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Thursday 17 September 2026 marks the seventh annual World Patient Safety Day. To support this year’s theme, we have been sharing a new series of blogs on the hub:

We have also created a poster that can be printed out and displayed within your organisation that highlights the five key areas to focus on when caring for patients with noncommunicable diseases.

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Mental health crisis care: care of patients in emergency departments (HSSIB report 2 of 2)
Mental health crisis care: care of patients in emergency departments (HSSIB report 2 of 2)

Sam · 45 minutes ago45 min

This is the second of two investigation reports into crisis care in emergency departments (EDs). An interim report was published in April 2026 following early identification of a significant legal, policy and safety gap in the care of people in mental health crisis in EDs. This report is part of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)’s wider work on safety issues for people experiencing a mental health crisis who come into contact with urgent and emergency care services. A relate
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Presentation on formaldehyde exposure in NHS pathology departments in the UK (31 July 2026)
Presentation on formaldehyde exposure in NHS pathology departments in the UK (31 July 2026)

Patient Safety Learning · 45 minutes ago45 min

Richard Yates and Magdalene Plesa gave a presentation at a recent Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network meeting describing the issue of formalin and formaldehyde exposure in UK healthcare settings, with harmful side effects for healthcare workers and a lack of occupational protection or safety regulation.
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Using simulation to involve patients and communities in shaping safer care: The Involvement Intention
Using simulation to involve patients and communities in shaping safer care: The Involvement Intention

Sharon Weldon · 15 hours ago15 hr

Transformative Simulation considers how simulation can be intentionally used beyond education to understand and contribute to change within healthcare systems. The Involvement Simulation-Based Intention focuses on using simulation to structurally involve patients, carers, communities and other diverse and under-represented groups in understanding healthcare culture and systems and shaping how care is designed and delivered. This resource from hub topic lead Sharon Weldon brings together a short
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Using simulation to strengthen workforce participation, belonging and wellbeing: The Inclusion Intention
Using simulation to strengthen workforce participation, belonging and wellbeing: The Inclusion Intention

Sharon Weldon · 15 hours ago15 hr

Transformative Simulation considers how simulation can be intentionally used beyond education to understand and contribute to change within healthcare systems. The Inclusion Simulation-Based Intention focuses on using simulation to strengthen workforce participation, belonging, empowerment and wellbeing, creating conditions in which people feel able to contribute meaningfully to healthcare systems and change. This resource from hub topic lead Sharon Weldon brings togethers a short Transformative
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World Patient Safety Day 2026
World Patient Safety Day 2026

Mark Hughes · 23 hours ago23 hr

In this blog to mark World Patient Safety Day 2026, Patient Safety Learning argues that we need a transformation in our approach to patient safety. We explore what this year’s theme, “Safe care for noncommunicable diseases,” means for patient safety and highlight the work Patient Safety Learning has been doing to support the campaign. This includes a downloadable poster and a series of related blogs on the hub, offering practical insights and resources to help drive action for safer care.
- Global health
- WPSD26
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The safety experts we keep overlooking: Why meaningful patient and family engagement matters across the NCD journey (IHI, 9 September)
The safety experts we keep overlooking: Why meaningful patient and family engagement matters across the NCD journey (IHI, 9 September)

Patient Safety Learning · 23 hours ago23 hr

World Patient Safety Day (WPSD 2026) offers an opportunity to rethink whose expertise shapes safer care. Learn why patients and families must be meaningfully engaged in designing care for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) across the full journey in this blog from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
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Picker: Why patient experience matters for safer care (15 September 2026)
Picker: Why patient experience matters for safer care (15 September 2026)

Patient Safety Learning · 23 hours ago23 hr

Currently, around one in every ten patients globally are harmed by unintended or unexpected events during the provision of healthcare, and more than three million deaths occur annually due to unsafe care practices. In the past three years, 9.7% of British adults reported harm from NHS care or lack of access to care. To tackle this, there is ongoing work across the sector to improve safety by reducing avoidable harm and by minimising adverse events and medical errors. Thursday, 17 September mark
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National Patient Safety Alert. Patient hoists and slings (all types): risk of death and serious harm from falls (MHRA, 16 September 2026)
National Patient Safety Alert. Patient hoists and slings (all types): risk of death and serious harm from falls (MHRA, 16 September 2026)

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Fatal and serious harm continues to occur when patients fall from hoists or slings during transfers and repositioning. A review of recent incidents with a fatal outcome and wider surveillance data shows an average of two deaths per year since 2015.
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Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare

Patient Safety Learning · 3 minutes ago3 min

Proposals to limit the number of patients being formally diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been attacked as “rationing” healthcare and pushing children and adults to self-diagnosis via social media. The comments came before a government review due next week, which is expected to say that patients with ADHD symptoms should not automatically be formally diagnosed, but should be “triaged” and offered support without the need for a formal diagnosis. Details of this “needs-
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Judge to examine trust’s care failings
Judge to examine trust’s care failings

Patient Safety Learning · 8 minutes ago8 min

Government has named a chair for its public inquiry into care and governance failings at a mental health trust – nine months after the probe was promised. Judge John Potter is to lead the inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust, which will examine the deaths of teenagers Christine Harnett, Nadia Shariff, and Emily Moore, who died by suicide while in the trust’s care, in 2019 and 2020. He is a retired circuit judge and former deputy judge of the Criminal Division of the Court of
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NHS CEO will keep top-tier status
NHS CEO will keep top-tier status

Sam · 23 hours ago23 hr

The NHS chief executive is set to have equal rank in government to the health department’s permanent secretary when NHS England is abolished – meaning a proposal to downgrade their status has been rejected by ministers. The decision was made by health and social care secretary Yvette Cooper last week, after several weeks of deliberation over the choices she needs to make ahead of NHSE being scrapped, officials have been told. Ms Cooper had decided the NHS CEO post will sit “alongside the permane
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Bristol research transforms Scottish infection control guidelines
Bristol research transforms Scottish infection control guidelines

Patient Safety Learning · yesterday at 07:081 day

The AERATOR (Aerosolisation and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings) study took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aimed to understand whether so-called aerosol generating procedures, such as inserting a breathing tube, produced aerosols in significant numbers. AERATOR was led by anaesthetic, intensive care, infectious disease and respiratory clinicians at Southmead Hospital and aerosol scientists at the University of Bristol. The study was supported by the National Institute f
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£2.5bn tech programme dubbed ‘unachievable’
£2.5bn tech programme dubbed ‘unachievable’

Patient Safety Learning · yesterday at 07:081 day

Successful delivery of NHS England’s £2.5bn Frontline Productivity programme “appears to be unachievable” due to governance failures and political uncertainty, according to a government review. A review of the programme carried out by the government in July gave the programme a “red” confidence rating and concluded that “successful delivery is unlikely under the current operating arrangements”. The review, which has never been published, found that the programme’s ambition of devolving delivery
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NHS winter planning: Penny Dash’s “groundhog day” comments are “admission of failure,” doctors say
NHS winter planning: Penny Dash’s “groundhog day” comments are “admission of failure,” doctors say

Patient Safety Learning · yesterday at 07:081 day

NHS England chair Penny Dash has been criticised after suggesting that winter planning for the months ahead will be “exactly the same” as previous years, despite concerns by doctors that such planning has been ineffective. Speaking at the King’s Fund on Tuesday 8 September, Dash, who took over as chair in April 2025, said, “We are about to have a paper come to the NHS England board on winter planning. “This will be my sixth year as an NHS chair, with exactly the same paper on winter planning com
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"It makes you feel helpless": patients and doctors cast doubt on standard treatment for endometriosis
"It makes you feel helpless": patients and doctors cast doubt on standard treatment for endometriosis

Patient Safety Learning · Wednesday at 13:381 day

“It’s really frustrating to be in this cycle of continuous surgery. It makes you feel helpless,” says Natalie Greenwood, of a condition that affects her so badly she is “non-functioning most of the time because of the constant fatigue”. Greenwood, 36, needs to have an operation every few years to limit the impact of the endometriosis that gives her chronic pelvic pain, as well as extreme tiredness and brain fog. She says the trouble with depending on surgery is not just having an invasive proced
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USA: Pennsylvania officials report fourth measles-associated death in 'surge' of cases
USA: Pennsylvania officials report fourth measles-associated death in 'surge' of cases

Patient Safety Learning · Wednesday at 13:381 day

A fourth person has died from complications related to measles in Pennsylvania, say state officials, in an outbreak that has infected hundreds of people. An 18-year-old died from acute encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles, the Mifflin County Coroner's Office in Pennsylvania said. The Keystone state has seen over 600 cases of measles this year, primarily in Lancaster County. The US eliminated measles in 2000 with the help of vaccines, but it has this year expe
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Top picks: Key patient safety resources for people with dementia
Top picks: Key patient safety resources for people with dementia

Patient-Safety-Learning · 11 September11 Sep

At Patient Safety Learning we believe that sharing insights and learning is vital to improving outcomes and reducing harm. That's why we created the hub; providing a space for people to come together and share their experiences, resources and good practice examples. Dementia is an umbrella term for a number of diseases that affect the brain, with Alzheimer’s disease its most common cause. We have picked a range of resources and reflections about keeping people with dementia safe in health and c
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Top picks: 12 fall prevention resources
Top picks: 12 fall prevention resources

Patient Safety Learning · 10 September10 Sep

At Patient Safety Learning we believe that sharing insights and learning is vital to improving outcomes and reducing harm. That's why we created the hub; providing a space for people to come together and share their experiences, resources and good practice examples. In this Top picks, we’ve pulled together tools, quality improvement projects, blogs and reports shared on the hub to help reduce and prevent falls in healthcare settings.
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Top picks: 8 resources on sickle cell disease
Top picks: 8 resources on sickle cell disease

Patient Safety Learning · 1 September1 Sep

Sickle cell disease can affect people of all backgrounds but is more common in African and Caribbean communities. It has become one of the fastest growing genetic conditions in England, with 250 new cases every year. People living with sickle cell disease may experience painful crises, fatigue and an increased risk of serious health complications. Despite this, the condition is often not well understood. At Patient Safety Learning we believe that sharing insights and learning is vital to improv
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Top picks: 13 resources about sepsis
Top picks: 13 resources about sepsis

Patient Safety Learning · 1 September1 Sep

According to the UK Sepsis Trust, sepsis affects 245,000 people every year in the UK alone, and 48,000 people die of sepsis-related illnesses. Sepsis arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. It may lead to shock, multi-organ failure, and death – especially if not recognised early and treated promptly. Dr Ron Daniels, Founder & Joint CEO of the UK Sepsis Trust, and Topic Lead for the hub, said: “During the Covid-19 pandemic, attention to sepsis care
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Top picks: International patient safety insights
Top picks: International patient safety insights

Patient_Safety_Learning · 15 July15 Jul

Our free platform for patient safety – the hub – was launched in 2019 with the aim of sharing learning for safer care. We now have members from all around the world, and many are helping to shape the hub by sharing their patient safety insights through blogs, interviews, tools and practical examples. In this Top picks, we showcase some of our international contributions, and celebrate our ever-growing network of people who are passionate about reducing avoidable harm.
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Top picks: Safety investigations in other industries
Top picks: Safety investigations in other industries

Patient Safety Learning · 14 July14 Jul

We often hear from the Patient Safety Management Network that members are in interested in how others from different industries do things. In this hub top picks, we have pulled together useful websites on safety and investigations in other industries, including aviation, rail, nuclear and defence.
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Top picks: 7 resources about Group B Strep
Top picks: 7 resources about Group B Strep

Patient Safety Learning · 29 June29 Jun

Knowing about Group B Strep when you’re pregnant or in the early weeks after birth can make a massive difference – most Group B Strep infections in newborn babies can be prevented, and early treatment can and does save lives. Group B Strep Awareness Week is a dedicated week to raise awareness of group B Strep – the most common cause of serious infection in newborn babies in the UK. Infections that are usually preventable. The week aims to inform expectant parents, healthcare professionals,
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Top picks: Breaking down the barriers faced by people with learning disabilities
Top picks: Breaking down the barriers faced by people with learning disabilities

Patient Safety Learning · 10 June10 Jun

Learning Disability Week is the third week of June every year. The event, organised by the charity Mencap, is an opportunity to raise awareness about different learning disabilities and challenge some of the barriers people who have learning disabilities face. According to Mencap, a learning disability is a person's reduced intellectual ability, meaning they can face difficulty with everyday activities. People with a learning disability can sometimes need extra support to learn new skills,
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