NCEPOD wins bid to carry on reviews into patient care in hospitals.
NCEPOD has won its funding bid to continue its job of safeguarding and improving the quality of patient care in the UK’s hospitals by undertaking confidential case reviews.
We are currently recruiting for NCEPOD Ambassadors
This role is based working alongside our existing NCEPOD Local Reporters. For more information about the role please click here.
NCEPOD Annual Lecture (20yr celebration). - Held at One Great George Street
On Tuesday 23rd September NCEPOD held its first annual lecture. This lecture marked 20 years of NCEPOD and we were delighted that it was delivered by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director of the NHS.
Sir Bruce was able to comment on 20 years of NCEPOD and 60 years of the NHS.
The evening was chaired by Professor Tom Treasure, Chairman of NCEPOD and held in lovely surroundings at One Great George Street in Westminster.
NCEPOD would like to thank everyone that attended. We found the evening to be very enjoyable and are already looking forward to next year's lecture.
Elderly patients vulnerable because of excessive doses of sedatives.
Following on from our 2004 report 'Scoping Our Practice', an article has been written suggesting measures to prevent the over sedation of elderly patients.
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NPSA involvement
NPSA involvement
From 1 April 2005 the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has expanded, giving it greater scope to improve patient safety in the NHS.
The NPSA helps the NHS learn from things that go wrong and develops solutions to prevent harm in the future. We do this by working with patients and staff locally and nationally to foster a culture where errors can be investigated and innovative solutions developed. We also do this by collecting and analysing information from staff and patients via our national reporting and learning system and other sources.
From 1 April 2005, the NPSA's work also encompasses: safety aspects of hospital design, cleanliness and food (transferred from NHS Estates); ensuring research is carried out safely, through its responsibility for the National Research Ethics Service (NRES); and is supporting local organisations in addressing their concerns about the performance of individual doctors and dentists, through its responsibility for the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), formerly known as the National Clinical Assessment Authority. It also manages the contracts with the three confidential enquiries. This responsibility has been transferred from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).
All contact addresses for these organisations remain the same and can be found here:
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