Isle of Wight Trust drops FT bid \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong> Women\u2019s hospital proposes relocation to acute trust site \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong> Trust warns of \u2018significant\u2019 quality and safety risks if private provider keeps contract \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong> 700 community staff to be transferred twice in months – Health Service Journal<\/strong> Nurses and midwives are busy preparing for revalidation – NHS Employers<\/strong> Improving the quality and safety of patient care – DOH<\/strong> Patient safety is not a luxury – The Lancet<\/strong> New patient safety body to carry out \u2018no blame\u2019 investigations \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong> All NHS staff to get 1 per cent pay rise \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong> Integrating services to improve patient care Pay circular: Agenda for Change
\nIsle of Wight Trust has dropped its bid for foundation trust status. \u00a0Last week the trust\u2019s board agreed to close down its programme to become an FT, which was launched in 2012.<\/p>\n
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\nLiverpool Women\u2019s Foundation Trust has concluded that its hospital needs to be relocated to a site that offers adult acute services.\u00a0Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group will now lead a review of women\u2019s and premature babies services ahead of an anticipated public consultation later this year.<\/p>\n
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\nThe loss of a \u00a3126m contract to another provider could cause multiple staffing and patient care issues, a trust has said. \u00a0An impact assessment prepared by Kent Community Health Foundation Trust said if it lost the work in north Kent there would be a \u201csignificant risk in terms of either financial, reputational, safety or quality of patient care\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\nMore than 700 community staff in Greater Manchester will have to transfer to a new employer twice in quick succession.<\/p>\n
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\nThe majority of nurses and midwives, who are due to revalidate in April, have begun their applications. Is your workforce prepared?<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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\n“This brochure <\/a>outlines some of the initiatives the UK is currently pursuing, and the organisations which are leading the way in standards of safety. The different sections also provide information on the partners who can best help you achieve your goal of safer, better healthcare.”<\/p>\n
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\nEditorial<\/a>: The fundamental tenet of medicine, first do no harm, seems obvious for the provision of high quality health care. Yet in the UK alone, on average, one incident of patient harm is reported every 35 seconds. Since the publication of the US Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human in 1999, improving reporting of harm and implementing measures to improve patient safety have been prioritised by health-care providers worldwide. However, statistics such as those reported in the UK clearly show that more needs to be done.<\/p>\n
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\nThe new body to examine clinical errors in the NHS is expected to operate within a \u201csafe space\u201d with evidence protected to encourage the service to cooperate with investigations, it has emerged. Evidence submitted to Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch could be protected to create a \u201csafe space\u201d for learning Mike Durkin says HSIB will rely on NHS Improvement for \u201cpay and rations\u201d HSIB will develop \u201cexemplar model\u201d of investigations for NHS organisations to follow locally.<\/p>\n
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\nAll NHS staff will receive a 1 per cent pay rise in 2016-17 after the Department of Health accepted the latest pay review body recommendations.<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>The Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of General Practitioners have published Patient care: a unified approach<\/a>.\u00a0 This document contains nine case studies where GPs and physicians have worked closely together to produce new and integrated services. The case studies span a wide range of services in England and Wales, covering different specialties, different population groups and different ways of addressing complex issues.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/strong>NHS Employers has issued a new pay circular for Agenda for Change staff<\/a>.\u00a0 This pay and conditions circular informs employers of pay from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for staff whose contracts of employment incorporate nationally agreed pay provisions in the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook (Agenda for Change).<\/p>\n
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