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Safety Spotlight: Exchange blood transfusion

A baby received an exchange blood transfusion. This is a specialist and complex procedure with associated risks (and is now infrequently performed in most neonatal units).
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COMPASS Pilot shows promise for improving maternity safety culture

COMPASS (Culture of Organisations and its iMPact on PAtientS’ Safety), a tool developed to help healthcare staff identity and address cultural factors affecting patient safety in maternity services, …
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MNSI responds to the CQC State of Care report 2025

MNSI's Programme Director responds to today's publication of the Care Quality Commission State of Care Report 2025
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Maternity investigations programme to be hosted by Care Quality Commission

It has been announced via a Written Ministerial Statement that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s (HSIB’s) maternity programme will be hosted later this year by the Care Quality Commission …
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Risk assessments during the maternity care pathway

Following the publication of our national learning report on the same topic, Sonia Barnfield looks at risk assessments during the maternity care pathway.
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National learning report highlights risks associated with ‘incomplete’ maternal risk assessments

Our latest learning report emphasises that maternity risk assessments can be inconsistent and do not support changes in pregnant women/person’s circumstances during the ‘maternity pathway’ (pregnancy…
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