A set of new national safety standards have been published today to support NHS hospitals to provide safer surgical care. The National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs) aim to reduce the number of patient safety incidents related to invasive procedures in which surgical Never Events could occur. These new standards set out broad principles […]
The NHS will urge health and social care leaders to end the unnecessary reliance on paper in the treatment of patients and make services safer, more effective and efficient. The NHS will announce new measures to help the patients, the public and clinicians make more use of technology to improve the health of the nation. […]
A stage two resource alert has been issued to all providers of NHS care in England to highlight the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the need for antimicrobial stewardship. Addressing antimicrobial resistance through implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme Inappropriate use of antimicrobials has been a key driver in AMR, which has risen alarmingly […]
NHS England, Health Education England and Public Health England have issued a joint National Patient Safety Alert to all providers of NHS care in England to highlight the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the need for antimicrobial stewardship. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials has been a key driver in AMR, which has risen alarmingly over […]
A Patient Safety Alert has been issued by NHS England to ensure ambulance satellite navigation systems are up-to-date. Read the full patient safety alert on ambulance dispatch and satellite navigation systems.
A stage one alert has been issued to ensure ambulance satellite navigation systems are up-to-date. Ambulance dispatch and satellite navigation systems Ambulances are expected to provide a rapid response to life-threatening situations. If delayed, this can impact on patient safety and outcome. Ambulance vehicles should have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of the […]
NHS England is sponsoring the first HSJ Patient Leader Awards to be announced at the Patient Safety Congress in Birmingham today. It is the latest category of the health service magazine’s Top 50 awards – with 50 patient leaders around the country being recognised. Giles Wilmore, Director for Patient and Public Voice and Information, explained […]
A Patient Safety Alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution. The alert has been issued as a result of incidents being reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS). The alert reiterates previous guidance and […]
A stage one alert has been issued to raise awareness of the risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution. Risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution The alert has been issued as a result of incidents being reported to the National […]
A Patient Safety Alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the introduction of new medical device connectors. The connectors are being introduced to prevent the danger of connecting the wrong types of medical devices together. All NHS providers who use medical devices affected by the change are asked to ensure that […]