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1. Ensuring patients feel informed, listened to and supported long after the headlines disappear

   • Surgeon
   • Investigation
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Surgeon
     • Investigation
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient / family support
     • Follow up
     • Care navigation

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 June

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   • 970 views
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   • 15 June

2. A litany of medical mistakes (3 June 2025)

   • Human error
   • Patient
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Human error
     • Patient
     • Out-patient mental health
     • Mental health
     • Patient harmed

   By Alex Mendelsohn, 13 April

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   • 266 views
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   • 13 April

3. My last thought will be with the people suffering from hernia mesh (27 March 2026)

   • Medical device
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Medical device
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient suffering
     • Adverse reaction

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 April

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   • 407 views
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   • 10 April

4. From ambition to accountability: why hereditary risk needs ownership now

   • Genomics
   • Cancer
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Genomics
     • Cancer
     • Rare diseases
     • Care coordination
     • Knowledge issue
     • Electronic Patient Record
     • Accountability

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 March

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   • 1,320 views
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   • 26 March

5. Data privacy concerns that go far beyond the seemingly harmless waiting room

   • Information sharing
   • Communication
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Information sharing
     • Communication
     • Criminal behaviour
     • Appointment

   By rgil, 20 October, 2025

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   • 1,298 views
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   • 20 October, 2025

6. How one woman’s missed referrals exposed a systemic gap in hereditary cancer care: Why I'm campaigning for Rachel's Rule

   • Cancer
   • Tests / investigations
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Cancer
     • Tests / investigations
     • Care coordination
     • Patient death
     • Patient / family involvement
     • System safety
     • Medicine - Clinical genetics
     • Genomics
     • Rare diseases

   By Patient Safety Learning, 14 October, 2025

   • 1 comment
   • 5,531 views
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   • Comment by Patient Safety Learning
   • 2 February

7. After Martha: Paul Laity on a preventable death

   • Hospital ward
   • Carer
   • (and 13 more)

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     • Hospital ward
     • Carer
     • Surgeon
     • Treatment
     • Paediatrics
     • Surgery - Paediatric
     • Clinical process
     • Patient death
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Communication problems
     • Deterioration
     • Organisational culture
     • Adolescent
     • Healthcare
     • UK

   By MikeB, 23 September, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 650 views
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   • 23 September, 2025

8. File on 4: My faulty knee replacement (12 August 2025)

   • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
     • Patient harmed
     • Investigation
     • Medical device
     • Private sector

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 August, 2025

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   • 336 views
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   • 27 August, 2025

9. Mom watched her life ‘disappear’ after pelvic mesh complications (26 June 2025)

   • Womens health
   • Patient suffering
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Patient suffering
     • Patient harmed
     • Medical device
     • Treatment
     • USA
     • Negligence claim

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 July, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 527 views
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   • 3 July, 2025

10. Analysis: A night in Scotland's troubling NHS corridor care

    • Hospital corridor
    • Lack of resources
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Hospital corridor
      • Lack of resources
      • Long waiting list
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Scotland

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 March, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 442 views
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    • 24 March, 2025

11. Time-critical Parkinson’s medication: the human cost of delays and mistakes

    • Parkinsons disease
    • Medication
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Parkinsons disease
      • Medication
      • Hospital ward

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 10 March, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,894 views
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    • 10 March, 2025

12. Navigating the healthcare system as a university student: My personal experience

    • Students
    • School / university
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Students
      • School / university
      • Care navigation
      • Care coordination
      • Appointment
      • GP
      • GP practice
      • Accident and Emergency

    By Anonymous, 28 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,397 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 28 February, 2025

13. The challenges of navigating the healthcare system: Margaret's story

    • Care navigation
    • Care coordination
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Care navigation
      • Care coordination
      • Communication problems
      • Tests / investigations
      • Surgery - General
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Patient / family involvement

    By Anonymous, 27 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,362 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 27 February, 2025

14. The challenges of navigating the healthcare system: Sue's story

    • Care navigation
    • Care coordination
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      • Care navigation
      • Care coordination
      • Appointment
      • Patient / family support
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Health and Care Apps
      • Information sharing
      • Reports / results

    By Anonymous, 25 February, 2025

    • 1 comment
    • 1,776 views
    • 
    • Comment by Miss Elaine Freeman
    • 16 March, 2025

15. The challenges of navigating the healthcare system: David's story

    • Near miss
    • Communication problems
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Near miss
      • Communication problems
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Cancer
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Diagnosis

    By Anonymous, 20 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,334 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 20 February, 2025

16. A story of healthcare failures: A family member's view

    • Patient death
    • Medication
    • (and 11 more)

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      • Patient death
      • Medication
      • End of life care
      • Medicine - Palliative
      • Investigation
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Duty of Candour
      • Transparency
      • Private sector
      • Cancer
      • Adminstering medication
      • Regulatory issue
      • Standards

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 January, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 1,311 views
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    • 23 January, 2025

17. A failing health care system caused my husband’s death (19 September 2024)

    • Diagnostic error
    • WPSD24
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Diagnostic error
      • WPSD24
      • System safety
      • Skills gap
      • Knowledge issue
      • Patient / family involvement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 October, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 552 views
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    • 4 October, 2024

18. The future has been around for too long—when will the NHS learn from their mistakes?

    • Patient death
    • Organisational learning
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Patient death
      • Organisational learning
      • Organisational culture
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Investigation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 July, 2024

    • 1 comment
    • 1,606 views
    • 
    • Comment by Sarah P
    • 12 July, 2024

19. "We were completely unprepared for the challenges and disruption that lay ahead" — A family share their experience of taking a loved one home for end of life care

    • End of life care
    • Patient / family involvement
    • (and 6 more)

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      • End of life care
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Patient / family support
      • Medicine - Palliative
      • Discharge
      • Home
      • Carer
      • Handover

    By Anonymous, 26 June, 2024

    • 1 comment
    • 2,574 views
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    • Comment by Helen Cowan
    • 12 March, 2025

20. A patient's tales of woe

    • Patient
    • Medicine - Palliative
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Patient
      • Medicine - Palliative
      • End of life care
      • Digital health
      • Flawed processes

    By Clive Flashman, 27 July, 2023

    • 4 comments
    • 2,429 views
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    • Comment by richard vA
    • 9 August, 2023

21. Jenny, and why we must learn from her misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism

    • Patient death
    • Patient / family involvement
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      • Patient death
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Patient engagement
      • Skills gap
      • Knowledge issue
      • Training
      • Emergency medicine
      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnostic error
      • Investigation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 14 December, 2022

    • 2 comments
    • 5,038 views
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    • Comment by Sam
    • 4 July, 2023

22. Dentists would not treat my toothache – now my health has been wrecked for ever (The Guardian, 20 April 2022)

    • Dentist
    • Out-patient dentistry
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Dentist
      • Out-patient dentistry
      • Pain
      • Patient
      • Patient harmed
      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Legal issue

    By Patient Safety Learning, 22 April, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 1,867 views
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    • 22 April, 2022

23. It’s time to rename the ‘visitor’: reflections from a relative

    • Patient
    • Patient / family involvement
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      • Patient
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Pandemic
      • Carer
      • Relative
      • Hospital ward
      • Care home
      • Communication

    By Anonymous, 24 February, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 2,430 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 24 February, 2022

24. Visiting restrictions and the impact on patients and their families: a relative's perspective

    • Patient
    • Dementia
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Patient
      • Dementia
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Treatment
      • Care home
      • Hospital ward
      • Health Disparities

    By Anonymous, 31 January, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 2,684 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 31 January, 2022

25. A child left waiting for ‘urgent’ surgery, a blog by Clare Rayner

    • Surgery - General
    • Long waiting list
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Long waiting list
      • Children and Young People
      • Communication

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 1 September, 2021

    • 1 comment
    • 4,884 views
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    • Comment by Steve Turner
    • 1 September, 2021