MPs back technology for patient safety
MPs have criticised the Department of Health for failing to collect data on whether a decade of policies to improve patient safety are working or not. In a report concluding its inquiry into patient safety, the House of Commons Health Committee says “judging the overall effectiveness of patient safety policy is made difficult because of […]
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Bristol wristbands use GS1 coding
NHS trust improves patient safety by adopting national coding standards for its new printed wristbands.
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Simulator trains surgeons to be more efficient
Danish research has found that using simulators to train surgeons can make them twice as quick and more precise when operating.
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NHS National Services Scotland won the Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety at last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards for the Emergency Care Summary.
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Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety
The Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety was won by NHS National Services Scotland for the Emergency Care Summary. The runners up were VitalPAC at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Dutch Patient Safety Company targets UK
The largest clinical governance software specialist in the Netherlands has announced it is looking to sign its first UK clients. The Patient Safety Company currently provides clinical governance systems to 40% of the healthcare market in the Netherlands. The company says that it is bringing the software to the UK as a “reaction to the […]
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Audit Scotland revisits meds management
Scotland’s national audit body has urged the Scottish Government to encourage health boards to take up a national Hospital Electronic Prescribing Medicines Administration system as soon as one is available. In its latest report, Audit Scotland says the NHS in Scotland has improved the management of medicines in hospitals since it last examined the subject […]
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The NHS Number
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Julie Tindale, national clinical lead for the NHS Number Programme, discusses its use as a primary identifier.
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Mandatory incident reporting considered
The House of Commons Health Committee is looking at whether the national reporting of patient safety incidents should be made mandatory, as part of its investigation into patient safety. The present National Patient Safety Agency reporting system relies on trusts owning up to their mistakes through a voluntary system. But a recent Healthcare Commission report […]
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Healthcare Commission calls for better early warning systems
The Healthcare Commission has said that early warning systems on patient safety incidents, which highlight key issues on quality of patient care, must be improved.
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