The Latest on Never Events in the NHS in England
Recent publications highlight that Never Events remain a critical and a stubbornly persistent problem for the NHS to address.
Medical Malpractice
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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.
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Read more: Maternity Care and Patient Safety in England’s NHS Maternity Care and Patient Safety in England’s NHS
Failures of maternity care services have presented an acute patient safety issue in some parts of England in 2020.
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Read more: The Inherent Value of Patient Safety Reports as Key Educational Tools The Inherent Value of Patient Safety Reports as Key Educational Tools
Many patient safety adverse events across the National Health Service (NHS) in England have common causes, which exist regardless of clinical specialty.
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Read more: The Inevitability of Error in Health Care The Inevitability of Error in Health Care
A recent publication by the WHO seems to have rekindled conversations about the “inevitability of error” in the field of patient safety.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the State of Health and Social Care in England COVID-19 and the State of Health and Social Care in England
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges facing the provision of health and social care in England, a recent report finds.