An analysis has identified “significant patient safety risks” at private hospitals treating NHS patients in England. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
NHS England has today published an independent report into the deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, and highlighted a system-wide response.
Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Heidi Alexander, in the House of Commons on the report of the investigation into the deaths at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
The Committee of Public Accounts today raises new concerns about the performance of the Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England.
Open access. Despite taking advantage of established learning from other industries, quality improvement initiatives in healthcare may struggle to outperform secular trends. The reasons for this are rarely explored in detail, and are often attributed merely to difficulties in engaging clinicians in quality improvement work. In a narrative review of the literature, we argue that this focus on clinicians, at the relative expense of managerial staff, has proven counterproductive. Clinical engagement is not a universal challenge; moreover, there is evidence that managers—particularly middle managers—also have a role to play in quality improvement.
A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the importance of taking, recording and responding to vital signs where restraint has been used to manage a person’s behaviour if they are at risk to themselves or others.
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