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New registration system for health and adult social care in England from April 2010

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Sat, Oct 31 2009

From 1 April 2010, the regulation of health and adult social care in England will change. Legislation is bringing in a new system that applies to all regulated health and adult social care services. All health and adult social care providers, who provide...
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Patients at risk from mis-management of medicines

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Sat, Oct 31 2009

According to a new report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), patients could be at risk unless the management of medicines between services such as GP practices and hospitals is improved. The report - Managing patients’ medicines after discharge from...
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NHSLA publishes timeline setting out history of its standards and assessment

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Sat, Oct 31 2009

A useful timeline has been published by the NHS Litigation Authority as a Powerpoint file. It sets out the key internal events that have marked the development of the NHSLA risk management standards and assessments, together with the external events that...
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NHSLA and NICE joint statement about NICE guidance and risk management

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Sat, Oct 31 2009

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) and the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have issued a joint statement about how compliance with NICE guidance can help trusts manage risk and optimise their resources. Compliance with NICE...
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One in 50 episodes of NHS care result from ‘complications’

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Sat, Oct 31 2009

According to provisional figures released by the NHS Information Centre this month, one in 50 episodes of care commissioned by the NHS, in NHS hospitals or the independent sector, in England resulted from a complication between July 2008 and June 2009...
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Fertility Lab errors cause concern

Posted by LornaE in Quality News on Fri, Oct 30 2009

Today‘s Guardian Newspaper sees the publication of a story about IVF fertility lab errors, with some women fearing their baby may not be their own. Read the article in full here. Although cases of this happening may be few and far between, it further...
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NPSA publishes latest organisational patient safety incident reports

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Mon, Oct 26 2009

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has published 'Organisational Patient Safety Incident Reports' for NHS organisations across England and Wales. The reports summarise incidents reported by staff that have occurred between October 2008 and March...
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UK National Reporting and Learning System “limited in its effectiveness”

Posted by StuartEmslie in Quality News on Mon, Oct 26 2009

The Department of Health in England has published the Government’s response to the Health Select Committee Report ‘Patient Safety.’ Amongst other things, the Committee looked at the ongoing problems with development of the National Reporting and Learning...
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New edition of ‘The retention and storage of pathological records and specimens (4th edition, 2009)’ published

Posted by Bubonic in Quality News on Mon, Oct 26 2009

The retention and storage of pathological records and specimens (4th edition, 2009) has just been released. The text has been updated to take account of modifications in practice arising from laboratories’ experience of implementing procedures for...
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Fertility sector comes under scrutiny

Posted by LornaE in Quality News on Tue, Oct 20 2009

With the recent publication on 1 st October 2009 of the 8th Edition HFEA Code of Practice came the news that the regulatory body is now publishing incident inspection reports for the first time. "The inspection reports for all grade A incidents will be...
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New registration system for health and adult social care in England from April 2010

Patients at risk from mis-management of medicines

NHSLA publishes timeline setting out history of its standards and assessment

NHSLA and NICE joint statement about NICE guidance and risk management

One in 50 episodes of NHS care result from ‘complications’

Fertility Lab errors cause concern

NPSA publishes latest organisational patient safety incident reports

UK National Reporting and Learning System “limited in its effectiveness”

New edition of ‘The retention and storage of pathological records and specimens (4th edition, 2009)’ published

Fertility sector comes under scrutiny