Wales: Mistakes or errors in hospitals claim the lives of 30 patients during six month span
Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition, March 17, 2009
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) revealed new figures stating that during a recent six month span, more than 16,000 patient safety incidents have occurred across South Wales, according to Wales Online . This is in addition to the 30 patients who died because of mistakes made concerning their care, or as the result of accidents in the hospital.
Dr. Tony Jewell, Wales' chief medical officer says, "Mistakes will happen. However, by encouraging all National Health Service organizations in Wales to report every patient safety incident to the NPSA, we can learn from these errors and reduce the risk of these happening again."
NPSA also reported that Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust had 6,500 patient safety incidents in its hospitals and mental health services, which is the highest number of recorded incidents in a single NHS Trust in Wales. Even though three fourths of the incidents did not cause any harm to the patient, 99 patients suffered "severe harm", while another 11 patients died between April and September 2008.
According to Wales Online "the NPSA has issued guidance on issues of patient identification and medication errors, as these problems affect trusts nationally," says the chief executive of Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Hugh Ross. "We have responded by setting up workgroups to review our practice and oversee implementation of the guidance in these areas."
Related Products
-
Patient Safety Monitor
As part of your Patient Safety Monitor membership, you'll receive Briefings on Patient Safety. In this 12-page monthly...
-
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
This e-mail newsletter provides healthcare professionals with the latest patient safety news, while offering useful...
-
Patient Safety Quality Monthly
Ken Rohde, Senior Consultant for The Greeley Company with over 25 years of experience in quality management. His roles in...
-
Occurrence Reporting:
Take advantage of the information occurrence reports provide and make sustainable enhancements at your facility. Expert...
-
Surgical Safety: Strategies for Patient Safety and Compliance
During this 90-minute program, our experts will explain current Joint Commission and CMS surgical standards, and provide...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- COT basics to best
- Documentation and coding for toxic metabolic encephalopathy
- Guidance and tact key to compliant, effective physician queries
- Searched