A commentary on the findings of an enquiry by the Royal College of Anaesthetists into how well prepared hospitals are to deal with perioperative anaphylaxis shock
Read MorePrivate hospitals are being used more and more by the NHS to perform operations. Because these hospitals are very different to NHS hospitals, CHPI has undertaken work to identify and assess the unique patient safety issues with this form of for-profit healthcare provision.
Dual qualified medical doctor and solicitor Jock Mackenzie explains the severe failings he sees in the PHIN’s work to provide patient safety data for private hospitals
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This report uses findings from the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime for private hospitals to show that there continue to be risks to patient safety associated with the distinctive nature of private hospitals in England, compared with the NHS.
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The CHPI welcomes today’s letter from the Secretary of State to the private hospital sector which aims at reducing patient safety risks across the sector.
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The time has come for the NHS corporately, and referring clinicians individually, to consider their own responsibility for the safety of NHS patients in private settings.
Read MorePeter Walsh outlines the discrepancies in patient safety requirements for private health providers
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It is arguable that Spire Parkway and/or its employees could be held criminally accountable for an offence under section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.
Read MoreOur take on the latest CQC report on Independent Acute Hospitals.
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Could the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 be used to recuperate money from the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson and his employer, Spire Healthcare?
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A short guide containing some of the key facts about private hospitals that impact patient safety – based on the findings of our latest report No Safety Without Liability
Read MoreA new world-wide concern about patient safety developed in the 1990s with the realisation that more and more surgery was taking place and that the significant and persisting level of complications from surgery was largely the result of faulty systems for preventing them.
Read MoreA collection of reports sourced in our 2014 report into Patient Safety in Private Hospitals, which attempted to collate what little information was available about the quality and outcomes of care in private hospitals.
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