25 Nov 2010
| by Julie Wilson
It is vital that a practice has a robust, effective, safe and well-designed test result system...Well-designed test result systems can help to reduce the likelihood of adverse events and keep ...
have risks associated with their test result system.
Practices use laboratory services on a daily ...
as necessary. Is the system you have at your practice robust, effective and safe? When was the last time a test ...
18 Jan 2012
| by Dr Peter Mackenzie
and diagnosis was delayed.
Failure to diagnose serious illness can also occur because of systems failures, including IT systems breaking down or reports being filed incorrectly.
GPs are responsible for ensuring proper follow-up for the tests and investigations that they are aware of, so consider whether the systems ...
23 Jan 2008
with this is to use your practice s adverse incident reporting system. As a matter of courtesy you should tell your ...
System run by the NPSA, and can be done easily and anonymously online. Most importantly, your practice ...
15 May 2008
condition, can be extracted from NHS systems. The guidance states that NHS organisations (including GP ...