All Patient safety articles – Page 4
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NewsTrust labelled ‘inadequate’ amid ‘serious safety concerns’
A trust has had its leadership rating downgraded from “good” to “inadequate”, and been told it has “significant and serious safety concerns” in surgical services.
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NewsCorridor care cases hit 90k in May
More than 90,000 cases of corridor care were recorded in English NHS hospitals in May – an average of 3,000 per day – according to the first official stats on the scale of the problem.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals with the most ‘red line’ 24-hour waits
At least one in 10 A&E patients wait more than 24 hours at many hospitals, despite NHS England telling trusts to adopt a “zero tolerance” approach to such long waits, new figures have revealed.
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NewsInfluential DHSC panel leader resigns
The chair of a panel responsible for advising ministers on contested NHS service changes has resigned after six years in the job.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pays three trusts £1m each to remove patients from waiting lists
Three trusts were paid more than £1m for removing patients from their waiting lists through “validation” exercises last year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsVulnerable children denied surgery as cancer patients prioritised
Cancer waiting time pressures have led an acute trust to withdraw an offer to treat children with complex needs in its theatres.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Why HSSIB is too important to lose
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Keeping tabs on the ‘so what’ of engagement
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsSubstandard dialysis did not kill patients, says trust
A decision to provide substandard dialysis treatment due to “exceptional” capacity pressure was not responsible for high mortality discovered among the service’s patients, a trust has claimed.
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NewsLab fault sees hundreds fast-tracked for unnecessary cancer tests
More than 1,300 patients were referred for urgent bowel cancer investigations they may not have needed after a calibration error at a shared NHS pathology service.
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NewsTroubleshooter joins trust as interim CEO
A mental health trust has appointed an interim chief with a reputation for taking on challenged organisations while it begins a search for its next permanent leader.
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NewsHealth Bill proposal an ‘attack on patient safety’
Scrapping the legal guarantee that a nurse sits on every foundation trust board is a “brazen attack on patient safety”, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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NewsHospital accused of delaying ambulances to eliminate corridor care
A hospital trust has been accused of delaying the offloading of ambulance patients so it can maintain zero “corridor care”.
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LeaderWhen is a cover-up not a cover-up?
The answer to the question posed in our headline is apparently: “When the decision to keep something quiet is based on clinical advice.”
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CommentThe NHS must stop using untrained therapists
Growing demand and ballooning waiting lists are encouraging the NHS to use unaccredited therapists to treat those in mental distress. This undermines patient safety and trust
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News‘Astounding’ failure sees regulator neglect criminal checks for 12 years
Leaders of the troubled nursing regulator have admitted to a “completely and utterly unacceptable” failure to properly conduct criminal checks on applicants to its register over a 12-year period.
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NewsRegulators demand answers on advice and guidance
Answers are needed from NHS England and others on 11 issues to make sure its controversial expansion of advice and guidance is safe, the Care Quality Commission has declared.
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NewsRegulator ‘missing many AI incidents’
Safety concerns linked to AI voice tech are not being properly reported because many providers are unaware of the regulation system or too busy to use it, experts have told HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersBreaking down barriers: Supporting early lung cancer detection in patients with mental health conditions
Lung cancer remains one of the UK’s most significant health challenges, yet not all patients face the same odds of early diagnosis.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Government plans to merge watchdogs spark warnings
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe