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August 2008 - Posts
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Australian investigators have confirmed that an exploding oxygen cylinder caused the blast which blew a large hole in a Qantas plane last month. But they admit they are no closer to explaining why the...
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Just thought I would post a recent photo taken in Memphis Airport to prove that ELVIS is still alive and kicking. ELVIS is at the till purchasing some memorabilia from an airport shop and the sighting...
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An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage shoot after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt, media reported...
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The Joint Commission has issued its 2009 national patient safety goals for hospitals, ambulatory care, behavioural care, disease-specific care, critical care, home care, laboratories, long-term care and...
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A Ryanair flight carrying British holidaymakers has been forced to make an unscheduled landing due to a loss of cabin pressure, the company has said. Flight FR9336 from Bristol to Barcelona Girona Airport...
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The Darzi report High Quality Care for All signalled a shift to better quality care being the main theme of NHS reforms in England. Consequently, quality will become an issue that will be at the centre...
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The Department of Health (DH) in England has launched a 10 week consultation on ‘Changes to arrangements for regulating NHS bodies in relation to healthcare associated infections for 2009/10.’...
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The Government has published a “National Risk Register” that sets out its assessment of the likelihood and potential impact of a range of different risks that may directly affect the UK. This was promised...
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An independent review into failures at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Dunbartonshire recommends the development of policies on ”the governance of infection control, the development of clinical leadership...
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The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims. Figures released by the Conservatives show that 70...
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Two aircraft have been involved in what has been described as a "minor wingtip collision" at Manchester Airport. The planes, carrying a combined 287 passengers and crew, touched wings while they...
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Budget airline FlyGlobeSpan, which flew a faulty jet 3,000 miles from Liverpool to New York after it had been struck by lightning, has been fined £5,000. Despite knowing two engine pressure ratio indicators...
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published the second edition of Social Value Judgements: Principles for the Development of NICE Guidance. The guidance describes the...
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The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in Ireland has published the results of the evaluation of STARSweb, the Internet hosted incident reporting and claims administration system used in public...
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The Health Service Journal is running a one day risk management conference on 15 October 2008 in Birmingham. Chaired by Patrick Keady, Chair of the IOSH Healthcare Group , the conference theme is ‘Identifying...
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