All Patient safety articles – Page 92
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HSJ LocalPatient attack investigation deadline extended
NHS England has been given more time to submit an independent investigation into the killing of two men by another patient on a hospital ward.
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HSJ InteractiveTrouble at the top - will the updated FPPR guidance fix this?
Amina Uddin explores the updated guidance on the Fitness of Proper Persons Test but says the key issue is whether the test is applied appropriately
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HSJ LocalGPs warn trust paperless switch could 'compromise patient care'
Patient care could be “compromised” by trusts’ plans to implement paperless referrals, GPs in the south east have warned.
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NewsRoyal college backs Hunt bid to improve private sector safety
The Royal College of Surgeons has backed the health and social care secretary’s bid to improve patient safety in private sector hospitals.
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NewsStaff fear speaking up over child abuse in NHS
Unwillingness to challenge senior staff and fears over how managers respond is stopping NHS staff raising concerns about child abuse perpetrated out by their colleagues, a public inquiry has been told.
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NewsCygnet mental health hospital makes 'significant improvements'
A private children’s and adolescent mental health unit that was heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission has been praised for making “significant improvements.”
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NewsHealth secretary backs dedicated NHS and care staff visa
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will raise the prospect of creating a dedicated immigration visa category for health and social care staff with the new home secretary, he has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt seeks 'full health and social care integration' under new 10 year plan
Jeremy Hunt has revealed his top priorities for the forthcoming “long term plan” for the NHS, and said it will represent one of the “big moments in NHS history”.
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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.