This standard operating procedure sets out the background, principles and processes for the management of surges in demand for adult respiratory extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) within critical care.

This standard operating procedure sets out the background, principles and processes for the management of surges in demand for paediatric respiratory extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) within paediatric and neonatal critical care.

A directive alert has been issued on the need to confirm intravenous (IV) lines and cannulae have been effectively flushed or removed at the end of the procedure. Patient Safety Alert – Confirming removal or flushing of lines and cannulae after procedures Patient Safety incidents are occurring from lapses in identifying and flushing all IV […]

This directive alert has been issued on the need to confirm intravenous (IV) lines and cannulae have been effectively flushed or removed at the end of the procedure.

Patient registries serve an invaluable function if we want the NHS to be the safest healthcare system in the world. The National Joint Registry for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man (NJR), the largest of its kind in the world, plays a crucial role in this capacity within the orthopaedic sector. Established […]

A resource alert has been issued to support providers to safely manage the transition from the Luer connector to NRFit™ for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks. Resources to support safe transition from the Luer connector to NRFit™ for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks Supporting information for Patient […]

This resource alert has been issued to support providers to safely manage the transition from the Luer connector to NRFit™ for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks.

Template document for CCGs to notify their local Public Health England Centre flu lead as to how the arrangements, to facilitate the NHS response to localised community outbreaks of influenza in the out of season period, are activated, including out of hours.

A copy of the policies and procedures for holding providers to account/ intervention and actions taken in holding providers to account.