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All service improvement articlesFrom 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. Emma Dent reports
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Hospitals have been forced to rely on outdated IT systems because of delays in implementing a major part of the national programme for IT, the Commons health select committee has warned.
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Failing to set out a timetable for the future of health regulation will be a 'disaster' for the NHS.
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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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What is the safe distance to a hospital? O'Dowd examines the implications of reconfiguring services
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Maternity mortality rates increase - maternity services czar reveals
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This study describes how leadership can work to produce organisational change through the implementation of fasting guidelines in an NHS trust. Prolonged periods of fasting...
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The view at Luton and Dunstable foundation trust is that while the usual mechanisms for managing patient safety – clinical governance, risk management, regulation etc...
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The Healthcare Commission's investigation into outbreaks of C. difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust drives home the message of the lack of engagement of some acute trust boards with what is happening on their wards.
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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.
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Trusts “loan in” specialised surgical instruments on a short-term basis.
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Implementing online tools and resources to help nurses apply evidence based care
A global resource can enable nurses to translate healthcare evidence into practice at a local level. A project looked at how it was implemented and evaluated. Read more...
Following the patient journey to improve medicines management and reduce errors
Examining one patient’s journey in hospital highlights where medicines management could be improved to ensure patient safety. Read more...
George Eliot Hospital Trust dramatically cut the number of in-hospital deaths after it brought in an intervention for deteriorating patients. This is how they did it.
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