Improving patient safety

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1. From crisis to confidence: how After Action Reviews help improve the response to acute health events, at regional and hospital levels (2026)

   • After action review
   • Organisational learning
   • (and 1 more)

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     • After action review
     • Organisational learning
     • Public health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 28 April

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   • 28 April

2. Food for thought: addressing misinformation and polarised views in health care (11 March 2026)

   • Communication
   • Information sharing

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March

   • 0 comments
   • 297 views
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   • 16 March

3. THIS podcast: Learning from failure in healthcare

   • Human factors
   • Organisational learning
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Human factors
     • Organisational learning
     • Quality improvement
     • Bias
     • Research
     • Investigation

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 March

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   • 279 views
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   • 13 March

4. The invisible safety checkpoint: diagnostics and patient safety in NHS-contracted independent ophthalmic care

   • Private sector
   • Screening
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Private sector
     • Screening
     • Tests / investigations
     • Medicine - Ophthalmology
     • Diagnostic error
     • Clinical process
     • Staff support
     • Delegation

   By Khairen, 4 March

   • 0 comments
   • 818 views
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   • 4 March

5. Clive Flashman's reflections from the PPP and Patient Safety Learning's Patient Safety Forum 2026

   • Quality improvement
   • Digital health

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 2 March

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   • 404 views
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   • 2 March

6. Patient safety and the new NHS Quality Strategy

   • Quality improvement
   • Leadership
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Quality improvement
     • Leadership
     • Safety culture
     • Integrated Care Board (ICB)

   By Mark Hughes, 25 February

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   • 2,105 views
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   • 25 February

7. Implementation of patient safety monitoring systems in hospitals: a systematic review (17 September 2025)

   • Monitoring
   • Research

   By Mark Hughes, 20 February

   • 0 comments
   • 431 views
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   • 20 February

8. Institute of Global Health Innovation & Patient Safety Watch: Global State of Patient Safety 2025 (29 January 2026)

   • Data
   • Global health
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Data
     • Global health
     • Benchmarking

   By Mark Hughes, 29 January

   • 0 comments
   • 1,657 views
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   • 29 January

9. Picker: The State of Person-Centred Care 2025 (29 January 2026)

   • Person-centred care
   • Patient engagement
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Person-centred care
     • Patient engagement
     • Quality improvement

   By Mark Hughes, 29 January

   • 0 comments
   • 823 views
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   • 29 January

10. Norway provides safer AND cheaper healthcare than the UK – we need to find out why: Jeremy Hunt (Health Service Journal, 29 January 2026)

    • Data
    • Global health
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Data
      • Global health
      • Benchmarking

    By Mark Hughes, 29 January

    • 0 comments
    • 592 views
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    • 29 January

11. Improving the effectiveness of multidisciplinary team meetings for patients with chronic diseases: a prospective observational study (October 2014)

    • Teamwork
    • Decision making
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Teamwork
      • Decision making
      • Information sharing
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 January

    • 0 comments
    • 564 views
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    • 20 January

12. Voices for safety podcast - Lost in Transition: How Care Gaps Impact Patient Safety (5 December 2025)

    • Transfer of care
    • Discharge
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Transfer of care
      • Discharge
      • Post-discharge support

    By Mark Hughes, 9 January

    • 0 comments
    • 499 views
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    • 9 January

13. Four recommendations to improve healthcare outcomes (Federation of American Scientists, September 2025)

    • System safety

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 6 January

    • 0 comments
    • 392 views
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    • 6 January

14. Patient safety initiative resources (American Hospitals Association)

    • System safety
    • USA
    • (and 1 more)

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      • System safety
      • USA
      • Hospital ward

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 23 December, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 528 views
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    • 23 December, 2025

15. Hospitals continue to improve performance on key patient safety measures, outcomes in 2025 (4 December 2025)

    • USA
    • System safety
    • (and 1 more)

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      • USA
      • System safety
      • Systematic review

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 8 December, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,603 views
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    • 8 December, 2025

16. The use of healthcare simulation to identify and address latent safety threats: a scoping review (18 November 2025)

    • Simulation

    By Mark Hughes, 28 November, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 605 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 28 November, 2025

17. Approaches to Safety: One Size Does Not Fit All (14 January 2016)

    • Safety process
    • Safety management

    By Mark Hughes, 21 November, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 535 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 21 November, 2025

18. Improvement Cymru Academy Toolkit Guide: Reliability

    • Organisation / service factors
    • Safety process

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 November, 2025

    • 1 comment
    • 982 views
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    • Comment by Tony 2
    • 20 November, 2025

19. Let’s talk evaluation of improvement (AQUA, 6 October 2025)

    • Organisational learning
    • Recommendations
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Organisational learning
      • Recommendations
      • Action plan
      • Quality improvement
      • Evaluation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 October, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 869 views
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    • 20 October, 2025

20. Cambridge Elements: Lean as a healthcare improvement approach (9 September 2025)

    • Quality improvement
    • Implementation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 October, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 699 views
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    • 18 October, 2025

21. Perspectives on the Dash Review (29 August 2025)

    • Leadership
    • Regulatory issue
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Leadership
      • Regulatory issue
      • Safety management
      • England

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 August, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,976 views
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    • 29 August, 2025

22. The future of patient safety (Suzette Woodward, 28 August 2025)

    • Leadership
    • Regulatory issue
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Leadership
      • Regulatory issue
      • Safety management
      • England

    By Mark Hughes, 28 August, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 662 views
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    • 28 August, 2025

23. The Dash review and its impact on the future of patient advocacy (27 August 2025)

    • Leadership
    • England
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Leadership
      • England
      • Patient engagement

    By Mark Hughes, 28 August, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 648 views
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    • 28 August, 2025

24. A physics tribute to James Reason (25 August 2025)

    • System safety
    • Safety culture
    • (and 5 more)

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      • System safety
      • Safety culture
      • Safety process
      • Patient safety incident
      • Risk assessment
      • Risk management
      • Radiology

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 August, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 692 views
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    • 27 August, 2025

25. HFMA podcast. From waste to value - how UHCW is transforming care and costs (19 August 2025)

    • Organisational Performance
    • Safety process
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Organisational Performance
      • Safety process
      • Policies
      • Staff engagement
      • Financial Incentives
      • Implementation
      • Productivity

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 August, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 621 views
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    • 20 August, 2025