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The portfolio was further expanded in October 2018, on World Mental Health Day, to include suicide prevention. This occurred while the UK government hosted the first ever global mental health summit. [2] In July 2019, Nadine Dorries was appointed to the position in the incoming Johnson ministry, with additional responsibility for patient safety.
Patient safety and gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare; Pre-Appointment hearing for Chair of National Health Service Improvement; Pre-Appointment hearing for Chair of NHS England; Prison healthcare; Sexual health; Suicide prevention: follow-up; Transforming children and young people's mental health provision; Work of NHS England and NHS ...
The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) is a fully independent arm's length body of the Department of Health and Social Care. HSSIB came into operation on 1 October 2023. It investigates patient safety concerns across the NHS in England and in independent healthcare settings where safety learning could also help to improve NHS ...
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 ...
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.
6,045, 5,608 and 5,675 people aged 15 and over died by suicide in the time from 2009–2011 respectively. [19] [20] In 2022 there were 5,642 registered deaths by suicide in England and Wales. [21] In Scotland there were 762 probable suicides in 2022. [22] In Northern Ireland there were 203 suicide deaths registered in 2022. [23]
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]
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