All Patient safety articles – Page 270
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Media Watch
The papers are again keen to expose the 'scandal' of hospital food - this time the focus is on hospital kitchens. The Observer told readers of a 'searing indictment' of their cleanliness after government inspection reports revealed 'that breaches of food hygiene laws include infestations of mice and cockroaches, kitchen ...
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Executives face fresh scrutiny on hospital infection outbreaks
The government wants a new power to place a legal requirement on NHS chief executives to report MRSA and Clostridium difficile outbreaks to the Health Protection Agency.
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Media Watch: breaking the habit
This week columnists seized on the case of a smoker apparently denied an NHS operation to fix his broken ankle unless he gives up a 20-a-day habit.
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Heather Walker on clinical measures
'Death is only one outcome. As far as the NHS is concerned, very little is known about the other outcomes of those discharged from hospital. Do patients actually feel any better for the healthcare intervention they have just undergone?'
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HSJ Knowledge
Stephen Thornton on engaging clinicians
'One of the most powerful motivating factors for clinicians to be involved in improving services is seeing its direct impact on the quality of patient care'
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New dress code to prevent spread of infections
A new dress code that specifies 'bare below the elbows' will mark the end of doctors' traditional white coats.The overhaul of uniforms and workwear is part of a range of measures announced by health secretary Alan Johnson to help prevent the spread of hospital-acquired infections.
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PCTs attacked in MPs' report
Too many primary care trusts are 'paying lip service' to a government programme intended to boost quality and safety after a string of high-profile scandals in the NHS, according to a report published by the cross-party public accounts committee.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reducing maternal death rates in Malawi
Maternal and neonatal death is one of the biggest healthcare issues facing developing countries. Malawi has one of the highest death rates in the world, with over 5 per cent of births ending in a fatality. To help tackle this, the Health Foundation is running a three-year programme dedicated to ...
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HSJ Knowledge
The nuclear option that's increasing patient safety
A colour-coded early warning score system adapted from nuclear submarines has significantly reduced mortality rates at Luton and Dunstable hospital.
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HSJ Knowledge
Stephen Ramsden on being a good chief executive
'What is the role of a chief executive? I constantly ask myself this and I firmly believe the NHS has got it wrong.'
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health special feature: the big issues
From vulnerable women on mixed-sex wards to continued over-representation of BME groups, Mental Health Act Commission chief executive Chris Heginbotham has a lot on his plate. Emma Dent reports
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Experts clash on success rates data
A Department of Health drive to publish more success rates for NHS services has split members of an expert panel charged with deciding what can be measured. They agree that using outcomes reported by trusts and patients is crucial, but members have different views over how easy it will be ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Corporate Manslaughter Act - do or die
Consequences of deaths deemed to be caused by an NHS body are changing in major ways and managers should get prepared, says Jill Mason.In July, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 gained Royal Assent and is due to come into force in April 2008. This is an ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Stephen Ramsden on avoidable deaths
What is your hospital standardised mortality rate and what have you done to improve it?In the first in an online series on the relationship between good management and safety, Stephen Ramsden discusses strategies for lowering hospital mortality rates
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
'It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections'
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
‘It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections’
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Call to action as killings continue to fail service users and public
A lack of government guidance means SHAs and mental health trusts have little clarity in how to examine why service users were able to kill. Investigations drag on and findings from cases as long ago as 1996 have not been acted on. Charlotte Santry reports
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Timely action will save lives and restore public confidence
'Media coverage of mental health killings obliterates shades of grey'
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£80m 'wasted' on killing inquiries
More than £80m has been 'wasted' on inquiries into murders and manslaughters by mental health patients, a leading charity has claimed following an exclusive hsj.co.uk investigation.
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Survey raises concerns over elder abuse
A Help the Aged survey has found that 68 per cent of nurses and professionals caring for vulnerable older people lack training to deal with abuse of the elderly.