CQC warns on registration
The Care Quality Commission has warned that many trusts have significant work ahead of them to improve their performance, if they are to register with the regulator next year. The warning comes as the CQC publishes its NHS Annual Health Check, which gives performance ratings to all 392 acute, primary care and specialist trusts in England. Although more organisations […]
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Better reporting drives incident numbers
More than 5,700 patients have died or suffered serious harm as a result of NHS errors over the past six months, analysis by the National Patient Safety Agency has shown. The figures represent a 12% increase on the previous six months, but the agency said that better reporting lies behind the sharp rise. The Organisational […]
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Setting records straight
Peter Short, national clinical lead GP, NHS Connecting for Health, discusses the recent Shared Record Professional Guidance.
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Reported drug errors increase, says NPSA
The incidence of reported drug errors leading to avoidable deaths and patient harm is on the increase, according to a new National Patient Safety Agency report.
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Audit Commission warns on poor records
The Audit Commission has called on organisations at all levels of the NHS to improve the standard of record keeping and clinical coding. In its second annual analysis of the national clinical coding audit programme that is run as part of the Payment by Results Data Assurance Framework, the spending watchdog says that errors continue […]
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NPSA: unsure if wristband target met
The National Patient Safety Agency has said a technical problem means it is unable to establish whether its target to make sure that all patients in England and Wales have printed wristbands has been met. In July 2007, the NPSA said it wanted to see all wristbands being printed by 18 July this year, to cut the danger of […]
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One in three don’t collect anti-virals
More than one in three people have failed to collect their anti-viral medicine after being issued with an authorisation number by the National Pandemic Flu Service, according to latest statistics. Figures published by the Department of Health for the first two weeks of the NPFS show that out of 511,282 people who completed assessment on […]
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EHI’s industry round up 31.7.2009
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new and upgraded products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. Eizo supports Sectra in Northern Ireland Monitor manufacturer Eizo has been chosen to provide medical monitors for the Swedish medical IT company Sectra, which is installing PACS at Northern Ireland’s hospitals. The Northern Ireland […]
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Stop the clot
Dr Maureen Baker CBE, clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, talks about developing a risk assessment tool for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).
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King’s picks McKesson whiteboard system
One of London’s largest hospital trusts is to scrap its manual whiteboards and install a real time room and patient visibility system from McKesson. King’s College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to install McKesson’s Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a visual control system designed specifically for hospitals, as part of its Releasing Time to Care: The […]
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