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All safety culture articlesRisk management: create a culture of safety
The best approach to risk management is to establish a safety culture throughout your organisation, say Peter Mills and colleagues. Risks can never be completely eliminated. A hospital without risk is one with no doctors, no nurses and no patients.
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The study consisted of three stages: training in the use of the tool and applying it to patient scenarios; three separate patient assessments...
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SafeCare is Gateshead Health foundation trust’s three-year strategy for making the goal of improved patient safety and clinical quality relevant to all staff.
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Spot checks on 43 hospitals by the Healthcare Commission have revealed concerns that boards are not regularly discussing opportunities for improvement or ensuring infection control data is analysed effectively.
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After the years of media scrutiny, policy statements, regulations, inspections and public outcry - not to mention the avoidable deaths and illnesses - it is hard to comprehend why many acute trust boards are failing to make hygiene standards a priority.
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A Kent trust has been slated by the Healthcare Commission for failing to protect patients against infection.
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The PM has put patient safety at the top of the government's priorities for the acute sector.
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Michael White gives his account on what Labour had to say in the conference
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Chris Heginbotham's commitment to the well-being...
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Media reports on problems in the NHS are mainly centred on the plight of medical and nursing staff and the way patient care is affected.
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Good patient records are crucial to safety and quality of care. Mala Bridgelal Ram and Iain Carpenter make the case for standardisation
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Health Foundation quality improvement fellow, Annette Bartley has been asked by the Welsh Assembly to pilot a programme to transform bedside care based on her fellowship research in the U.S.
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From vulnerable women on mixed-sex wards to continued over-representation of BME groups, Mental Health Act Commission chief executive Chris Heginbotham has a lot on his plate.
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The Complaints and Litigation Monitoring Group (CALM) was formed to provide quality assurance measures to the trust’s incident reporting and as a mechanism to ensure that all incidents and risks are responded to effectively. Read more...
Ambition, Action, Achievement. How to deliver quality care close to the patient
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The effect of patient positioning during lengthy surgery on postoperative health.
A patient’s position during lengthy surgery can cause serious and long lasting complications but these can be averted by good postoperative care. Read more...
The risks associated with consumer magazines giving advice on complementary therapies.
Growing public interest in complementary therapies has led to an increase in the use of unqualified contributors writing and recommending various therapies. Read more...
Using a communication framework at handover to boost patient outcomes.
A trust introduced a structure for presenting critical information at handover. This has aided communication between team members and benefited care.
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Ensuring safe and appropriate discharge for people who are homeless or in housing need.
An outline of the factors nurses need to consider when preparing homeless people for discharge from hospital. Read more...
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