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Raising concerns and reporting poor care in practice

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

This article considers the issue of poor care and how nurses should respond when they encounter it. Several reports and inquiries into failings in care have called...

Patient safety: threats and solutions

03 July 2013

Nursing Standard

Learning Zone

The recent landmark report into the care failings at Stafford Hospital has called for sweeping changes to end the NHS’s neglect of patient safety (Francis 2013). The...

Nursing students’ reflections on the Francis report

17 September 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores nursing students’ reflections on the criticisms of nursing highlighted in the Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public...

The effect of organisational culture on patient safety

26 June 2013

Nursing Standard

Learning Zone

This article explores the links between organisational culture and patient safety. The key elements associated with a safety culture, most notably effective...