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1. Systems Convening: A crucial form of leadership for the 21st century

   • Leadership

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 August

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   • 21 August

2. Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 13 June

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   • 13 June

3. 4 Principles to Power Lasting Change by John Kotter

   • Behaviour
   • Transformation

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 March

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   • 2 March

4. Free online book: Peter and friend's experience of COVID-19 for people with intellectual or learning disabilities and/or autism

   • Autism
   • Learning disabilities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 March

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   • 1 March

5. Understanding Patient Safety by Robert M. Wachter and Kiran Gupta

   • Human error
   • Diagnostic error
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Human error
     • Diagnostic error
     • Human factors
     • Medication - related
     • Ambulance
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Teamwork
     • Communication

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 February

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   • 18 February

6. Textbook of patient safety and clinical risk management (2021)

   • Risk management
   • Safety assessment

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 8 January

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   • 467 views
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   • 8 January

7. Love, learning disabilities and pockets of brilliance: How practitioners can make a difference to the lives of children, families and adults by Sara Ryan (21 September 2020)

   • Organisational culture
   • Autism
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Organisational culture
     • Autism
     • Learning disabilities
     • Communication
     • Patient engagement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 October, 2020

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   • 27 October, 2020

8. Human Factors in Paramedic Practice by Gary Rutherford (25 September 2020)

   • Human factors
   • Paramedic
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Human factors
     • Paramedic
     • Ambulance

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 October, 2020

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   • 6 October, 2020

9. PMSL: Or How I Literally Pissed Myself Laughing and Survived the Last Taboo to Tell the Tale

   • Womens health
   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Organisational culture

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 28 September, 2020

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   • 28 September, 2020

10. Process-oriented healthcare management systems: Development, use, and maintenance for patient-safe healthcare by Anita Edvinsson (1 April 2020)

    • Organisational culture
    • System safety
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Organisational culture
      • System safety
      • Safety management
      • Process redesign

    By Patient Safety Learning, 22 September, 2020

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    • 22 September, 2020

11. Leading through a pandemic: The inside story of humanity, innovation, and lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis by Michael J. Dowling and Charles Kenney

    • Pandemic
    • Quality improvement
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Pandemic
      • Quality improvement
      • Collaboration
      • Organisational Performance
      • Innovation
      • Leadership

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 September, 2020

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    • 20 September, 2020

12. The Joint Commission. Health care worker safety checklists: Protecting those who serve (5 November 2019)

    • Staff safety
    • Health and safety
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Staff safety
      • Health and safety
      • Stress
      • Ergonomics
      • Risky behaviour
      • Infection control

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 September, 2020

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    • 521 views
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    • 19 September, 2020

13. Can you hear me? An NHS paramedic's encounters with life and death by Jake Jones (February 2020)

    • Paramedic
    • Ambulance

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 September, 2020

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    • 392 views
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    • 1 September, 2020

14. Your Life In My Hands: a Junior Doctor's Story

    • Motivation
    • Fatigue / exhaustion
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Motivation
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Doctor

    By Claire Cox, 31 July, 2020

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    • 31 July, 2020

15. Patient Safety First: Responsive regulation in health care

    • Safety process
    • Safety behaviour
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Safety process
      • Safety behaviour
      • Health and safety

    By Claire Cox, 31 July, 2020

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    • 195 views
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    • 31 July, 2020

16. Are workarounds ethical? Managing moral problems in healthcare systems, by Nancy Berlinger (2015)

    • Ethics
    • Safety culture
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Ethics
      • Safety culture
      • Safety behaviour

    By Claire Cox, 30 July, 2020

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    • 30 July, 2020

17. Global Patient Safety Law, Policy and Practice by John Tingle, Clayton Ó Néill, Morgan Shimwell (30 June 2020)

    • Policies
    • Legal issue
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Policies
      • Legal issue
      • Ethics
      • Whistleblowing
      • Duty of Candour
      • Patient safety incident

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 July, 2020

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    • 570 views
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    • 20 July, 2020

18. NHS Dirty Secrets: Bullying, Cover-ups, Discrimination, Favouritism, Whistleblowing by John England (2 January 2020)

    • Whistleblowing
    • Bullying
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Whistleblowing
      • Bullying
      • Culture of fear
      • Organisational culture
      • Discrimination

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 July, 2020

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    • 10 July, 2020

19. Health is made at home, hospitals are for repairs by Nigel Crisp

    • Public health
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Public health
      • Patient engagement
      • Collaboration
      • Organisational development

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 July, 2020

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    • 269 views
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    • 8 July, 2020

20. Lions, Liars, Donkeys and Penguins: The Killing of Alison by Tom Bell

    • Mental health
    • Patient
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Mental health
      • Patient
      • Leadership
      • Organisational culture
      • Patient safety incident
      • Recommendations

    By Patient Safety Learning, 7 July, 2020

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    • 7 July, 2020

21. Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Employers and Employees

    • Motivation
    • Staff support
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Motivation
      • Staff support
      • Staff safety
      • Resilience

    By Claire Cox, 11 May, 2020

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    • 307 views
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    • 11 May, 2020

22. Upstream: The quest to stop problems before they happen by Dan Heath (March 2020)

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 April, 2020

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    • 16 April, 2020

23. Bandolier's Little Book of Pain (19 June 2003)

    • Pain

    By Sam, 6 April, 2020

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    • 150 views
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    • 6 April, 2020

24. Patient Engagement for the Life Sciences by Guy Yeoman and Mitchell Silva

    • Patient
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Patient
      • Patient engagement
      • Leadership
      • Organisational learning

    By Claire Cox, 24 February, 2020

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    • 387 views
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    • 24 February, 2020

25. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gwande

    • Surgeon
    • Human error
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Surgeon
      • Human error
      • Latent error
      • Safety process

    By Claire Cox, 12 February, 2020

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    • 317 views
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    • 12 February, 2020