All Patient safety articles – Page 38
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Kick the can
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsRegulator reveals ‘concerns’ over Babylon’s ‘chatbot’
A regulator has admitted “concerns” over the software Babylon Healthcare uses in one of its digital health solutions and is exploring how to address this.
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NewsSupply of ultrasound gels suspended after bacteria outbreaks in multiple hospitals
NHS Supply Chain has suspended supplies of some ultrasound gels over concerns they might be connected with outbreaks of bacterial infections in multiple hospitals.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: ‘A culture of risk taking’
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ LocalNHSE overrules trust and orders second review into patient harms
NHS England has ordered an independent review into patient safety and governance concerns at an acute trust which had been resisting calls to take this step, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWithout urgent action the UK could slip further behind in tackling cancer
Michelle Mitchell emphasises on adoptive commitments for tackling cancer inequalities, clearing backlog of diagnostic waits and stopping cancer survival from going backwards
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NewsSuicide inquest sparks warning on 'nine month wait' for treatment
The government has been called on to take action over the national “backlog” for a specialist mental health service after a woman died while waiting to access treatment.
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NewsNHS may ‘never catch up’ with surgery backlog caused by covid
Delays due to the covid-19 crisis have created tens of thousands of year-long waiters for ophthalmology treatment, and a surgery backlog which experts say may never be recovered.
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NewsJeremy Hunt’s safety programme has stalled, say bereaved families
Bereaved families have been left feeling like their efforts to improve patient safety have been ‘in vain’ as progress of a government programme instigated by Jeremy Hunt appears to have ‘stalled’.
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CommentBereaved families have been used as pawns in a political game
With the National Learning from Deaths Programme Board stalled, the bereaved families who were to be involved in its work have once again been left harmed and without any answers, write Dr Josephine Ocloo and David Smith
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NewsWatchdog forced to hand over NHS staff names in safety failure cases
A national safety watchdog has been forced to release almost 100 pieces of evidence, including from NHS staff, after being ordered to by courts.
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NewsRetirees, long journeys and more day cases will aid elective return, say doctors
Hospitals may take until the summer to begin carrying out ‘normal’ levels of planned surgery and this is likely to require some patients being transferred to areas with greater capacity, doctors have said.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned by regulator after cluster of never events
The Care Quality Commission has ordered immediate improvements to a trust after it reported six never events inside eight months.
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CommentNew regulation will balance safety and innovation
If the UK is to maintain its position as a champion of life sciences, its new regulatory regime must find the middle ground between safety and innovation, notes Lord Ara Darzi
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NewsUPDATED: 1.7m people added to shielding list 11 months after it started
A further 1.7m people are being added to the shielding list, and therefore newly prioritised for covid vaccination, 11 months after shielding began, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalScandal-hit trust partnered with ‘outstanding’ care provider
The trust at the centre of one of the biggest maternity scandals in recent years has been partnered with another trust in the Midlands to drive improvements.
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CommentThe NHS needs a ‘harmed patient pathway’
The NHS should develop a harmed patients pathway to prevent ‘second harm’ or additional suffering of harmed patients and families who are unsupported, urge Peter Walsh, Joanna Hughes and James Titcombe
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HSJ LocalTrust battles global firm in £100m court fight over ‘substantial defects’ at flagship NHS hospital
One of England’s top NHS trusts is suing a major construction firm for £100m in a bitter legal dispute after significant structural defects were identified in its ‘pioneering’ new hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCovid pressures linked to increased fall rates and patient deaths
Two patients have died and at least seven more have come to harm in recent falls linked to covid-19 pressures at a small acute trust.
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News‘Medically fit’ patients caught covid while waiting for discharge, trust admits
A hospital trust has admitted that ‘medically fit’ patients caught covid on its wards while waiting to be discharged, with some of the cases under investigation.