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  1. Content Article
    Continence is an important component in a person’s health and well-being at any stage of life. This guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement is intended to assist commissioning discussions for those developing high quality community continence services while also providing practice guidance for providers and health and social care staff to help ensure people receive excellent continence care consideration.
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    UK-based charity Versus Arthritis are campaigning to ensure that the needs of people with arthritis are prioritised by policymakers as plans for the COVID-19 recovery are developed. As part of this work, in this report they set out a six-part support package to help to meet the needs of people with arthritis who are on surgery waiting lists.
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    This webinar is part of Global Patient Safety Webinar Series 2021 and focuses on the third WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm. The webinar presents on overview of the Challenge, technical tools and resources to support its implementation and different approaches to implement the challenge at national, subnational, facility and community levels. A recording of the webinar is available below.
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    This is an analysis of medication errors from January 2018 to December 2019 reported at a university teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aimed at identifying whether medication errors are significantly different between day shifts, night shifts, during weekdays and weekends. It found that there was a statistically significant difference between medication errors and day of the week, with a higher number of medication errors happening at the weekend. It also found that during weekends, medication errors were more likely to occur at the night shift compared to the day shift. The authors suggest that timing of medication errors incidence is an important factor to be considered for improving the medication use process and improving patient safety.
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    Today NHS England and NHS Improvement have published their new Long Covid Plan 2021/22 which outlines 10 key next steps to be taken by the NHS to support people living with Long Covid. This includes some new proposals such, including: Expanding the services available on the Your Covid Recovery platform "to allow anyone with symptoms to access a range of symptom management advice without needing a referral from a clinician". Establish 15 Long Covid assessment children and young people’s hubs across. What are your thoughts on the proposals in this new plan?
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    The Long Covid Plan 2021/22 builds on the previous five-point plan announced in October 2020 and outlines 10 key next steps to be taken by the NHS to support people living with Long Covid. The plan highlights the need for equity of access, outcomes and experience in Long Covid support, as well as committing to extending the Your COVID Recovery website, collecting and publishing data.
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    This blog looks at how positive reporting of good practice and success can help support health systems and organisations in their journey to become highly reliable and improve patient safety. This is part of a joint series of blogs and video conversations exploring how we can improve patient safety through the application of principles of high reliability in healthcare, made collaboratively by Patient Safety Learning and RLDatix. 
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    Patient Safety Learning have published today a new blog which sets out the key points included in our response to the consultation: https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-learning/patient-safety-commissioner-for-scotland-consultation-response-patient-safety-learning-r4739/
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    The Global Patient Safety Action Plan aims to provide a strategic direction for concrete actions to be taken by countries, partner organisations, care facilities and World Health Organization (WHO). It sets out a vision of a “world in which no patient is harmed in healthcare, and everyone receives safe and respectful care, every time, everywhere” and a goal of achieving the maximum possible reduction in avoidable harm as a result of unsafe care.
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    In this report, Exploring Freedom to Speak Up: Supporting the introduction of the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian role in Primary Care and Integrated Settings, the National Guardian's Office illustrates the challenges and benefits of implementing Freedom to Speak Up in different primary care settings. In 2019, the National Guardian’s Office began a two-year project working with primary care providers to understand how the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian role could be introduced in primary care and integrated settings. This report describes some of the variety of organisations, and the different Freedom to Speak Up models they have adopted.
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    On Wednesday 10 March the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament held an evidence session on Long COVID. They heard from the patient group Long COVID Wales, academics and professional bodies.
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    This is a video recording of a oral evidence session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus into the effects of Long COVID in children. This session took place during Long COVID week (11-15 January 2021), which aimed to highlight the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of people living with Long COVID in the UK.
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    Antipsychotic drugs are most commonly prescribed for behavioural and psychological symptoms, such as aggression or hallucinations, in people with dementia. This webpage from the Alzheimer's Society provides information on the prescription of these medications for people living with dementia, their potential side effects, and tips for carers when discussing these treatments with healthcare professionals.
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    This was a debate in the House of Lords on the 2 March 2021 concerning the UK Government's plans regarding a redress scheme for those harmed by sodium valproate, stemming from recommendations in the First Do No Harm Report by the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review chaired by Baroness Cumberlege (also known as the Cumberlege Review).
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    This good practice guide was been developed in consultation with an advisory group of leading clinicians specialising in dementia. It aims to provide evidence-based support, advice and resources to a wide range of health and social care professionals caring for people with dementia who have behavioural and psychological symptoms. It has been designed to be a practical, informative tool, with an emphasis on alternatives to drug treatment.
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    This population-based study of all Ontario nursing home residents found increased prescribing of psychotropic drugs at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that persisted through September 2020. Increases in prescribing were out of proportion to expected secular trends, and distinct from observed prescribing changes in other drugs during the pandemic. The authors suggest that the findings underscore the urgency of balancing infection prevention and control measures in nursing homes with the mental wellbeing of residents.
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    Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat agitation, aggression, and psychosis in dementia when alternative strategies have failed. Their use has been reduced because of concerns about safety and limited efficacy. Drawing on data that the NHS publishes on a monthly basis on patients registered with a dementia diagnosis in England, this article considers evidence of an increase in antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    This debate begins with a statement by the Minister for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety, Nadine Dorries MP, responding to the publication of the first report by the independent review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. It is followed by questions from MPs in the chamber and the Minister's responses.
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    Laura Anne Jones MS (Member of the Senedd) tabled a formal written question concerning the implementation of the findings of the Cumberlege Review in Wales. This is the formal response from the Minister for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething MS.
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    Just over a week ago NHS England and NHS Improvement announced the launch of a network of 40 Long COVID clinics over the coming weeks. While there still needs to be more details providing, particularly a clear timeframe for the roll-out of these and information on their locations, I was wondering if anyone has heard about whether there are similar plans for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales? From a little online research at the moment I've only found the following: Northern Ireland No formal announcements from the Department of Health along these lines. The charity Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke have set up their own Covid Recovery Service. Scotland No immediately obvious proposals from this recent BBC News article covering the issue. Wales Quotes from a BBC News article from the Welsh Government that 'it expected health boards to develop and improve access to rehabilitation services'. This also mentions that the 'Cardiff and Vale Health Board is the first in Wales planning to open a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation service.' Have you heard or seen anything to suggest plans are in place in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales to move forward with a similar plan to the NHS in England? Or perhaps an alternative approach?
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    On the hub now there is new information from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) published today which gives more details about the forthcoming guideline on post-COVID syndrome which is planned to be published by the end of the year. The guideline scope published today defines post-COVID syndrome (also known as Long COVID) as signs and symptoms that develop during or following an infection consistent with COVID-19 which continue for more than 12 weeks and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis. It says the condition usually presents with clusters of symptoms, often overlapping, which may change over time and can affect any system within the body. It also notes that many people with post-COVID syndrome can also experience generalised pain, fatigue, persisting high temperature and psychiatric problems.
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    The NHS have today announced a new five-point package of measures to support Long COVID patients. We've set out Patient Safety Learning's initial thoughts on this in this press statement and would be keen to hear the views of others: https://www.patientsafetylearning.org/press-releases/nhs-announces-five-point-package-to-support-long-covid-patients
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    This is a video recording of a formal meeting (oral evidence session) of the Health and Social Care Select Committee on Tuesday 29 September 2020, as part of their inquiry looking at the Safety of maternity services in England.
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    You can now find a full transcript of yesterday's debate in the House of Commons on the hub via the link below:
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    This was an Adjournment Debate from the House of Commons on the 24 September 2020 on NHS Hysteroscopy Treatment tabled by Lyn Brown MP.
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