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1. False narratives about Covid left us with millions of deaths – will we challenge them now? (Guardian, 23 March 2022)

   • Virus
   • Pandemic
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     • Pandemic
     • Vaccination
     • Infection control
     • Transmission
     • Communication
     • Patient death

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 March, 2022

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   • 23 March, 2022

2. Collaborative learning during a pandemic: The PACS (Post-Acute Covid Syndrome) International Working Group

   • Long Covid
   • Recovery
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     • Long Covid
     • Recovery
     • Collaboration
     • USA
     • UK
     • Health education
     • Communication
     • Research

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 March, 2022

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   • 7 March, 2022

3. Pandemics disable people — the history lesson that policymakers ignore (16 February 2022)

   • Pandemic
   • Disability
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     • Disability
     • Patient
     • High risk groups
     • Virus

   By Patient Safety Learning, 4 March, 2022

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   • 4 March, 2022

4. The UK’s covid-19 data collection has been “world beating”—let’s not throw it away (25 February 2022)

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   • Pandemic
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     • Pandemic
     • Data
     • Infection control

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 March, 2022

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   • 2 March, 2022

5. Covid-19: For the clinically extremely vulnerable, life hasn’t returned to normal (BMJ, 15 February 2022)

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   • Shielding
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     • Shielding
     • High risk groups
     • Infection control
     • Pandemic

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 February, 2022

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   • 26 February, 2022

6. BMA Blog - PPE: A right to protection

   • Staff safety
   • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
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     • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
     • Infection control
     • Long Covid

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 February, 2022

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   • 22 February, 2022

7. Is anti-vaccine sentiment affecting routine childhood immunisations? (BMJ, 10 February 2022)

   • Vaccination
   • Pandemic
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     • Pandemic
     • Virus
     • Medicine - Infectious disease
     • Children and Young People
     • Measles

   By Patient Safety Learning, 19 February, 2022

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   • 19 February, 2022

8. Working in healthcare right now means being asked to do the impossible—then being abandoned to our inevitable failure (24 January 2022)

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   • Pandemic
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     • Healthcare
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   By Sam, 24 January, 2022

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   • 24 January, 2022

9. BMJ: Raining in Los Angeles (14 January 2022)

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   • Virus
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     • Virus
     • Pandemic
     • Treatment
     • Care assessment
     • Care coordination

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 January, 2022

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   • 23 January, 2022

10. ‘Christmas was awful’: on the Omicron frontline at the Royal Preston hospital (17 January 2022)

    • Staff factors
    • Staff support
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      • Staff support
      • Virus
      • Pandemic
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Lack of resources
      • Patient factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 22 January, 2022

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    • 22 January, 2022

11. Patient safety events and the role of patient safety organizations during the Covid-19 pandemic (12 January 2022)

    • Patient safety incident
    • Infection control
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      • Infection control
      • Communication problems
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • Sepsis
      • Hospital ward

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 19 January, 2022

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    • 19 January, 2022

12. BMJ Editorial: Why don’t we just open the windows? (26 November 2021)

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    • Pandemic
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      • Pandemic
      • Infection control
      • Transmission

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 January, 2022

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    • 17 January, 2022

13. Nurses struggle through a new COVID wave with rage and compassion (11 January 2022)

    • Nurse
    • Fatigue / exhaustion
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      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Pandemic
      • Virus
      • USA
      • Staff safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2022

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    • 15 January, 2022

14. "As a paramedic, I see an NHS ambulance service at breaking point, letting down those who need it most" (11 January 2022)

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    • Secondary impact
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      • Secondary impact
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      • Paramedic
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    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2022

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    • 15 January, 2022

15. Hospitals are in serious trouble (7 January2022)

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      • Long waiting list
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    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2022

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    • 15 January, 2022

16. Covid careers: how the pandemic changed my working life (14 December 2021)

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      • Work / environment factors
      • Personal development
      • Doctor

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 January, 2022

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    • 5 January, 2022

17. Long Covid: The hidden iceberg of Covid-19

    • Long Covid
    • Symptoms
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      • Symptoms
      • Secondary impact
      • Post-virus support
      • Recovery
      • Vaccination
      • Pandemic

    By Dr Shruthi, 4 January, 2022

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    • 4 January, 2022

18. What happened to our national emergency stockpiles? (30 November 2021)

    • Commisioning
    • Regulatory issue
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      • Regulatory issue
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      • Medical device / equipment
      • Lack of resources

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 December, 2021

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    • 29 December, 2021

19. COVID Nursing and PTSD (December 2021)

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      • Mental health
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    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 December, 2021

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    • 23 December, 2021

20. COVID-19 vaccines: patients left confused over rollout of third primary doses (BMJ Opinion, 15 October 2021)

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    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 October, 2021

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    • 19 October, 2021

21. Chris Ham: Dithering and delays hampered the UK’s COVID-19 response (12 October 2021)

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      • Social distancing
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    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 October, 2021

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    • 13 October, 2021

22. Don't let the term 'elective' fool you, physicians urge the public (12 August 2021)

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    • Pandemic
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      • Surgery - General
      • USA

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 October, 2021

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    • 4 October, 2021

23. The empty chair, a blog by Dr Chris Tiplady

    • Communication
    • Patient / family involvement
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      • Patient / family involvement
      • Relative
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 October, 2021

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    • 22 March, 2022

24. Long Covid/Post Covid Syndrome – how will it affect organisations and employers? (15 July 2021)

    • Long Covid
    • Post-virus support
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      • Long Covid
      • Post-virus support
      • Recovery
      • Workforce management
      • Safety management
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Police

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 September, 2021

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    • 29 September, 2021

25. Covid winter plan: UK blueprint doesn’t go far enough – an alternative from Professor Trish Greenhalgh (16 September 2021)

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    • Pandemic
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      • Infection control

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 September, 2021

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    • 25 September, 2021