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Understanding how midwives employed by the National Health Service facilitate women’s alternative birthing choices: Findings from a feminist pragmatist study (November 2020)
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Guide to producing health information for children and young people (2020)
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Health Educataion England: 10 quick wins for managing COVID surge in ICU
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Patient Safety Story: The next chapter (21 January 2021)
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Good communication with patients who are waiting for care (January 2021)
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My ‘Long Covid’ nightmare: Still sick after 6 months
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We're about to see a wave of long Covid. When will ministers take it seriously?
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Severe and long Covid risk could be established ‘very early on’
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Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives
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COVID-19: Working in medicine is “pretty awful” right now, says college president
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30% of COVID patients in England readmitted
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Painful hysteroscopy
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Vaccines for COVID-19: What are the Human Factors and ergonomic issues that should be considered?
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Which are the best Interdisciplinary Open Access Journals
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Feed the NHS frontline
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Time to act on surgical site infections
Surgical site infections (SSIs) present a considerable challenge for healthcare systems across the world and have a substantial impact on patients and healthcare professionals.
It is now time to act. Collectively we need to reduce the variation in practice across the UK, embed evidence-based examples of best practice, and work collaboratively with the NHS to help reduce the incidence of SSIs to improve patient outcomes.
A new report, Time to Act: A State of the Nation report on Surgical Site Infections in the UK, will review the available evidence, examples of best practice and reflections from the front line, to make recommendations to each of these groups in order to drive significant improvement in reducing SSI rates in the UK.
On the hub we have a number of resources on surgical site infections...
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The coroner role & preparing for coroner’s inquest: Learning from deaths
26 January 2021
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Driving quality improvement through digital solutions during a pandemic
27 January 2021 10:00
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Digital mental health
27 January 2021 13:00
Webinar, United Kingdom -
Clinical negligence in the NHS - patient safety, the impact of COVID-19, legal cost reform and next steps for policy
28 January 2021
Online event, United Kingdom