All Patient safety articles – Page 76
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CommentBreak the vicious cycle of poor mental health crisis care
Paul Farmer urges action on the recommendations of the year-long review of the Mental Health Act and the provisions of the long-term plan to improve the mental health of the nation
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NewsExclusive: Leading trust warns NHS England over patient safety
A leading trust has warned NHS England about the safety of some of its patients after it failed to secure capital funding for a new facility.
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NewsNursing will take 'place at decision-making table' – new CNO
Nursing is going to “take [its] rightful place at the decision-making table” to ensure “nursing is built into all plans in the future”, the new chief nursing officer for England has said.
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NewsNo substitute for graduate nurses – Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said there is “no substitute” for graduate nurses and “we have got to see a meaningful expansion” of training places.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: The four-hour target is on life support – but not dead yet
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsThousands of continence products late as deliveries go 'badly wrong'
Thousands of continence products were delivered late to patients after a switch to a new national logistics provider went “badly wrong”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBaroness Harding: I support some form of regulation of managers
Baroness Harding, who is leading the response to the Kark review on NHS management, has told MPs she backs the idea of professional regulation for senior NHS managers.
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NewsMaternity probe now considering more than 250 cases
An independent inquiry into alleged poor maternity care at an NHS trust is now considering more than 250 separate cases, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The blind spot
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentHow staff and patients use workarounds to keep the NHS on track
Dr Beth Fylan on how “props and bridges” used by staff and patients promote the NHS’s safe functioning – despite the pressure borne from busy ward environments, multiple discharges and complicated medicines
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: New knight for disjointed STP
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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News'Breakdown in relations' between A&E consultants and board
A struggling trust has been warned about a “breakdown” in the relations between its executive board and emergency consultants.
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NewsSteve Field: Digital GPs overseas remain a danger
Regulators and policymakers are at a loss for how to stop people accessing dangerous medicines using online services overseas, the outgoing chief inspector of GPs has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust's 'goldfish bowl' A&E has significant nurse shortages - CQC
A trust in special measures has been ordered to take immediate action, after inspectors warned it was failing to safely staff its emergency department.
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NewsNew regulator chief to put spotlight on 'systemic' failings
The new chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has told HSJ she wants the regulator to highlight more of the systemic failings which underpin concerns about individual nurses.
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NewsTrust welcomes chair after 'reluctantly' accepting regulator's veto
A special measures trust has been forced to accept with “reservations and reluctance” a regulators’ decision to veto their choice for a new chair and instead parachute in an interim, trust meeting minutes have revealed.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust withholds review into surgery unit
A major teaching hospital in south London is refusing to release a long-awaited workforce investigation that was completed late last year.
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NewsSecond NHS trust prosecuted for safe care failings
A second NHS trust is being prosecuted by the Care Quality Commission over the death of a patient under fundamental standards brought in after the Mid Staffordshire care scandal.
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NewsStaff survey analysis: Best and worst hospitals in each area for staff recommending care
Below is a breakdown by area of acute and combined trusts performance on the NHS staff survey, according to the share of employees who would recommend their organisation for work or care.
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NewsStaff survey: Full breakdown of where staff are witnessing potentially harmful errors
Below is a breakdown of acute and combined trusts by the share of staff saying they had witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the last month, in the 2018 NHS staff survey.