NPSA

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6 May 2014

Right result

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust prides itself on patient safety; so it was quick to respond when aspects of its
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30 July 2012

Hawking calls for action on A&E info

A GP is to report her concerns about the IT used to generate reports for GPs on accident and emergency
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28 February 2011

Never events list demands wristbands

All organisations providing NHS care will be required to provide their patients with standardised printed wristbands or risk not being
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23 February 2011

Hospitals still failing on wristbands

Several major hospitals are failing to generate and print standardised wristbands for their patients.
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22 October 2010

Coding for Success makes slow progress

A review of the impact of a report calling for the wider use of coding and tracking technologies in the
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8 July 2010

Great Ormond Street barcodes wristbands

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has rolled out barcoded wristbands from Dakota Healthcare. The wristband system, which
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17 February 2010

Trusts ‘ignore patient safety alerts’

A patient safety charity has alleged that around three quarters of NHS trusts have failed to comply with at least
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8 December 2009

DH mandates incident reporting

The Department of Health has confirmed that it will end the voluntary system for reporting patient safety incidents to the
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17 November 2009

Barcoded wristbands compulsory by 2011

The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care has called for patients to wear barcoded wristbands and for trusts that
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5 November 2009

Third of trusts miss wristband deadline

The National Patient Safety Agency has admitted that almost a third of NHS acute trusts in England and Wales have failed to
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