PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has not had a case of MRSA for more than two years, it has reported.
In her report to November’s board chief executive Lezli Boswell said the success was due to a “multi-faceted approached including: changes to clinical practice, MRSA screening for all patients, strengthened policies on antibiotic prescribing, greater focus on hand washing and training and projects to upgrade wards and patient facilities”.
29 November 2012
A former naval officer has been appointed chief executive of South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
NHS providers were given 40 official warnings because regulators believed they were failing to protect staff from violence, injury and hazardous substances in the past two years, HSJ can reveal.
NHS England is hoping to create a nationalised approach to the digitisation of “vital” decades-old medical records, HSJ can reveal.
The chair of an acute trust in special measures has announced he will step down at the end of this month.
Patient safety is not prioritised enough at a special measures trust’s maternity and surgery units, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
Leaders of an acute trust have argued that national proposals to centralise certain cancer treatments will result in worse care for its patients and cause shortages of specialist staff.
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