Martha’s Rule, which gives patients and their loved ones the right to a second medical opinion, can “save lives”, Martha Mills’s mother has said. The first two months of the initiative saw 14 people ...

Loughborough University is collaborating with NHS England to deliver learning to hundreds of healthcare professionals in a bid to improve patient safety. Image Credit: Loughborough University Human ...

The report cites specific cases of patient harm, including a four-year-old girl who received five incorrect doses of blood-thinning medication due to an error in an electronic prescribing system. The ...

NHS Lanarkshire has scooped a major national award at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards 2025. The team took home the award for Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the ...

Patients across the UK are set to benefit from access to safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices as part of the first ever medical technology ('medtech') strategy published today.

The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety officially launched in September 2024, representing a major step in the federal government’s renewed commitment to improving patient ...

Manchester University NHS Foundation has gone live with a digital twin of six hospitals as part of its strategy to create a smart estate.

Publication of NHS England's Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) was welcomed by NHS Providers, which said it would help trusts learn and improve when mistakes were made. Addressing ...

The programme was created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and combines digital tools with face-to-face support.

Plans to create 'virtual wards' and offer more support at home to the elderly and vulnerable could ease pressure on hospitals in the short-term, but ignore the pressing issue of staff shortages, the ...

The programme was created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and combines digital tools with face-to-face support.