Our inspections of some companies providing online primary care have found significant concerns about patient safety.
Well-run services can offer a convenient and effective form of treatment, but inspectors found services that were putting patients at risk of harm by selling medicines without doing enough to check they were appropriate. We are publishing reports from two urgent inspections today - in both cases the providers have stopped providing services in England.
England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated the services provided by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as Good following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission in January and February.
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides services across Northamptonshire to a population of 700,000. The trust offers a comprehensive range of physical, mental health and specialist services, many of which are provided in hospital, or from a GP surgery or clinic.
The trust was previously inspected in February 2015 when it was rated as Requires Improvement overall. Inspectors found considerable improvements had been made at the latest inspection where the care was rated as Good overall.
During the past decade, the concept of Lean has spread rapidly within the healthcare sector, but there is a lack of instruments that can measure staff’s perceptions of Lean adoption. Thus, the aim of the present study was to develop a questionnaire measuring Lean in healthcare, based on Liker’s description of Lean, by adapting an existing instrument developed for the service sector.
Some exciting examples of how person centred care looks in practice from around the globe, following the International Conference for Integrated Care in Dublin.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is one of five hospital trusts in the UK taking part in an exciting partnership with VMI and last week it held a Regional Sharing Event to celebrate some of the significant improvements to patient care which have been made since this began.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today (Friday, June 2) published its report on the trust, which provides mental health services in Sussex and specialist community mental health services for children and young people in Hampshire and Kent and Medway. These include two adult social care services and primary medical services for HMP Lewes and HMP Ford.
Calling for the rest of the UK to follow the example of Wales and enshrine safe staffing in law, the RCN reports that a dangerous set of pressures is putting patient safety at risk.
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has placed a quality of care board on each of its wards.
The boards are part of the Trust’s commitment to be open and transparent by allowing patients to see key information when they enter a ward such as: staffing levels on that day, hygiene scores, cleaning scores, training rates, and waiting times (for outpatient areas).
Quality improvement (QI) offers a route to transforming care delivery at the scale and pace needed to ensure sustainability in the National Health Service. However, it is a complex endeavour with numerous challenges to consider, and it takes time. There are many ways of understanding quality and QI in healthcare, and it is important for doctors to develop knowledge of the core principles of QI, which increasingly feature in clinical settings and in training curricula for healthcare professionals. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
A south east London trust that specialises in mental health care and community services has been rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust was re-inspected between 27 February and 1 March 2017, following an inspection in April 2016 when it was rated Requires Improvement.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and SFJ Awards have launched a new Level 5 Qualification to ensure staff recognise and develop the knowledge and skills required for intevestigating serious incidents in healthcare care.
Staff on Heather ward, based at Airedale Centre for Mental Health, which supports people with complex mental health problems ‘huddle’ twice a day so they can identify any ways they can better support people on the ward in the day ahead and keep people safe.