The CQC's never events report should 'sit side by side' with the patient safety strategy for the NHS, says Dr John Dean, RCP clinical director for quality improvement and patient safety.
As the health services face louder calls for a greater focus on person-centred, co-ordinated care, and more integrated services, Professor David Oliver highlights the key policy priorities for the RCP.
All six health boards in Wales with an acute medical intake are now registered with the Improving Quality in Liver Services (IQILS) project, the UK national accreditation scheme for liver services.
In new recommendations for the use of AI to support doctors, the RCP has called on the medical profession to embrace the technology, but to make sure that it works for patients.
Mounting concerns for patient safety have been expressed by consultant physicians responding to the profession’s annual census, Focus on Physicians, published today.
The NMCRR has published a new Mortality toolkit aimed at supporting trusts in implementing a standardised way of reviewing the case records of adults who have died in acute hospitals across England and Scotland.
