Quality and performance – Page 73
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Mental Health
Mental Health Inreach Team, Oxleas Foundation Trust, HMP Swaleside: The Emotional Wellbeing Mentor Scheme at HMP Swaleside
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Clinical Governance and Risk Management in Patient Safety
Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust: Optimising patient outcomes following routine cataract surgery; lessons learnt from an unexpected case series of adverse events
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Infection Prevention Control in Patient Safety
Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust: Reducing Readmissions for Surgical Site Infection Together With Patients: Photo at Discharge Schem
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Improving Safety in Medicines Management
Care UK: Care UK – HMP Stafford – Repeat Prescriptions Management
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Information Technology to Improve Patient Safety
Four Seasons Health Care: Quality of Life Programme
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Best Product or Innovation for Patient Safety - Private Sector
Bruin Biometrics: SEM Scanner: Early Detection of Pressure Ulcers Transforms Care and Releases Productivity at NHS Isle of Wight
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Best Product or Innovation for Patient Safety - Public Sector
Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust: Frontline NHS Innovation: BHIS™ Postoperative Support Bra for Female Cardiothoracic Patients
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CommentFollow up outpatients and the clinical harm of delay
Everybody agrees that clinical priorities should come first. Why does this principle break down when it comes to follow up outpatients?
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NewsQueen's speech: Doubt over promised health reforms
Queen’s speech includes only a “draft bill” to give powers on to new safety investigator This is likely to mean significant delay for the changes Plans to consult on mental health and older people’s social care, but no legislation proposed The government has no firm plan for any ...
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HSJ LocalSTP director appointed to lead trust's turnaround
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust referral to treatment performance drops sharply to the worst of any specialist trust Intervention being handled regionally with STP involved in appointing an interim chief operating officer to oversee RTT recovery at the trust NHS Improvement expected to issue trust with formal undertaking to ...
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NewsExclusive: Former royal college president to lead national A&E review
Two well respected A&E consultants to lead GIRFT review of emergency care Cliff Mann says review will be “fair to staff” on the front line National report to reduce waste and improve efficiency due next year Two leading names in emergency medicine are to head a major project ...
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HSJ LocalTrust stays in special measures after being rated inadequate again
CQC rates Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust inadequate with concerns over patients in corridors and unstable leadership Recommends trust remains in special measures for at least three months, with support needed for “foreseeable future” Regulator suggests NHS neighbours need to step up support A trust where patients died in ...
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Comment18 week waits, April 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2017
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NewsCQC's new chief inspector of hospitals revealed
Current deputy chief inspector of hospitals Professor Ted Baker promoted to top job Will take over from Sir Mike Richards at the end of July Professor Baker will be responsible for developing and implementing new inspection regime at the CQC The Care Quality Commission has appointed a new ...
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HSJ LocalTrust shuts 'inadequate' A&E overnight after CQC safety warning
Weston Area Health Trust “temporarily” shuts A&E overnight, citing difficulty maintaining safe staffing levels CQC issues formal warning over inadequate A&E services Comes amid wider plans to reconfigure unsustainable clinical services Trust remains committed to 24/7 urgent care but says service will be unlikely to be “full emergency department” ...
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NewsAnalysis: Mental health services with the biggest leadership and safety risks
HSJ analysis of CQC ratings shows a high correlation between poor leadership and safety concerns across mental health services Services with the poorest performance are those where recruitment and service demand pressures are high, leaders warn Struggling providers can “learn lessons” from outstanding trusts, says chief executive There ...
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HSJ LocalInquiry chair revealed amid families' criticism of regulator
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden appointed to lead review into deaths of 15 babies and three mothers Parents criticise NHS Improvement for setting “narrow” terms of reference and excluding families Jeremy Hunt set up review after concerns over deaths and lack of investigations A senior midwife has been appointed ...
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HSJ Local'Never events' probe launched at trust after CCG concerns
A review has been launched into the quality and safety of acute services at a major acute provider after a cluster of “never events” at the trust alarmed commissioners.
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HSJ LocalCritical incident declared by major acute trust
Trust declares critical incident after increasing attendances and admissions One patient waited 16 hours in the department, a source claims Chief operating officer says no patient waited longer than eight hours following a decision to admit An acute trust with one of the busiest A&Es in the country ...
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NewsSecond court defeat for NHS England
NHS England faces judicial review over decision not to fund drug for 7-year-old boy Lawyers will argue NHSE should have considered the boy’s welfare under the Children Act Victory could create a new duty on NHS England when making commissioning decisions affecting children Lawyers have been granted permission ...