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In April 2016, the patient safety function was transferred from NHS England to the newly established NHS Improvement. [6] From 1 April 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement are working together as a new single organisation to better support the NHS to deliver improved care for patients. [7]
Martha's Rule is a patient safety initiative implemented in English NHS hospitals from April 2024. It gives patients, families, carers and staff in hospitals who have concerns about a patient's deteriorating condition access to a rapid review from a critical care outreach team. [1]
NHS leaders have been ordered to “prioritise patient safety” ahead of a key A&E target as hospital beds in England near full capacity. Hospital bosses have been told to focus on patients with ...
It was renamed National Clinical Assessment Service when it merged with the National Patient Safety Agency in 2005. [3] It transferred out of the agency into the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, where it was hosted for a period of one year from 1 April 2012. [4] It joined the NHS Litigation Authority on 1 April 2013. [5]
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, has written to the British Medical Association (BMA) raising concerns about patient safety ahead of the ...
Great Western Hospital in Swindon has been escalated to Level 4 on the system the NHS uses to grade demand, which means patient safety is at risk. ... the UK Health Security Agency has warned ...
In October 2019 Professor Ted Baker, the Chief Inspector of Hospitals at the CQC stated that "little progress" has been made on improving patient safety in the NHS over the last 20 years. [36] In the same month the CQC published their State of Care report.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has recently ordered health service leaders to “prioritise patient safety” as winter approaches. Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of the NHS in England, said ...