Patient stories

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1. Patient experience: who is listening? (The King's Fund, 19 October 2023)

   • Patient engagement
   • Feedback
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient engagement
     • Feedback
     • Quality improvement
     • Organisational culture

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 November

   • 0 comments
   • 95 views
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   • 15 November

2. Transitioning to reality: the diary of an ARDS survivor (16 October 2023)

   • HDU / ICU
   • Care record
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • HDU / ICU
     • Care record
     • Patient / family support
     • Patient engagement
     • Ventilators
     • Mental health
     • Delirium

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 November

   • 0 comments
   • 68 views
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   • 15 November

3. When will the Government take responsibility and meet the needs of all mesh patients? A blog by Paula Goss

   • Medical device
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 7 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medical device
     • Patient harmed
     • Redress
     • Patient / family support
     • Transparency
     • Consent
     • Decision making
     • Pain
     • Long-term conditions

   By Paula Goss, 17 October

   • 0 comments
   • 1,016 views
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   • Added by Paula Goss
   • 17 October

4. “Had my concerns been taken seriously by medical staff, Lewis might still be alive today.” Simon Chilcott tells his son Lewis’s story

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

     Tagged with:

     • Patient death
     • Patient / family support
     • Transparency
     • Duty of Candour
     • Investigation
     • Communication

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 11 October

   • 0 comments
   • 2,237 views
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   • 11 October

5. The truth for Gaia Young

   • Patient engagement
   • Patient death
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient engagement
     • Patient death
     • Investigation
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Transparency
     • Communication

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 October

   • 0 comments
   • 180 views
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   • 2 October

6. Paul Laity: Can I forgive myself for my daughter’s death? (The Guardian, 27 August 2023)

   • Patient death
   • Children and Young People
   • (and 7 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient death
     • Children and Young People
     • Organisational culture
     • Speaking up
     • Accountability
     • Investigation
     • Transparency
     • Relative
     • Hierarchy

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 August

   • 0 comments
   • 294 views
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   • 29 August

7. A patient harmed by orthodontic treatment shares their story

   • Patient harmed
   • Dentist
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient harmed
     • Dentist
     • Accountability
     • Patient
     • Regulatory issue
     • Negligence claim

   By Anonymous, 29 August

   • 1 comment
   • 685 views
   • 
   • Comment by Patient-Safety-Learning
   • 29 August

8. Patients who experience harm provide stories, but who will really engage with their insights and opinions?

   • Patient engagement
   • Organisational learning
   • (and 12 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient engagement
     • Organisational learning
     • Cancer
     • End of life care
     • Medicine - Palliative
     • Transparency
     • Care navigation
     • Harmed Care Pathway
     • System safety
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Patient harmed
     • Communication
     • Collaboration
     • Rare diseases

   By rich squince, 19 July

   • 4 comments
   • 1,956 views
   • 
   • Comment by richard vA
   • 21 August

9. Using patient stories to reflect on care (2016)

   • Patient engagement
   • Patient involvement
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Patient engagement
     • Patient involvement
     • Communication
     • Nurse
     • Mental health
     • Learning disabilities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 July

   • 0 comments
   • 185 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 6 July

10. Complications after private surgery: where to turn to?

    • Patient harmed
    • Patient suffering
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient harmed
      • Patient suffering
      • Private sector
      • Womens health
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Communication
      • Consent

    By Anonymous, 23 May

    • 0 comments
    • 679 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 23 May

11. More than just physical blog

    • Patient harmed
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient harmed
      • Surgery - General
      • Surgeon
      • Communication
      • Engagement
      • Restorative Justice
      • Personal reflection

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 11 May

    • 0 comments
    • 444 views
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    • 11 May

12. My experience of an outpatient hysteroscopy procedure

    • Outpatients
    • Patient suffering
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Outpatients
      • Patient suffering
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Patient engagement
      • Consent
      • Womens health
      • UK
      • Hysteroscopy

    By Anonymous, 31 March

    • 0 comments
    • 1,781 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 31 March

13. Get to know me as a person, not just my body parts (BMJ, 23 March 2022)

    • Patient
    • Cancer
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Cancer
      • Patient engagement
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Communication
      • Mental health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 January

    • 0 comments
    • 364 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 19 January

14. Pulmonary embolism misdiagnosis – a systemic problem (Tim Edwards, December 2022)

    • Diagnostic error
    • Patient death
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Diagnostic error
      • Patient death
      • System safety

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 4 January

    • 0 comments
    • 1,550 views
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    • Added by Patient_Safety_Learning
    • 4 January

15. BD - Voices of safety videos

    • Patient
    • Feedback
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Feedback
      • Medication
      • Human error
      • Patient harmed
      • Sepsis
      • Transparency
      • Consent
      • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 November, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 397 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 5 November, 2022

16. Blog - Positivity in adversity (24 October 2022)

    • Parkinsons disease
    • Children and Young People
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Parkinsons disease
      • Children and Young People
      • Communication
      • Patient
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 31 October, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 441 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 31 October, 2022

17. Pancreatic Cancer UK: Real life stories section

    • Patient engagement
    • Cancer
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient engagement
      • Cancer
      • Information sharing
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 October, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 369 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 16 October, 2022

18. BBC Woman's Hour: Merope Mills on her daughter Martha (6 October 2022)

    • Patient / family involvement
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient / family involvement
      • Patient engagement
      • Communication
      • Relative
      • Speaking up
      • Patient death
      • Children and Young People

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 October, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 654 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 15 October, 2022

19. Mother knows best – a blog by Dr Abha Agrawal

    • Patient / family involvement
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient / family involvement
      • Patient engagement
      • Collaboration
      • Communication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 October, 2022

    • 1 comment
    • 1,574 views
    • 
    • Comment by Bharti Raizada
    • 13 October, 2022

20. Charles Bates II: As told by Vonda Vaden Bates (Raising awareness of hospital-associated venous thromboembolism)

    • Patient death
    • Patient / family involvement
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient death
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Emergency medicine
      • Surgery - Vascular

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 441 views
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    • 24 September, 2022

21. ‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death (The Guardian, 3 September 2022)

    • Patient death
    • Children and Young People
    • (and 9 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient death
      • Children and Young People
      • Sepsis
      • Organisational Performance
      • Organisational learning
      • Organisational culture
      • Patient engagement
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Relative
      • Hierarchy
      • Staff factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 3,580 views
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    • 5 September, 2022

22. Patient story - Rihan Neupane: Missed case of meningitis leads to newborn in a vegetative state (26 August 2022)

    • NICU/SCBU
    • Maternity
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • NICU/SCBU
      • Maternity
      • Asia
      • Private sector
      • Patient harmed
      • Baby
      • Medication
      • WPSD22

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 522 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 1 September, 2022

23. Reflecting on what we have learned: a blog from Teri Price

    • Patient death
    • Investigation
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 May, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 556 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 23 May, 2022

24. 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, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 745 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 30 March, 2022

25. 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, 2022

    • 9 comments
    • 3,541 views
    • 
    • Comment by richard vA
    • 12 November