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1. De-frazzle your NHS job by Julia Wood

   • Organisational culture
   • Fatigue / exhaustion
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     • Organisational culture
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Staff support

   By Patient Safety Learning, 24 June

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   • 24 June

2. Reflections through the Waves: Poems of the Pandemic by Helen Lane and Sean Watermeyer (August 2021)

   • Pandemic

   By Patient Safety Learning, 22 June

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   • 22 June

3. Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows (2015)

   • System safety
   • Systems modelling

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 May

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   • 30 May

4. The Heller Social Impact Case Collection: Breaking down silos to build collaborative systems (15 April 2024)

   • Collaboration
   • Students
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     • Collaboration
     • Students
     • Training

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 May

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   • 25 May

5. The Behaviour Change Wheel: A guide To designing interventions (31 May 2014)

   • Behaviour
   • Change management
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Behaviour
     • Change management
     • Policies

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 February

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   • 16 February

6. Rachel's Rule: Signs in plain sight by Stuart Ball (8 February2026)

   • Cancer
   • Rare diseases
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     • Cancer
     • Rare diseases
     • Symptoms
     • Diagnosis
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Care coordination
     • Genomics
     • Medicine - Clinical genetics

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 February

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   • 260 views
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   • 13 February

7. The AI Strategic Edge: Cutting through complexity to build trust and simplicity in public service

   • AI

   By Patient Safety Learning, 7 October, 2025

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   • 199 views
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   • 7 October, 2025

8. Are you really the doctor?: My life as a black doctor in the NHS (Dr Matthew Hutchinson)

   • Race
   • Discrimination
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     • Race
     • Discrimination
     • Doctor
     • Ethnicity

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 September, 2025

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   • 326 views
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   • 26 September, 2025

9. Book: Courageous leadership in infectious diseases and public health during challenging times

   • Leadership
   • Public health
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Leadership
     • Public health
     • Infection control
     • Medicine - Infectious disease

   By Patient Safety Learning, 11 September, 2025

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   • 226 views
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   • 11 September, 2025

10. From ideas to reality: An introduction to generating and implementing innovation in health systems (31 July 2025)

    • Innovation

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 19 August, 2025

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    • 255 views
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    • 19 August, 2025

11. Risk, Opportunity and Performance. The Art of Taking Worthwhile Risks by Clive Deadman (28 June 2025)

    • Risk management
    • Organisational Performance
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      • Risk management
      • Organisational Performance
      • Leadership
      • Organisational culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 30 June, 2025

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    • 30 June, 2025

12. Health literacy in medicines use and pharmacy: A definitive guide (2024)

    • Health literacy
    • Medication
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Health literacy
      • Medication
      • Pharmacy / chemist

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 May, 2025

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    • 8 May, 2025

13. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health and Social Care: An Applied Approach

    • Human factors
    • Ergonomics

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 April, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 496 views
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    • 15 April, 2025

14. Appreciating Health and Care book

    • Appreciative inquiry
    • Patient safety incident
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Appreciative inquiry
      • Patient safety incident
      • PSIRF
      • Organisational culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 March, 2025

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    • 20 March, 2025

15. Beyond the bedside: Unveiling hazards, mitigating risks, and mastering patient safety investigations

    • Patient safety incident
    • Investigation
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Patient safety incident
      • Investigation
      • Risk assessment
      • Risk management
      • Safety culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 28 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
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    • 28 February, 2025

16. Human factors and patient safety in healthcare: Parts 1 and 2

    • Human factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 257 views
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    • 27 February, 2025

17. Evidence-based intersections & interplay between patient safety, staff engagement, worker well-being, and psychological safety in healthcare

    • Staff engagement
    • Patient engagement
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      • Staff engagement
      • Patient engagement
      • Psychological safety
      • Organisational culture
      • Mental health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 February, 2025

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    • 301 views
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    • 26 February, 2025

18. How to elevate your organisation to CQC outstanding

    • Standards
    • Organisational Performance

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 271 views
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    • 26 February, 2025

19. Safe to Speak: Psychological safety and accountability for a blame-free culture & patient safety

    • Accountability
    • Speaking up
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Accountability
      • Speaking up
      • Psychological safety
      • Organisational culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 398 views
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    • 25 February, 2025

20. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health and Social Care book (12 February 2025)

    • Human factors
    • Ergonomics
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Human factors
      • Ergonomics
      • Healthcare
      • Social Care

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 February, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 517 views
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    • 11 February, 2025

21. Book - Epistemic justice in mental healthcare: Recognising agency and promoting virtues across the life span (2025)

    • Mental health
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Mental health
      • Patient engagement
      • Psychological safety
      • Decision making
      • Communication

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 January, 2025

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    • 351 views
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    • 10 January, 2025

22. Global infection prevention and management in healthcare (18 November 2024)

    • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
    • Infection control
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Infection control
      • Global health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 November, 2024

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    • 609 views
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    • 21 November, 2024

23. Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust: Clinical patient safety officer newsletters

    • Clinical governance
    • Collaboration
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Clinical governance
      • Collaboration
      • Feedback
      • Information sharing

    By Patient Safety Learning, 30 October, 2024

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    • 30 October, 2024

24. Elsevier and the World Patient Safety Alliance: Patient Safety Children Books

    • Children and Young People
    • Communication
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Children and Young People
      • Communication
      • Patient engagement
      • Health literacy

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 October, 2024

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    • 390 views
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    • 25 October, 2024

25. Late night reflections on patient safety: commentaries from the frontline (2014)

    • Quality improvement

    By Dan Cohen, 25 September, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 429 views
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    • 25 September, 2024