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‘Trusts receive too many safety-related messages from too many different sources. The trusts we spoke to said there needed to be better communication and coordination between national bodies, and...
Nurses and midwives should be familiar with and understand the concept of inclusion health for people in their care because of the enormous implications this has on the way they deliver care. For...
‘This unsustainable situation is driven by an outdated legal system rather than deteriorating clinical standards. Legal reform is desperately needed.’
Never Event data show the issues of poor NHS communication strategies in a tragic light. Many of these terrible events would not have happened had good communication strategies been in place. NHS...
COPD is described as a preventable and treatable group of lung conditions characterised by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease...
After placement, IV catheters, whether PIVC or CVAD, will be secured to the catheter insertion site by a variety of methods. Accidental dislodgement of IV catheters occurs when the chosen securement...
In the first instance when considering a new job, it is important to be sure it is what you want and where you want to work. If it is with a new employer, do your research: find out about its values...
Wales, as a devolved nation, has its own health service provision and all health boards were obliged to undertake the requirements of the patient safety notice. It was soon identified that not all...
One issue she discusses are the professional silos and hierarchies, for example:.
The first nurse-led hospital-wide vascular access service was set up in 1991 in Oxford. This service proved that the implementation of a VAST could lead to a radical reduction in infections and...