The NHS Patient Safety Information Tidal Wave
NHS staff might suffer from patient safety information overload. Repetition of messages could result in their loss of impact and meaning.
John Tingle
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Read more: Change for the Medical Malpractice Compensation System in England? Change for the Medical Malpractice Compensation System in England?
Urgent calls have been made in many quarters to stem the rise in clinical negligence costs borne by England’s National Health Service.
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Read more: Moving Forward on Tort Reform, Addressing Clinical Negligence Compensation Issues Moving Forward on Tort Reform, Addressing Clinical Negligence Compensation Issues
One area of controversy: whether clinical negligence lawyers are thwarting reform because of their financial interest in the status quo.
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Read more: NHS Patient Safety: Reflections and Looking Forward NHS Patient Safety: Reflections and Looking Forward
In patient safety terms in the NHS England, there have been positives and negatives over the past year to reflect on.
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Read more: Buzzwords in Patient Safety: Some Preliminary Thoughts Buzzwords in Patient Safety: Some Preliminary Thoughts
The decolonization of national and global patient safety systems and structures is an interesting perspective to further peruse.
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Read more: Learning from Clinical Negligence Claims: The New NHS Patient Safety Syllabus Learning from Clinical Negligence Claims: The New NHS Patient Safety Syllabus
The NHS in England has created the first system-wide patient safety syllabus, training, and education framework.
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Read more: When Will the NHS Get Its Complaints System Right? When Will the NHS Get Its Complaints System Right?
The NHS has been trying to get an effective, fit-for-purpose complaints system for at least 28 years, and it has still not succeeded.
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Read more: Health Care Providers’ Legal Duty to Be Open and Honest with Patients Health Care Providers’ Legal Duty to Be Open and Honest with Patients
Duties of candor require that patients be informed of adverse events as soon as possible after they occur.
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Read more: Resetting the Clinical Negligence Compensation System in England Resetting the Clinical Negligence Compensation System in England
Recently it was announced that the British government will review our tort-based clinical negligence system.
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Read more: What’s in a Name? The Value of the Term ‘Never Events’ What’s in a Name? The Value of the Term ‘Never Events’
We must look beyond the words, “Never Events,” beyond that label, to ascertain the true meaning of the term.
