Patient safety in health and care

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1. Want to know the depth of our NHS crisis? Then talk to disabled people needing day-to-day care (Guardian, 25 January 2023)

   • Disability
   • Lack of resources
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Disability
     • Lack of resources
     • Long waiting list
     • Pain
     • Mental health
     • Long-term conditions
     • Organisation / service factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 28 January

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   • 28 January

2. The Patients' Association - Letter to the Secretary of State regarding the growing crisis in the NHS (6 January 2023)

   • Patient
   • Long waiting list
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Patient
     • Long waiting list
     • Ambulance
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Lack of resources
     • Safe staffing
     • More staff training
     • Staff safety

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 16 January

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   • 64 views
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   • 16 January

3. The 2023 safety priorities for 11 straight-'A' hospitals (13 December 2022)

   • Healthcare associated infection
   • USA
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • USA
     • High reliability organisations
     • Quality improvement
     • Ulcers / pressure sores
     • Psychological safety

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 January

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   • 101 views
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   • 13 January

4. National Voices: Pulmonary embolism misdiagnosis - a blog by Helen Hughes (12 January 2023)

   • Diagnostic error
   • Patient death
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Diagnostic error
     • Patient death
     • System safety
     • Training
     • Investigation
     • Skills gap
     • Knowledge issue
     • Patient engagement

   By Mark Hughes, 12 January

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   • 167 views
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   • 12 January

5. The safety of inpatient health care (12 January 2023)

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

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     • USA
     • Patient safety incident
     • Reporting
     • Data
     • Research

   By Mark Hughes, 12 January

   • 0 comments
   • 189 views
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   • 12 January

6. Under pressure: what will 2023 hold for the health and care system? (1 January 2023)

   • Long waiting list
   • Ambulance
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Long waiting list
     • Ambulance
     • Social care
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Workforce management
     • Lack of resources
     • England

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 11 January

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   • 74 views
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   • 11 January

7. The NHS crisis shows the self-sacrifice of staff can no longer prop up the system (BMJ, January 2023)

   • System safety
   • Lack of resources

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 10 January

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   • 87 views
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   • 10 January

8. ‘Like a horrific board game’: 33 hours inside an NHS in crisis (The Guardian, 13 December 2022)

   • Hospital ward
   • Accident and Emergency
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Hospital ward
     • Accident and Emergency
     • Emergency medicine
     • Staff safety
     • Safe staffing
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Patient suffering
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Long waiting list
     • Lack of resources

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 December, 2022

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   • 120 views
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   • 27 December, 2022

9. Institute for Fiscal Studies: NHS funding, resources and treatment volumes (14 December 2022)

   • Data
   • Workload analysis
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Data
     • Workload analysis
     • Long waiting list
     • Virus
     • Pandemic
     • Healthcare
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Resources / Organisational management
     • Patient

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 December, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 111 views
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   • 21 December, 2022

10. The King's Fund - Waiting on the waiting list, but what for? (28 November 2022)

    • Long waiting list
    • Long-term conditions
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Long waiting list
      • Long-term conditions
      • Surgery - General
      • Diagnosis
      • Tests / investigations
      • Admission

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 9 December, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 170 views
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    • 9 December, 2022

11. Video - Simple steps to keep you safe during your hospital stay (NHS England, 19 October 2022)

    • Patient engagement
    • Communication
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Patient engagement
      • Communication
      • Hospital ward
      • Falls
      • Admission

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 November, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 157 views
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    • 30 November, 2022

12. Toward zero harm: Mackenzie health’s journey toward becoming a high reliability organization and eliminating avoidable harm (October 2022)

    • Canada
    • Implementation
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Canada
      • Implementation
      • Research
      • Patient safety strategy
      • Falls
      • Ulcers / pressure sores
      • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 23 November, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 125 views
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    • 23 November, 2022

13. Parkinson's awareness: a 15-minute online presentation for ward staff (Parkinson's Excellence Network, 14 October 2022)

    • Parkinsons disease
    • Training
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Parkinsons disease
      • Training
      • Hospital ward
      • Nurse
      • Doctor

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 16 November, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 88 views
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    • 16 November, 2022

14. The road to recovery: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme annual report 2022 (10 November 2022)

    • Stroke
    • Medicine - Stroke
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Stroke
      • Medicine - Stroke
      • Audit
      • Surgery - Vascular
      • Imaging
      • England
      • Wales

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 16 November, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 163 views
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    • 16 November, 2022

15. John Launer: When outpatient appointments are put on hold (BMJ, 19 October 2022)

    • Underlying health conditions
    • Long waiting list
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Underlying health conditions
      • Long waiting list
      • Outpatients
      • Deterioration
      • Anxiety
      • GP

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 20 October, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 155 views
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    • 20 October, 2022

16. Experience of learning from everyday work in daily safety huddles - a multi-method study (30 August 2022)

    • Communication
    • Teamwork
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Communication
      • Teamwork
      • Team culture
      • Information sharing
      • Sweden

    By Mark Hughes, 23 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 168 views
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    • 23 September, 2022

17. ‘A horrible winter lies ahead’: next PM will inherit an NHS on its knees (29 August 2022)

    • Long waiting list
    • Lack of resources
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Long waiting list
      • Lack of resources
      • Additional staff required
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Leadership

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 218 views
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    • 10 September, 2022

18. Nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia: A call to action (9 June 2021)

    • Pneumonia
    • Hospital ward
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Pneumonia
      • Hospital ward
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • USA
      • System safety

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 215 views
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    • 1 September, 2022

19. Blog - Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Yet there is a simple way to stop it (12 July 2022)

    • Pneumonia
    • Healthcare associated infection
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Pneumonia
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • System safety
      • Hospital ward
      • Nurse
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 September, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 172 views
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    • 1 September, 2022

20. The Korea national patient safety incidents inquiry survey: Characteristics of adverse events identified through medical records review in regional public hospitals (August 2022)

    • Asia
    • Patient safety incident
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Asia
      • Patient safety incident
      • Survey
      • Reporting
      • Data
      • Research

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 August, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 253 views
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    • 30 August, 2022

21. What are the impending threats to the NHS this autumn? (Guardian, 9 August 2022)

    • Workforce management
    • Additional staff required
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Workforce management
      • Additional staff required
      • Long waiting list
      • Pandemic
      • Influenza / pneumonia
      • Accident and Emergency

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 August, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 183 views
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    • 29 August, 2022

22. Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies (17 August 2022)

    • Medicine - Respiratory
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medicine - Respiratory
      • Surgery - General
      • Human error
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Human factors
      • Patient harmed
      • Patient death
      • Anaesthesia
      • Anaesthetist

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 August, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 279 views
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    • 19 August, 2022

23. Northern Ireland inpatient, day case and outpatient hospital statistics for 2021/22 (4 August 2022)

    • Northern Ireland
    • Outpatients
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Northern Ireland
      • Outpatients
      • Data
      • Appointment

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 August, 2022

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    • 164 views
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    • 8 August, 2022

24. Challenges in implementing government-directed VTE guidance for medical patients: a mixed methods study (6 November 2012)

    • Deep vein thrombosis
    • Risk assessment
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Deep vein thrombosis
      • Risk assessment
      • Patient
      • England
      • Implementation

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 July, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 126 views
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    • 5 July, 2022

25. Analysis of hospital-level readmission rates and variation in adverse events among patients with pneumonia in the United States (31 May 2022)

    • Readmission
    • Pneumonia
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Readmission
      • Pneumonia
      • Patient safety incident
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 June, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 332 views
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    • 29 June, 2022