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Healthcare staff have begun presenting innovative ideas before a Dragon's Den-style panel in an attempt to win £50,000 towards service improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on testimony which British nursing union representative Adrian Legan gave at a public inquiry into an unusual number of deaths which occurred at Great Britain's Stafford Hospital. In the testimony Legan stated that he is shocked and upset that he failed to notice improper standards of care or medical errors while visiting the hospital.

The nursing profession needs to confront the failure of nurses to complete essential processes, such as patient observations, a leading nurse director has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on an announcement which was made by Great Britain's chief nursing officer for England Dame Chris Beasley at a 2009 conference of the National Health Service Confederation. In the announcement Beasley indicated that she felt that British Nurses may have become desensitized to mixed-sex hospital wards and that said mixed-sex accommodation in hospital wards was not an acceptable way of delivering health care in the 21st century.

The article reports that an increased number of patients in England have rated their care as excellent, according to a survey by the health and social care regulator in Great Britain, the Care Quality Commission. Problems were found to persist with mixed sex accommodation, discharge delays, and noise at night.

The article reports that the case notes of 43 former patients of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust will be reviewed at the request of their families to determine whether the patients received acceptable levels of care. The review will be conducted in response to a report by Great Britain's Healthcare Commission that found that 400 people may have died due to appalling care and low staffing levels.

Nurses working at an NHS trust criticised for 'appalling' standards of care have experienced a sharp increase in verbal abuse and aggression from patients and relatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the introduction of "Safe Practices for Better Healthcare," endorsed by the National Quality Forum. According to the Leapfrog Group, this move could greatly help healthcare institutes in protecting patients against any possible crimes and frauds. The group is said to collect data on hospitals' progress in their practice.