All Patient safety articles – Page 90
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NewsRegulator orders review of community team caseloads
A mental health trust has been ordered to carry out an immediate review of community team caseloads after concerns about “ongoing risks” to patients.
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NewsExclusive: Patients at risk as blood clot assessments decline
Thousands of hospital patients are being put at risk of developing deadly blood clots that cost the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds because of a failure to carry out a routine assessment.
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NewsHunt attacks private sector over safety and costs
Jeremy Hunt has accused some private sector hospitals of having “coasted” on safety, and warned they could be made to pay costs when the NHS has to take over care of their patients, in a strongly-worded intervention.
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NewsMore than nine in 10 learning disability deaths not reviewed
Fewer than one in ten deaths of people with learning disabilities have been subject to a new review process, with providers blaming “overstretched budgets and the pressures on staff time”, a new report reveals.
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HSJ LocalPatient died waiting for treatment at hospital 'under extreme pressure'
A heart patient is believed to have died after not receiving treatment quickly enough due to a troubled hospital’s cardiac unit being used “extensively” for extra bed capacity.
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NewsUpdated: Hunt launches review after 450,000 breast screenings missed due to IT failure
More than 400,000 women missed their final routine breast cancer screening over nearly a decade because of an IT failure, Jeremy Hunt said today.
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HSJ Local'Severe harm' to patients caught up in huge x-rays backlog
Three patients suffered severe harm because their chest x-rays were among tens of thousands of tests not reviewed properly at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust.
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NewsRevealed: New national patient safety director
NHS Improvement has announced Aidan Fowler will be England’s new national patient safety director.
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NewsRevealed: Surge in numbers waiting for X-ray and scan results
There was a surge last year in the number of patients waiting for the results of X-rays and scans, a leaked national performance report suggests.
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CommentHealth check of the NHS's 10 year performance
Ben Richardson and Sutha Satkunarajah note that a review of the healthcare system in England has found that though certain quality outcomes have improved over the last 10 years, timely access to services has become tougher
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HSJ LocalFinancial 'breakdown' led to patient safety risks at teaching trust, review finds
Patient safety was put at risk by a “significant breakdown in financial governance” at a large acute trust, an independent investigation has found.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt warned over private hospital safety after NHS patient death
The safety of NHS patients treated in private hospitals has been raised directly with health secretary Jeremy Hunt following the death of an NHS patient.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' trust investigates 10 never events
An outstanding rated trust had 10 never events in 2017-18 – including four involving wrong site surgery.
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CommentOptimising NHS human resources more important now than ever before
As demands placed on NHS staff grow, employers accept that more can be done to properly use and retain the talents of the people who make up the health service, writes Danny Mortimer
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NewsExclusive: Regulator to investigate 'loads of problems' with NHS staff communication
Verbal communication errors between NHS staff that cause patient safety incidents are being investigated by a new group set up by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrainee doctors raise safety concerns over 'double bleep carrying'
Serious safety concerns have been raised by junior doctors who have had to carry two on-call “bleeps” due to staffing shortages at a struggling acute trust.
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NewsNHS England warning as vaccine programme extended
Public Health England and NHS England have issued a warning after some patients were given a vaccination for shingles that could leave them with “severe” complications.
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HSJ LocalSafety concerns over 'Deliveroo type' pharmacy app
Doctors have raised concerns over the safety of a “Deliveroo type” pharmacy app that has been supported by NHS England and NHS Digital.
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HSJ LocalTrust board urged to spend £1.5m on 'essential' A&E nurses
An acute trust board is being asked to spend more than £1.5m on extra nursing staff for its emergency departments to try to improve four hour performance and ensure patients get safe care.
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NewsFears over absent data on private care
More than 150 NHS run private units and independent hospitals have not submitted legally required data about the care they provide, HSJ has learned.