Read our latest patient safety blogs
Improving patient safety
New blogs from across the hub
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Valdo Calocane inquiry offers valuable lessons for overhauling mental health services (BMJ, 17 June 2026)
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To improve maternity services we must confront the damaging ideology that prizes “normal childbirth” over safe care (BMJ, 29 June 2026)
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My colleague made a derogatory comment about a patient - what now? (BMJ, 8 June 2026)
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My journey with NatSSIPS 2
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How can they not know? Missing data and half-measures continue to fail mesh-injured women (19 June 2026)
Patient engagement
Blogs on engaging patients for patient safety
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10 questions every organisation should ask about their PPIE
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Patient Partnership Week 2026
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From participant to partner: moving from patient-centred to patient-led healthcare (a cardiac patient’s perspective)
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Using patient stories to create significant impact and improve cancer patient experience
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Prioritising patients and staff to improve safety of care (11 March 2026)
Stories from the frontline
Blogs written by doctors and nurses on the frontline
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When learning is still mistaken for blame
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Patient safety, speaking up and the role of Royal College reviews in the NHS
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"Patient safety is not just a framework—it is a promise". Reflections from a patient safety investigator
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Patient barcode scanning in NHS hospitals: safety, snags and workarounds. A nurse’s perspective
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My experience of the 'Wait 45' policy
- Anonymous - Florence in the Machine
Safety stories
Blogs and vlogs from patients and health and care staff
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Ensuring patients feel informed, listened to and supported long after the headlines disappear
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My last thought will be with the people suffering from hernia mesh (27 March 2026)
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From ambition to accountability: why hereditary risk needs ownership now
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Data privacy concerns that go far beyond the seemingly harmless waiting room
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How one woman’s missed referrals exposed a systemic gap in hereditary cancer care: Why I'm campaigning for Rachel's Rule