Summary
In a blog for National Voices, the leading coalition of health and social care charities in England, Patient Safety Learning’s Chief Executive Helen Hughes discusses an independent report written by risk expert Tim Edwards that highlights serious and widespread safety concerns around the misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
Content
In this blog Helen discusses how Patient Safety Learning is working with Tim Edwards to raise awareness of the findings of his report, and its associated nine calls for action, to help improve pulmonary embolism outcomes.
Read the full blog on the National Voices website.
Related reading
- Independent review of pulmonary embolism fatalities in England & Wales – recent trends, excess deaths, their causes and risk management concerns (December 2022, Tim Edwards)
- Jenny, and why we must learn from her misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary embolism misdiagnosis – a systemic problem (Tim Edwards, 4 January 2023)
- House of Commons Debate - Pulmonary Embolisms: Diagnosis (30 November 2022)
- Royal College of Radiologists: Briefing for pulmonary embolism debate (November 2022)
- HSIB - Clinical decision making: diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in emergency departments (24 March 2022)
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