Patient stories

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1. I gave birth in a British prison – no woman should suffer what I went through (Guardian, 28 March 2022)

   • Prison
   • Maternity
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Prison
     • Maternity
     • Pregnancy
     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 March

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   • 93 views
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   • 30 March

2. How can patients' voices be heard and acted upon when they attempt to report incidents of harm?

   • Patient harmed
   • Patient suffering
   • (and 10 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient harmed
     • Patient suffering
     • Patient accident
     • Patient safety incident
     • Reporting
     • Safety report
     • User centred design
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Complaint
     • Regulatory issue
     • Commissioner
     • Patient safety strategy

   By richard vA, 5 January

   • 0 comments
   • 721 views
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   • 5 January

3. My ob-gyn kept shaming me for my weight gain during pregnancy - patient video (17 December 2021)

   • Pregnancy
   • Doctor
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Pregnancy
     • Doctor
     • Patient
     • Maternity
     • Patient engagement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 24 December, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 165 views
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   • 24 December, 2021

4. Dalila’s story: “With lupus, you don’t know when your next flare will be ”

   • Medicine - Immunology
   • Rare diseases
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medicine - Immunology
     • Rare diseases
     • Patient
     • Medicine - Rheumatology
     • Wales
     • Commisioning

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 December, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 221 views
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   • 18 December, 2021

5. Video: Journal of Cardiac Failure full length interview with Kristin And Will Flanary

   • Coronary heart disease
   • Patient engagement
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Coronary heart disease
     • Patient engagement
     • Patient / family support
     • Patient / family involvement
     • USA
     • Mental health
     • Carer

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 November, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 286 views
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   • 29 November, 2021

6. Blog by Kristin Flanary: The Quiet Place (15 November 2021)

   • Patient / family support
   • Patient / family involvement
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient / family support
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Carer
     • Mental health
     • Engagement
     • USA

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 November, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 284 views
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   • 29 November, 2021

7. Top 21 Chronic Pain & Illness Blogs (20 August 2021)

   • ME/ Chronic fatigue syndrome
   • Patient
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • ME/ Chronic fatigue syndrome
     • Patient
     • Pain
     • Mental health
     • Disability
     • Arthritis

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 October, 2021

   • 1 comment
   • 417 views
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   • Comment by richard vA
   • 14 December, 2021

8. Patient safety is heading in the wrong direction (Helen Haskell, 4 September 2021)

   • Reporting
   • Patient safety incident
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Reporting
     • Patient safety incident
     • Surgery - General
     • Patient engagement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 September, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 479 views
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   • 16 September, 2021

9. Patient blog - A tale of two MRIs (10 July 2020)

   • Consent
   • Communication
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Consent
     • Communication
     • Imaging
     • Diagnosis
     • Technology
     • Patient engagement

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 February, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 99 views
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   • 10 February, 2021

10. Patient Experience and patient/public involvement in health and care services: Summer 2020

    • Patient
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Patient engagement
      • Engagement

    By Claire Cox, 14 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 652 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 14 July, 2020

11. Knock-on effects of coronavirus on access to healthcare: lived experience research (April 2020)

    • Secondary impact
    • Virus
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Secondary impact
      • Virus
      • Self-isolation

    By Claire Cox, 12 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 444 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 July, 2020

12. Parents’ experiences of care following the loss of a baby at the margins between miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death: a UK qualitative study (February 2020)

    • Communication
    • Patient factors
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Communication
      • Patient factors
      • Patient
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Patient death
      • Qualitative

    By Claire Cox, 12 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 606 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 July, 2020

13. Prevention in the age of information: Public education for better health (June 2020)

    • Patient
    • Diagnosis
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Patient
      • Diagnosis
      • Health literacy

    By Claire Cox, 12 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 344 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 July, 2020

14. ICU Steps: Patient and relative experiences of critical illness

    • HDU / ICU
    • Patient
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • HDU / ICU
      • Patient
      • Patient / family support

    By Claire Cox, 13 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 452 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 May, 2020

15. My experience of being a patient on a psychiatric ward (24 April 2017)

    • Mental health unit
    • Patient
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Mental health unit
      • Patient
      • Students

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 March, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 304 views
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    • 24 March, 2020

16. Mesh implantation: Inside Out (East)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Patient harmed
      • Patient
      • Flawed processes

    By Claire Cox, 25 February, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 555 views
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    • 25 February, 2020

17. No one wants to be a 'bed blocker'. The best bed is always your own! (March 2020)

    • Communication
    • Communication problems
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Communication
      • Communication problems
      • Patient

    By Claire Cox, 4 February, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 442 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 4 February, 2020

18. Jen Gilroy-Cheetham: Without a script, several actors down (TEDxNHS, 15 January 2020)

    • Patient
    • Cancer
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Cancer
      • Hospital ward
      • Perception / understanding
      • Patient factors
      • Patient engagement
      • Communication
      • Feedback
      • Patient safety strategy

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 714 views
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    • 17 January, 2020

19. Family reference group: INQUEST

    • Self harm/ suicide
    • Patient death
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Self harm/ suicide
      • Patient death
      • Prison
      • Engagement
      • Patient / family support

    By Claire Cox, 6 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 487 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 6 January, 2020

20. Our son's final days: "It was like he didn't matter"

    • Nurse
    • Patient
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Nurse
      • Patient
      • Patient death
      • Communication problems
      • Staff factors
      • Investigation
      • Complaint

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,025 views
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    • 26 November, 2019

21. My daughter died of dementia at 42. I'm angry doctors took so long to diagnose her

    • Patient
    • Relative
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Relative
      • Dementia

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 572 views
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    • 21 November, 2019

22. Connor Sparrowhawk: The tale of laughing boy (2015)

    • Patient
    • Patient death
    • (and 9 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Patient death
      • Behaviour
      • Communication problems
      • Confirmation bias
      • Decision making
      • Risky behaviour
      • Accountability
      • Safety culture
      • Training
      • Risk assessment

    By Claire Cox, 12 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 912 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 November, 2019

23. Transparency, compassion, and truth in medical errors: Leilani Schweitzer at TEDxUniversityofNevada

    • Patient
    • Relative
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Relative
      • Patient death
      • Patient accident
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Human error
      • Patient engagement
      • Transparency
      • Communication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 October, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 743 views
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    • 27 October, 2019

24. The Last Time We Spoke – A Carer’s Story

    • Patient
    • Carer
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Carer
      • Care goals
      • Care plan
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Investigation

    By Claire Cox, 10 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 883 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 10 September, 2019

25. Patient Stories: Paul's Story (10 March 2013)

    • Patient
    • Relative
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Relative
      • Prescribing
      • Treatment
      • Medicine - Oncology
      • Medication
      • Patient death
      • Human error

    By Claire Cox, 10 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 635 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 10 September, 2019