Healthcare
Never Events in the NHS – how to learn from them
Despite the tireless work of medical professionals across the NHS, occasionally serious incidents occur which can clearly have a huge impact on the lives of
June 12, 2022
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Healthcare
Compliance Concerns
New CQC regulations – can quality really be measured fairly?
The Care Quality Commission’s launch of their new strategy for ‘the changing world of health and social care – CQC’s strategy from 2021’ was closely
November 18, 2020
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Governance
NHS toxic culture – understanding the symptoms and causes
How to spot a toxic workplace Type “NHS toxic culture” into your web browser and wait for a deluge of reports about organisations in trouble
October 28, 2020
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Healthcare
What is the impact of technology in healthcare?
Technology is everywhere reshaping our lives but what is the impact of technology in healthcare? Former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell believes that healthcare is lagging
October 21, 2020
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Bullying & Harassment
Managing silent bullying in the workplace
What is silent bullying? Silent bullying is a non-verbal form of bullying and harassment which removes someone’s sense of belonging by attacking their confidence and
October 16, 2020
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Cases & Inquiries
The truth behind investigation backlogs
An interview with Chris Brougham During the Coronavirus pandemic frontline care and services have rightly taken priority. Organisations have focused on patient care and less
May 22, 2020
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Compliance Concerns
CQC Compliance: An In-Depth Guide
By Kieran Seale and Peter Kinsey As a provider of health and social care services, you will have heard of the Care Quality Commission (CQC),
May 11, 2020
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Healthcare
Publication of Verita’s report for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Investigation & subsequent review Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has recently published our independent investigation along with their response. You can read the trust’s response
August 9, 2018
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Governance
Practising privileges in private healthcare and its uber-style safety
What are practising privileges? A practising privilege is the ‘licence’ agreed between individual medical professionals and a private healthcare provider. In effect, they set out
August 7, 2018
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Cases & Inquiries
The Paterson Inquiry report – what it means for patient safety
What does the Paterson inquiry mean for independent healthcare? The Paterson Inquiry report was a damning indictment of the independent healthcare sector in the UK.
April 17, 2018
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Healthcare
HSE apology as Verita report finds ‘catastrophic failure of healthcare’
Health service executive The Health Service Executive of Ireland (HSE) have apologised after a man died almost immediately after being transferred from hospital to a
February 22, 2018
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Healthcare
Patient safety and human factors – an interview with Jo Gillespie
Patient safety and human factors We caught up with Jo Gillespie, former airline pilot and aviation safety expert, to discuss how understanding the link between
October 4, 2017
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