Patient safety in health and care

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1. ‘No man’s land’: the experience of patients at the interface between health and social care (2 June 2026)

   • Social Care
   • Healthcare
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Social Care
     • Healthcare
     • Care navigation
     • Integrated Care System (ICS)
     • Patient
     • Carer

   By Patient Safety Learning, 9 June

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   • 225 views
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   • 9 June

2. Patient safety in the NHS (produced by Ethos - Stuart Harrison)

   • Near miss
   • Never event
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Near miss
     • Never event
     • Patient death
     • Patient harmed

   By Richard Jones, 6 March

   • 0 comments
   • 256 views
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   • 6 March

3. Delayed discharges: A symptom of the challenges facing health and social care (8 January 2025)

   • Discharge
   • Scotland

   By Mark Hughes, 8 January

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   • 654 views
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   • 8 January

4. Infographic on choking incidents in the HSE and or HSE funded services (21 November 2025)

   • Patient safety incident
   • Near miss

   By Mark Hughes, 24 November, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 445 views
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   • 24 November, 2025

5. Health care system adaptation and resilience during the wildfire crisis (19 March 2025)

   • Work / environment factors
   • External factors
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Work / environment factors
     • External factors
     • Climate change
     • Action plan
     • USA

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 20 March, 2025

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   • 20 March, 2025

6. Adverse diagnostic events in hospitalised patients: a single-centre, retrospective cohort study (1 October 2024)

   • Hospital ward
   • Patient safety incident
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Hospital ward
     • Patient safety incident
     • Patient harmed
     • Diagnostic error
     • Research

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 March, 2025

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   • 718 views
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   • 14 March, 2025

7. A framework for the analysis of communication errors in health care (March 2025)

   • Reporting
   • Communication
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Reporting
     • Communication
     • System safety
     • Human factors

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 February, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 675 views
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   • 22 February, 2025

8. House of Commons Debate – Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (16 January 2025)

   • Medical device
   • Medication
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Medical device
     • Medication
     • Patient harmed
     • Regulatory issue
     • Leadership
     • Reporting
     • Adverse reaction

   By Mark Hughes, 20 January, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 794 views
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   • 20 January, 2025

9. Rates of patient safety indicators in Belgian hospitals were low but generally higher than in US hospitals, 2016–18 (September 2024)

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

     Tagged with:

     • Reporting
     • Patient safety incident
     • Belgium
     • USA
     • Data

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 23 September, 2024

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   • 751 views
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   • 23 September, 2024

10. The safety of outpatient health care: Review of Electronic Health Records (7 May 2024)

    • Outpatients
    • Data
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Outpatients
      • Data
      • Electronic Health Record
      • USA
      • Research

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 July, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 768 views
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    • 30 July, 2024

11. Patient Safety Rights in the NHS in England (John Tingle and Angela Eggleton, 10 May 2024)

    • Patient safety strategy
    • Safety culture
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient safety strategy
      • Safety culture
      • Legal issue

    By Mark Hughes, 16 May, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 635 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 16 May, 2024

12. Never Events: The Big Debate

    • Never event
    • Consultation
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Never event
      • Consultation
      • Surgery - General

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 May, 2024

    • 3 comments
    • 5,397 views
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    • Comment by Sam
    • 22 January, 2025

13. Never Events and their management (12 July 2019)

    • Never event

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 28 April, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 728 views
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    • 28 April, 2024

14. Beware these risks when you’re in the hospital

    • Hospital ward
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Hospital ward
      • Patient engagement
      • Medication
      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Risk management

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 April, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 712 views
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    • 15 April, 2024

15. Importance of professionals’ English language proficiency on patient experience and safety (29 February 2024)

    • Patient engagement
    • Communication
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient engagement
      • Communication
      • Decision making
      • Consent
      • Information sharing

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 March, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 816 views
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    • 5 March, 2024

16. Healthwatch: Open letter to Royal Mail about the delivery of NHS letters (27 February 2024)

    • Communication problems
    • Appointment
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Communication problems
      • Appointment
      • Patient

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 March, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 838 views
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    • 1 March, 2024

17. Association between daily toothbrushing and hospital-acquired pneumonia (18 December 2023)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Pneumonia
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Pneumonia
      • Research

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 1,151 views
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    • 15 February, 2024

18. Andrew Ward team recognised for improving patient safety by reducing number of patient falls (30 January 2024)

    • Falls
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Falls
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Risk management
      • Implementation
      • Quality improvement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 1,094 views
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    • 5 February, 2024

19. Times Health Commission: A report into the state of health and social care in Britain today (5 February 2024)

    • Healthcare
    • Social Care
    • (and 12 more)

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      • Healthcare
      • Social Care
      • Recommendations
      • Obesity
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Pandemic
      • Health inequalities
      • Long waiting list
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Mental health
      • Organisational culture
      • Public health
      • Primary care
      • Organisation / service factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 2,483 views
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    • 5 February, 2024

20. How to prevent and manage adverse healthcare events, with Gordon Caldwell (24 January 2024)

    • Patient
    • Patient safety incident
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Patient safety incident
      • Human factors
      • System safety
      • Checklists
      • Safety culture
      • Speaking up

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 January, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 712 views
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    • 25 January, 2024

21. Times of multiple crises: Reasons and ways to keep patient safety on the agenda (October 2023)

    • System safety

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 29 December, 2023

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    • 29 December, 2023

22. Tackling the elective backlog: A spotlight report on the implementation and impact of surgical hubs and community diagnostic centres (6 November 2023)

    • Long waiting list
    • Resources / Organisational management
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Long waiting list
      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Community care
      • Diagnosis
      • Surgery - General
      • Research

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 20 December, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 819 views
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    • 20 December, 2023

23. RCEM acute insight series: Crowding and its consequences (RCEM, November 2021)

    • Lack of resources
    • Resources / Organisational management
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Lack of resources
      • Resources / Organisational management
      • Hospital ward
      • Emergency medicine
      • Accident and Emergency

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 November, 2023

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    • 1,744 views
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    • 22 November, 2023

24. The Health Foundation: NHS waiting list to peak at more than 8 million by summer 2024 (27 October 2023)

    • Long waiting list
    • Lack of resources
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Long waiting list
      • Lack of resources
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Data

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 October, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 839 views
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    • 27 October, 2023

25. Martha’s rule: What could the proposed changes mean for doctors? (BMJ, 8 September 2023)

    • Patient
    • Doctor
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Doctor
      • Deterioration
      • Legal issue

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 October, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 1,187 views
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    • 18 October, 2023