Organisational

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1. From reaction to resilience: How proactive risk management can unlock safety, quality and innovation in the NHS

   • Organisational development
   • Risk management
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Organisational development
     • Risk management
     • Innovation
     • Leadership
     • Resilience
     • System safety

   By Patient Safety Learning, 14 May

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   • 14 May

2. The surprising history of patient safety reporting systems

   • Patient safety incident
   • Near miss
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Patient safety incident
     • Near miss
     • Never event
     • Reporting
     • Human error
     • Human factors

   By Alex Mendelsohn, 7 April

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   • 299 views
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   • 7 April

3. Blaming individuals for care failures is sometimes the right response (HSJ, 6 February 2026)

   • Organisational Performance
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Organisational Performance
     • Patient harmed
     • Accountability
     • Investigation
     • Organisational culture

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 February

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   • 278 views
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   • 6 February

4. What is KAIZEN™? Dive into the methodology

   • Organisational Performance
   • Methodology

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 14 July, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 230 views
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   • 14 July, 2025

5. Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), 2024 - England (20 February 2025)

   • Food
   • Health and safety
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Food
     • Health and safety
     • Organisational Performance
     • Data
     • Infrastructure / building / equipment
     • Patient engagement
     • Accessibility

   By Patient Safety Learning, 7 March, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 542 views
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   • 7 March, 2025

6. Developing a Quality Management System: An operating system for a quality-driven learning organisation (NHS Wales Executive)

   • System safety
   • Quality improvement
   • (and 3 more)

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     • System safety
     • Quality improvement
     • Safety management
     • Wales
     • Organisational learning

   By Patient Safety Learning, 24 February, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 379 views
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   • 24 February, 2025

7. Ethics and corridor care: a contradiction in terms? (BMJ, 16 January 2025)

   • Hospital corridor
   • Ethics
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Hospital corridor
     • Ethics
     • Lack of resources
     • Organisation / service factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 January, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 399 views
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   • 20 January, 2025

8. The effect of healthcare privatisation on the quality of care (March 2024)

   • Organisation / service factors
   • Private sector
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Organisation / service factors
     • Private sector
     • Financial Incentives
     • Research
     • Quality improvement
     • Public health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 September, 2024

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   • 25 September, 2024

9. The Guardian view on A&E waiting times: a warning from emergency doctors (1 April 2024)

   • Organisational Performance
   • Lack of resources
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Organisational Performance
     • Lack of resources
     • Long waiting list
     • Emergency medicine
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Leadership

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 April, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 634 views
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   • 3 April, 2024

10. 'Safety cases' in the NHS – the example of hospital capacity: A blog by Norman MacLeod

    • System safety
    • Methodology
    • (and 6 more)

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      • System safety
      • Methodology
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Assessment
      • Safety management
      • Long waiting list
      • Organisational Performance
      • Patient harmed

    By NMacLeod, 12 March, 2024

    • 3 comments
    • 2,895 views
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    • Comment by John Wright
    • 4 June, 2024

11. Oversight of Patient Safety at Great Ormond Street Hospital (January 2024)

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

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      • System safety
      • Safety management
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Safety process
      • Patient
      • Staff safety
      • Physical environment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 January, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 1,687 views
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    • 25 January, 2024

12. A continuum of perfect storms: the winter forecast for urgent care in the NHS remains bleak (BMJ, 3 January 2023)

    • Organisation / service factors
    • Healthcare
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Organisation / service factors
      • Healthcare
      • Long waiting list
      • Lack of resources
      • Emergency medicine

    By Patient Safety Learning, 9 January, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 592 views
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    • 9 January, 2024

13. Spotlight on Sudan: How can we improve healthcare services during war?

    • Crisis response
    • Global health
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Crisis response
      • Global health
      • Humanitarian assistance

    By tikena17, 30 November, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 2,268 views
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    • 30 November, 2023

14. David Oliver: NHS England targets for new and follow-up outpatient appointments are ill conceived (26 July 2023)

    • Long waiting list
    • Leadership
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Long waiting list
      • Leadership
      • Lack of resources
      • Appointment
      • Organisation / service factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 31 August, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 574 views
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    • 31 August, 2023

15. Learning from Deaths: Mortality Review (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)

    • Policies
    • Patient death
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Policies
      • Patient death
      • Organisational learning

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 31 July, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 878 views
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    • 31 July, 2023

16. At breaking point or already broken? The National Health Service in the United Kingdom (NEJM, 13 July 2023)

    • Healthcare
    • UK
    • (and 8 more)

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      • Healthcare
      • UK
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Organisational culture
      • Workforce management
      • Staff factors
      • Long waiting list
      • Lack of resources
      • Patient
      • Leadership

    By Patient Safety Learning, 14 July, 2023

    • 1 comment
    • 1,249 views
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    • Comment by Chris W
    • 12 November, 2023

17. Patient flow: An industry leaders' report (National Health Executive)

    • Patient
    • Organisation / service factors
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Patient
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Care coordination
      • Healthcare
      • Leadership

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 889 views
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    • 6 June, 2023

18. Out-of-the-box thinking: How cross-sector knowledge transfer can redefine hospital practices (1 May 2023)

    • Organisational Performance
    • Organisational development
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Organisational Performance
      • Organisational development
      • Patient
      • Admission
      • Appointment
      • Discharge
      • Handover
      • Care navigation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 May, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 777 views
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    • 19 May, 2023

19. Waiting for prosperity: Modelling the economic benefits of reducing elective waiting lists in the NHS (IPPR, 3 April 2023)

    • Long waiting list
    • Organisation / service factors
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Long waiting list
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Leadership
      • Workforce management

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 694 views
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    • 23 April, 2023

20. NHS Confederation: Reducing waiting lists by repurposing a Nightingale hospital into a protected elective centre (20 March 2023)

    • Long waiting list
    • Innovation
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Long waiting list
      • Innovation
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Integrated Care System (ICS)
      • Collaboration
      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 March, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 686 views
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    • 24 March, 2023

21. Transparency about emergency department waits should improve patient care (BMJ, 24 February 2023)

    • Long waiting list
    • Transparency
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Long waiting list
      • Transparency
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Data
      • Emergency medicine
      • Accountability

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 February, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 658 views
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    • 27 February, 2023

22. System working thrives in a culture that empowers staff to improve care (HSJ, 16 February 2023)

    • Collaboration
    • System safety
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Collaboration
      • System safety
      • Leadership
      • Safety culture
      • Organisational culture
      • Integrated Care System (ICS)
      • Data
      • Staff engagement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 February, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 789 views
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    • 17 February, 2023

23. David Oliver: Can NHS England’s recovery plan for urgent and acute care deliver? (BMJ, 15 February 2023)

    • Resources / Organisational management
    • Organisation / service factors
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Organisational Performance
      • Emergency medicine

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 February, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 717 views
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    • 16 February, 2023

24. Emergency healthcare: a national emergency (Cross party House of Lords Public Services Committee, 19 January 2023)

    • Organisation / service factors
    • Resources / Organisational management
    • (and 8 more)

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      • Organisation / service factors
      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Lack of resources
      • Long waiting list
      • Organisational Performance
      • Discharge
      • Additional staff required
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Emergency medicine
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 January, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 920 views
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    • 19 January, 2023

25. How can we fix the NHS crisis? Three solutions (The Times, 17 January 2023)

    • Organisation / service factors
    • Innovation
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Organisation / service factors
      • Innovation
      • Lack of resources
      • Staff factors
      • Additional staff required
      • Technology
      • Virtual ward
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Treatment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 January, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 984 views
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    • 18 January, 2023