poor communication
The views of thousands of NHS employees have been published in the Healthcare Commission's fifth annual staff survey.The survey reveals that, while staff are generally satisfied in their jobs, communication with senior management is often seen as poor.
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Comment
How the NHS is failing vulnerable adults
What does the murder of a man with a learning disability have to do with the NHS? Not as much as it should, according to Margaret Flynn, who conducted an official inquiry into the death of Steven Hoskin in Cornwall
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HSJ Partners
Northern Ireland welcomes patient safety collaboration
Northern Ireland'schief medical officer Dr Michael McBride has welcomed the Northern Ireland Safety Forum's collaboration with the Health Foundation.
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HSJ Partners
New patient safety briefing available
The Health Foundation has released an update on the lessons learned from its Safer Patients Initiative.
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Corporate manslaughter law comes into force
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into effect yesterday.Under the act, companies and organisations can be prosecuted if serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
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Focus on hospital infections 'misguided'
The focus on MRSA infections in hospital is misguided, an expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has said.Professor Sally Bloomfield has said that attention should also be paid to better hygiene standards in people's homes, to reduce the risk of people taking infections into hospitals when ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving patient safety through crucial conversations
Holding crucial conversations - emotional and risky discussions - is key to improving patient safety, reducing errors, improving morale and reducing staff turnover, explains Richard Pound
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Adverse drug reactions cost £2bn a year, pressure group claims
Dealing with adverse reactions to prescribed drugs costs the NHS £1.9bn a year, the pressure group Compass has claimed.
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DH issues retinopathy statement
The Department of Health has released a diabetic retinopathy screening statement on its website.
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Simon Stevens on improving payment by results
In my last column, I discussed evidence on how payment by results is actually working.
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Media Watch: deep clean
The government's deep clean and choice initiatives caused a big stink this week.
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HSJ Knowledge
GPs in the dock: case for the defence
Around 90 per cent of NHS work is done by family doctors, so why is there so much heat around their pay and workload? The Royal College of GPs' president answers the critics