Patient stories

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1. 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
   • 118 views
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   • 19 January

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

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

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     • Diagnostic error
     • Patient death
     • System safety

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 4 January

   • 0 comments
   • 709 views
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   • 4 January

3. BD - Voices of safety videos

   • Patient
   • Feedback
   • (and 7 more)

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

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 November, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 183 views
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   • 5 November, 2022

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

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

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

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 31 October, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 202 views
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   • 31 October, 2022

5. Pancreatic Cancer UK: Real life stories section

   • Patient engagement
   • Cancer
   • (and 3 more)

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 October, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 178 views
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   • 16 October, 2022

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

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 October, 2022

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   • 337 views
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   • 15 October, 2022

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

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 October, 2022

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

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

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 24 September, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 208 views
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   • 24 September, 2022

9. ‘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)

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     • 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
   • 2,373 views
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   • 5 September, 2022

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

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

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 296 views
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    • 1 September, 2022

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

    • Patient death
    • Investigation
    • (and 3 more)

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 May, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 339 views
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    • 23 May, 2022

12. 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
    • 529 views
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    • 30 March, 2022

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

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

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      • 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

    • 2 comments
    • 1,803 views
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    • Comment by Subseditors
    • 31 December, 2022

14. 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
    • 389 views
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    • 24 December, 2021

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

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

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 538 views
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    • 18 December, 2021

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

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

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 November, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 614 views
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    • 29 November, 2021

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

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

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 November, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 635 views
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    • 29 November, 2021

18. Falling through the cracks: Greg’s story

    • Organisation / service factors
    • Patient death
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Organisation / service factors
      • Patient death
      • Patient / family support
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Investigation
      • Canada

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 October, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 314 views
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    • 23 October, 2021

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

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

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 October, 2021

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

20. 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
    • 936 views
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    • 16 September, 2021

21. 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
    • 304 views
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    • 10 February, 2021

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

    • Patient
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Patient
      • Patient engagement
      • Engagement

    By Claire Cox, 14 July, 2020

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

23. 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
    • 668 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 July, 2020

24. 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
    • 909 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 July, 2020

25. 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
    • 542 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 July, 2020