A resource Patient Safety Alert has been issued to support the management of life threatening bleeds from arteriovenous fistulae and grafts. Patient Safety Alert – Life threatening bleeds from arteriovenous fistulae and grafts Haemodialysis removes the waste products and extra fluid that build up in the blood of those whose kidneys no longer function properly and relies […]
New guidance for the NHS will help doctors, nurses and other staff use instant messaging safely to co-ordinate patients’ care during emergencies. Medics have turned to communication channels such as Whatsapp to deal with emergency situations like the Croydon tram crash, Grenfell Tower fire and terrorist attacks in London Bridge and Manchester Arena. The new […]
A resource Patient Safety Alert has been issued to support safe and timely management of hyperkalaemia (high level of potassium in the blood). Patient Safety Alert: Resources to support safe and timely management of hyperkalaemia The way the body responds to hyperkalaemia – a higher than normal level of potassium in the blood – is […]
A resource Patient Safety Alert has been issued to support safer provision of bowel care for patients at risk of autonomic dysreflexia. Patient Safety Alert – Resources to support safer bowel care for patients at risk of autonomic dysreflexia Patients with spinal cord injury or neurological conditions may have neurogenic bowel dysfunction, which often means […]
A resource alert has been issued to eliminate use of the imprecise term ‘soft diet’ and assist providers with safe transition to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework, which introduces standard terminology to describe texture modification for food and drink. Resources to support safer modification of food and drink Food texture modification is […]
Dr Aidan Fowler is to join NHS Improvement as NHS National Director of Patient Safety in July 2018. Reflecting the system-wide nature of the role, Dr Fowler will also be appointed as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer by the Chief Medical Officer and Department of Health and Social Care. Dr Fowler brings a wealth of […]
A resource alert has been issued to support providers to adopt the revised National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) to detect deterioration in adult patients. Resource pack to support the early adoption of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) In partnership with NHS England, Health Education England and the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), we have […]
A warning alert has been issued on the risk of inadvertent intravenous administration of solid organ perfusion fluids. Patient Safety Alert – Risk of death or severe harm from inadvertent intravenous administration of solid organ perfusion fluids Perfusion fluids are mainly used during solid organ transplantation procedures to perfuse and preserve organs. If inadvertently intravenously […]
Most community pharmacies in England are now providing improved asthma and dementia care, NHS England figures show. Thousands of community pharmacists took up incentives to offer new patient services, such as providing asthma checks and undertaking training to become more dementia aware, as part of a programme to improve care. The uptake figures from NHS […]
From 5 March 2018 the hosting of StEIS, our system used to report and monitor the progress of Serious Incident investigations across the NHS, will transfer from Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) IT systems to a new platform hosted by us. We outline what those changes mean to StEIS users. Contents When will […]