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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. ... There is a national target for 95% of people who go ...
Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for the NHS in England, said: “The introduction of Martha’s Rule represents one of the most important changes to patient care in recent ...
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 ...
Persistent understaffing in the NHS is creating a serious risk to patient safety, MPs have said in a damning report. The cross-party Health and Social Care Committee said health and social care ...
NHS Improvement (NHSI) was a non-departmental body in England, responsible for overseeing the National Health Service's foundation trusts and NHS trusts, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. It supported providers to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are ...
A health watchdog has issued an unprecedented warning over patient safety, culture and leadership at a scandal-hit NHS trust,The Independent has learned. The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman ...