All Patient safety articles – Page 267
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News
Papworth transplants given green light
The Healthcare Commission said at 1pm today that Papworth Hospital foundation trust could resume heart transplants after the trust agreed to implement additional measures to protect patients.
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Circular sets out appropriate blood use
A circular on blood transfusions has been published. It includes information on transfusion safety and effectiveness and avoiding unnecessary use of blood components.
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Comment
Stephen Ramsden on the transformational approach to patient safety
To make real strides in patient safety, we must win the hearts and minds of NHS staff and patients, mobilising them to be drivers of change
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MP demands severance deal figure
A Conservative MP is demanding the Department of Health discloses the severance settlement paid last month to Mark Rees, the former chief executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals trust.
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Infection control: C difficile measures improve at Stoke Mandeville
Buckinghamshire Hospitals trust has made 'significant progress' on infection control a year on from a Clostridium difficile outbreak that killed 33 people, says the Healthcare Commission. But the regulator highlighted doctors' poor hand hygiene as a serious concern in a follow-up report published today.
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All non-executives resign from infection-hit Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
All the non-executives of a trust at the centre of an infection control scandal have left.
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Progress reported at infection-hit Stoke Mandeville
Stoke Mandeville Hospital has made 'substantial progress' to prevent and manage healthcare-associated infections, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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Comment
To George Jenkins, interim chair of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
Having been in place for only a short time, it will no doubt be apparent to you and Glen Douglas, your interim chief executive, that you have taken on a tough job.
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£31m for children's mental health services
The government has announced it is spending £31m on increasing bed capacity and improving facilities in child and adolescent mental health services.The funding has been split between 17 projects designed to help eliminate the inappropriate use of adult psychiatric wards for children and young people.
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HSJ Knowledge
Stroke care - leading the way
The Health Foundation has responded to the Department of Health's consultation on a national stroke strategy in England.
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News
Doncaster
A hospital’s refusal to adopt a national pay agreement has raised questions over the limits of foundation trusts’ independence. Maintenance workers atDoncasterand Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust, where the chairman of the pay negotiating council Joe Brayford is human resources director, are striking every Monday for the next four weeks after ...
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Welsh infection control measures introduced
Healthcare settings in Wales will have to introduce infection control measures as part of a strategy released by the Welsh Assembly.
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Tragedies involving mentally ill could be avoided, says charity
Mental health charity Rethink has said tragic cases where people with mental illnesses harm others could be avoided if sufferers and their families had a legal right to care and treatment when they ask for it.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health inequalities mean babies are still not born equal
This week's Data Briefing looks at early neonatal deaths and stillbirths in Birmingham. END is the death of an infant within seven days of birth.
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Infections cost Welsh NHS £50m a year
Healthcare-associated infections cost the NHS in Wales £50m per year and affect 6 per cent of hospital patients, says a report by the auditor general for Wales. This is fewer than in England and Scotland but more than Northern Ireland.But the report adds there are extra steps trusts can take, ...
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Urgent care best practice published
Guidance on urgent care pathways for older people with complex needs has been published by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health: the safety scandal
Sexual safety is one of the biggest issues in inpatient care, with concerns not being heeded because of complacency, burnt-out staff and prejudice. Emma Dent reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Infection control: back to the boardroom
Informing the board and protecting patients were the key strands of one trust's infection control drive, writes Alison Norman
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Review of heart transplant mortality rates
The Healthcare Commission is to carry out a preliminary review ofPapworthHospitalfoundation trust's heart transplantation programme after routine audit showed a slight increase in early mortality rates following heart transplantation.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ofcare - a break with the past or business as usual?
The recent announcements by the prime minister and the health secretary that there is to be a crackdown on hospital-acquired infections must be good news for patients and healthcare professionals. A new regulator is promised, with tough powers of inspection, investigation and intervention, backed by fines, where hygiene standards are ...