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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Specialists Trusts
- NHS Regional Offices
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
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- Other contacts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Social Care Providers (registered with CAS)
- Special Health Authorities
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| Title: |
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Nasogastric tube misplacement: continuing risk of death and severe harm
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| Broadcast content: |
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A Patient Safety Alert around the continued occurrence of harm caused by incidents involving misplaced nasogastric tubes. It directs providers of NHS-funded care to a new NHS Improvement resource set created to support boards (or their equivalents) to assess
whether previous alerts and guidance around nasogastric tubes has been
implemented and embedded within their organisations.
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| Additional information: |
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This alert does not need to be cascaded to primary care providers.
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| Action underway deadline: |
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28-Jul-2016
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| Action complete deadline: |
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21-Apr-2017
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