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About HelenH

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  • First name
    Helen
  • Last name
    Hughes
  • Country
    United Kingdom

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    I am passionate about sharing learning to improve patient safety - using insights from clinicians, patients, patient safety and human factors experts, researchers, leaders, everyone to help make the change we need for a patient-safe future
  • Organisation
    Patient Safety Learning
  • Role
    Chief Executive

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  1. HelenH started following Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) Review: update report on government implementation (12 December 2022), Proximie: Patient safety in surgery – the urgent need for reform (16 January 2022) and Looking back at the last 12 months in patient safety: A blog by Helen Hughes
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    Yes, interesting recommendation. As you say, guidance isn’t legally binding. It’s something we highlight a lot at Patient Safety Learning, the inconsistency of response to guidance and failure to implement good practice. Something we highlighted in a blog last year https://www.patientsafetylearning.org/blog/mind-the-implementation-gap-the-persistence-of-avoidable-harm-in-the-nhs
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    You’re welcome! Lovely to get your feedback
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    Relieved to hear you had a positive experience. Services clearly can provided that are pain free and enable women to make choices on their care. That’s what we want for everyone
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    Thanks @lzipperer Festive greetings to you and thanks always for your support. Interesting developments in the US on patient safety, here’s to strengthened Federal leadership and action in 2023 🎄
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    Hi @richard vA. I've been speaking with Henrietta a few times and she presented at out 'Safety for All' conference last week. That was filmed so we'll be sharing that as soon as we've done the video editing. There is an e-form for patient reporting but it's difficult to find and is woeful. It's part of the NRLS replacement, the LFPSE programme but there's no timeline for its development that I'm aware of. I understand that her office will have 4 staff only and she's actively recruiting. It's a requirement of the Commisisoner's role to have a stakeholder advisory group and I wou
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  8. HelenH started following Doctors shocking comments to women harmed by mesh, People with diabetes' experience of care in hospitals and Help please: Managing challenging behaviour in Primary Care
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    Just read it. Very interesting. I would argue furiously if I was an in patient and anyone tried to take my insulin pump or cgm off me. Direct complaint to senior management if they even tried and I was able to do so. Hospitals and health professionals in general or unrelated care will typically understand the diabetes rule book - which is ok for generic ‘how it works’ but not for someone who is on a pump who has taken a few months to get your levels balanced on a pump - plus often needs tweaking. Applying generic rules simply is not good enough to deprive someone of a working system if
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    Awful to hear your experience and thank you for sharing @Teresa1. I agree with @Exonian. The Campaign is fantastic and unites so many women who have had dreadful experiences. It is gaslighting when you’re prevented/persuaded not to have the option of GA that is clearly part of RCOG guidance. Services should be there to support women’s choice. It’s their right.
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    Hi Leo, that's a very good question and it would be great to get some discussion going about this. I met yesterday with some primary care patient safety leads. I'm about to write to them so will add you question and invite them to respond. Thanks Helen
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    Hi @Jules Gabrielle That's great to hear. What a positive experience with caring staff. Thank you for sharing. If you'd like to, Care Opinion are a fantastic organisation for giving feedback to NHS organisations. The feedback is available to share with individual staff members and in these difficult times, that's always great to hear
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    Hi @CarrieThat's so horrible, that the pain and trauma of a past experience is so terrifying to consider, that future diagnostic and treatments options just can't be coped with. Wise words @Katharine Tylko as ever.
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    Thx for sharing. You’re right, it doesn’t seem to be getting better from the many testimonies shared with us. Barbaric and misogynistic. I’m raising with the newly appointed Patient Safety Commissioner
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    There isn’t enough research to help differentiate and help with risk assessment. That’s part of the problem. That’s my understanding too, that those that have given birth by Caesarian section are more vulnerable to pain. I wonder @Katharine Tylko Whether there is research on that?
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    Hi @Colette Laws-Chapman What a good question! Lets add any answers and content to the hub Searching the hub, I found this. Helpful?
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    Absolutely shocking responses to a Sling The Mesh survey. Blog being published by@Kath Sansom shortly on this.
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    Hi @Dagg Thank you so much for sharing your experience and the broadly very supportive approach at St James’. If you’d like to, Care Opinion are a good way of reporting back to service providers, positive (and indeed negative) feedback. It’s great to know that good practice is being applied
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