Stories from the front line

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1. ‘It feels terminal’: NHS staff in despair over working at breaking point (The Guardian, 4 January 2023)

   • Staff support
   • Lack of resources
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Staff support
     • Lack of resources
     • Patient harmed
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Emergency medicine
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Mental health
     • Doctor
     • Nurse

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 January

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   • 6 January

2. ‘We can’t even get basic care done’: what it’s like doing 12-hour shifts on an understaffed NHS ward (The Guardian, 5 January 2023)

   • Older People (over 65)
   • Healthcare
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Older People (over 65)
     • Healthcare
     • Hospital ward
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Lack of resources
     • Staff factors
     • Staff support
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Additional staff required

   By Patient Safety Learning, 5 January

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   • 93 views
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   • 5 January

3. “The term 'challenging’ doesn’t cut it”: A personal reflection from an Emergency Medical Technician

   • Emergency medicine
   • Safe staffing
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Emergency medicine
     • Safe staffing
     • Paramedic
     • Social Care

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 22 December, 2022

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   • 615 views
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   • 22 December, 2022

4. Stress, exhaustion and 1,000 patients a day: the life of an English GP (The Guardian, 27 November 2022)

   • Staff safety
   • Fatigue / exhaustion
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Staff safety
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • GP
     • Stress
     • Lack of resources

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 December, 2022

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   • 113 views
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   • 1 December, 2022

5. 'We all kill a few patients as we learn' (The Guardian, 18 May 2022)

   • Doctor
   • Whistleblowing
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Doctor
     • Whistleblowing
     • Speaking up
     • Organisational culture
     • Patient harmed
     • Human factors
     • Human error
     • Surgeon

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 September, 2022

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   • 181 views
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   • 10 September, 2022

6. As an NHS doctor, I’m undervalued and overworked – so I’m moving abroad (15 July 2022)

   • Doctor
   • Fatigue / exhaustion
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Doctor
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Staff support
     • Staff safety
     • Mental health
     • Workforce management
     • Emergency medicine

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 July, 2022

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   • 237 views
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   • 23 July, 2022

7. I’m an NHS doctor and my first word to patients is this – sorry (2 March 2022)

   • Doctor
   • Patient
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Doctor
     • Patient
     • Lack of resources
     • Long waiting list
     • Emergency medicine

   By Patient Safety Learning, 19 March, 2022

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   • 518 views
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   • 19 March, 2022

8. ‘In my 30 years as a GP, the profession has been horribly eroded’ (22 February 2022)

   • GP
   • Staff factors
   • (and 5 more)

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     • GP
     • Staff factors
     • Staff support
     • Community care
     • Patient engagement
     • Appointment
     • Follow up

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 February, 2022

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   • 425 views
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   • 23 February, 2022

9. What can we do to improve safety in the theatre? Reflections from theatre nurse Kathy Nabbie

   • Operating theatre / recovery
   • Emergency medicine
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Emergency medicine
     • Pandemic
     • Virus

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 December, 2021

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   • 2,039 views
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   • 21 December, 2021

10. 'A broken system can only run for so long': Why 2 nurses left the profession — and what would have made them stay (30 April 2021)

    • Interview
    • Nurse
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Interview
      • Nurse
      • Organisational culture
      • Pandemic
      • Staff safety
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • HDU / ICU
      • USA

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 May, 2021

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    • 901 views
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    • 4 May, 2021

11. There's a patient I'll never forget. Their burns and screams still haunt me

    • Mental health
    • Accident and Emergency
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Mental health
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Staff support

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 October, 2020

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    • 633 views
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    • 5 October, 2020

12. Four ways to decrease your dread of being on-call

    • Staff support
    • Stress
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Staff support
      • Stress
      • Anxiety
      • Personal reflection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September, 2020

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    • 674 views
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    • 2 September, 2020

13. COVID-19: voices from the front line

    • Anaesthetist
    • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Anaesthetist
      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Physical environment
      • Work / environment factors

    By Claire Cox, 31 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 538 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 31 July, 2020

14. What is civility?

    • Civility
    • Leadership
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Civility
      • Leadership
      • Communication
      • Culture of fear
      • Bullying

    By Claire Cox, 21 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 616 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 21 July, 2020

15. This is the US Military Health System

    • Team culture
    • Emergency medicine
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Team culture
      • Emergency medicine
      • System safety
      • Work / environment factors

    By Claire Cox, 7 June, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 559 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 7 June, 2020

16. Not conveying patients: podcast by East of England Ambulance Service

    • Paramedic
    • Pre-admission
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Paramedic
      • Pre-admission
      • Emergency medicine

    By Claire Cox, 14 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 631 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 14 May, 2020

17. Doctors need to be supported, not trained in resilience (15 September 2015)

    • Resilience
    • Doctor
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Resilience
      • Doctor
      • Training

    By Claire Cox, 11 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 789 views
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    • 11 May, 2020

18. Perspectives on dying from COVID-19: The rising tide (part two)

    • Virus
    • Patient death
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Virus
      • Patient death
      • Doctor
      • Personal reflection

    By Claire Cox, 30 April, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 734 views
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    • 30 April, 2020

19. Perspectives on dying from COVID-19: Waiting for the storm (Part one)

    • Medicine - Palliative
    • Doctor
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Medicine - Palliative
      • Doctor
      • Motivation
      • Virus

    By Claire Cox, 30 April, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 654 views
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    • 30 April, 2020

20. My role as a lead therapist for eating disorders

    • Eating disorder
    • Patient safety strategy
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Eating disorder
      • Patient safety strategy
      • Care goals
      • Care coordination

    By Dr Joanna Silver, 2 March, 2020

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    • 1,387 views
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    • 2 March, 2020

21. My experience as an agency nurse

    • Nurse
    • Private sector
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Nurse
      • Private sector
      • Staff support
      • Communication
      • Risky behaviour
      • Safety behaviour

    By Martin Hogan, 24 February, 2020

    • 6 comments
    • 3,878 views
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    • Comment by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 11 March, 2020

22. How I fear the maternity system is collapsing (Daily Mail, February 2020)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Maternity
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Maternity
      • Baby
      • Staff factors
      • Lack of resources
      • Staff support

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 February, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 860 views
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    • 3 February, 2020

23. Opinion: If we don't look after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients

    • Doctor
    • Stress
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Doctor
      • Stress
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Lack of resources
      • Human error

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 January, 2020

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    • 695 views
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    • 20 January, 2020

24. Who do I treat first: a cancer patient or the woman with a bleed on her brain?

    • Patient
    • HDU / ICU
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Patient
      • HDU / ICU
      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Lack of resources
      • Additional staff required
      • Increased length of stay

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 January, 2020

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    • 682 views
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    • 10 January, 2020

25. We need to talk about Jasmine - open learning from a high-profile death: what do EMS staff think?

    • Accident and Emergency
    • Ambulance
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Accident and Emergency
      • Ambulance
      • Emergency medicine
      • Patient death
      • After action review

    By Claire Cox, 10 December, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 759 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 10 December, 2019