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    Children with serious health conditions are getting sicker as a result of persistent failings by Sciensus, a private company paid millions by the NHS to deliver essential medication, the Guardian can reveal. Parents of sick children say they are repeatedly let down by botched, delayed or missed deliveries, while NHS paediatric clinicians warn some are suffering avoidable harm as a result. Sciensus failed to send injections to Autumn Powell, an eight-year-old girl with Crohn’s disease, four times this year, according to her mother, Dallas Powell. As a result, she has suffered stomach cramping, pain and fatigue, and been off school sick. “It makes me mad, frustrated, but mostly it’s heartbreaking seeing my child suffering – and feeling helpless,” Powell said. “I am not one to go and complain publicly, but this is serious.” In a complaint to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the care regulator, three NHS paediatric clinicians working at two of the UK’s largest children’s hospitals have raised multiple concerns about Sciensus. Medicines ordered by the NHS to be sent urgently to sick children were delayed or never arrived, they said. Parents of those with serious health conditions also experienced difficulties with the company’s app. In some cases Sciensus did not respond to emails and calls about children’s missing medicines. Read full story Source: The Guardian, 9 May 2023
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    Jacqueline McIntosh, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust demonstrates how adopting a reactive approach to guardian ring-fenced time, improved worker wellbeing when it's most needed.
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    Chronically ill patients across the UK allege they've had to go without vital medication amid delays by a private company contracted by the NHS to deliver drugs. In the last year alone, Sciensus was awarded NHS contracts worth more than £5 million, despite being placed into special measures by health regulators in 2021 following widespread delivery failings. ITV News has revealed that the CQC is currently reviewing whether to take further regulatory action against Sciensus, having been made aware of concerns about the company’s performance. The company, which is based in Burton-on-Trent and says it "works with every NHS Trust in the country", should provide a lifeline for those who rely on specialised medications. These include those with long-term conditions - like cancer, HIV, and haemophilia - which often require drugs that can't be collected from high street or hospital pharmacies. One new mother with rheumatoid arthritis said she was taken to A&E after Sciensus left her without medication for three weeks. The 37-year-old, who wishes to remain anonymous, told ITV News: "I was unable walk with a small baby... it was such a chronic flare that I couldn't walk, which I've never, ever had before in my life." Read full story Source: ITV News, 21 April 2023
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    An enhancing junior doctors working lives (EJDWL) event hosted by NHS England for: Doctors in training Guardians of Safeworking National guidance encourages the use of e-rostering for medics and it is increasingly likely that doctors in training will encounter an e-rota while working in secondary care. However, doctors’ knowledge of e-rostering is often limited to previous experience, which can make it difficult to know whether they are benefiting from all the features available. This lunchtime webinar aims to educate doctors on the range of features available, and empower them to engage with and improve e-rostering at their workplace. As well as an introductory talk from doctors in training in the EJDWL team, hear real world examples from doctors on how they have engaged with and improved e-rostering, and learn how you can do the same at your workplace and nationally. Speakers: Professor Robert Galloway - Helping to solve NHS challenges with a workforce first approachED consultant championing annualised rotas with self-preferencing, University Hospitals Sussex. Dr Daniel BarryAnaesthetic trainee and co-founder of dbrotas, Wessex School of Anaesthetics. Dr Mark Johnson - Personalised Pay - Proving the 'impossible' is possibleMedical registrar and Board Affiliate, championed personalised rotas and pay at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Dr Nicholas Turner, Dr Jack Haywood, Dr Kavir MatharuNational Medical Director's Clinical Fellows EJDWL working group members. Register
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    When the Patients Association asked its members earlier this year if they'd be willing to be cared for on a virtual ward. The answer was a cautious, 'yes' but members wanted to know more about the system. To answer those questions, the Patients Association put together a panel, who'll explain how the NHS is using virtual wards and answer questions. Panel: Jono Broad, a patient leader in the southwest of England. Emma Matthews, Regional Community Development Lead NHS England South West. Dr Shelagh O’Riordan, Consultant Community Geriatrician at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust where she runs a large frailty virtual ward. Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, Chief Executive, The Queen's Nursing Institute. Ann Lloyd Keen, who is also a registered nurse, will chair this event. Register
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    Public Policy Project's second phase of its integrated care policy programme will centre around the ICS Delivery Forum. The Delivery Forum will build on the foundations of the ICS Roadshow, continuing to connect key health and care stakeholders at a localised debate and networking. However, the Delivery Forum will focus on developing impact-driven, results-orientated insights. Working in close collaboration with ICSs and crucial providers, PPP is creating a programme that highlights exactly how ICSs are making place based, personalised care a reality and the impact this is having on individual citizens and communities. Rather than discuss issues such as health inequalities in broad framing and terminology, the Delivery Forum will ask local systems leaders and stakeholders to demonstrate exactly how integrated care systems can affect change in key health and care challenges. The Delivery Forum will also provide a helping hand to ICBs grappling with workforce challenges and service pressures by connecting system leaders with on the ground innovators and industry experts. Audiences will consist of local ICS leaders and representatives from the NHS, social care, primary care and local government, as well as community workers and social prescribing specialists. Further, the ICS Delivery Forum will engage with patients and end-users to gather first-hand experience of receiving care within a system in dire need of reform. This event is free for the Public Sector– including, NHS Organisations, Local Authorities, academics, researchers, non-for-profit and third sector providers and charitable sectors. Register
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    A leading surgeon says a major drop-out rate of trainee doctors is "an accident waiting to happen" for the NHS. Nigel Mercer was tasked with prioritising surgery across the NHS during the pandemic when services were under intense pressure. His biggest fear with what he sees as an up to 40% drop-out rate is whether there will be enough doctors to replace his generation of medics. The government said the majority of trainees go on to work in the NHS. "[But] at the moment everyone is so fed up with the system," Mr Mercer said Concerns over pay and conditions are leading many trainees to consider moving to other countries, he said. "You can get much more pay over in Australia and New Zealand and we reckon it's now 40% of medical graduates who are going to leave after their training and that's criminal," he continued. "That's an accident waiting to happen, but if we don't produce high-quality paramedical staff there won't be the ability to train anybody. Read full story Source: BBC News, 12 April 2023
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    NHS Confederation are bringing together organisations working to treat people closer to home. This conference will offer an opportunity for senior leaders across health and care to come together and explore health beyond the hospital. Health beyond the hospital is a chance to come together with others working in this space to explore how we can work collaboratively to support people in their homes and the community. It will focus on three key themes: people with health conditions (older people; people with multiple and complex conditions; and children and young people); data and digital; and innovation. This will be a key opportunity for members and non-members to network with peers, to share knowledge and experience, as well as listen to experts from across healthcare. By focusing on what we can do together and uniting around patients we can shift the conversation to focus on treating people where they live and keeping them well at home. Register
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    The webinar will be aimed at all Nursing and Midwifery professionals in all healthcare settings. It will look at time-critical medication and improving practice in this area, with a particular focus on medication for Parkinson’s Disease and Diabetes. The webinar will draw on expertise in Pharmacy, Nursing, Midwifery and other specialists such as Parkinson’s UK (charity) and their patient led campaign, which links to the focus on Personalised Care in the NHS Long Term Plan. There will be presentations from patient representatives who will share their experience of receiving time critical medication in healthcare settings and experts in this area. The design of the webinar has taken a collaborative approach - with the co-design taking place between NHS England, subject matter experts, clinicians and patient representatives. The codesign process will involve nursing, medical and pharmacy staff in discussion and feedback on processes for safely delivering time critical medication. This will educate staff and help to improve processes through the involvement of both staff and patients. Reserve your place
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    NHS leaders and ministers face allegations of a “cover up”, as Byline Times reveals that almost two-thirds of NHS employers did not make a single, legally-required report of Covid being caught by staff working during the first 18 months of the pandemic. And four-fifths (82%) of NHS employers have not reported a single death of a worker from Covid caught while working in those first two waves. The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) rules mean that employers have a legal duty to report certain serious workplace accidents and occupational diseases – including Covid. The lack of acceptance of responsibility from NHS employers has left some families in limbo – and angry at what they consider to be deliberate “denial” of the experiences of those who died serving the public. David Osborn, a health and safety consultant and member of the Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance (CATA), co-wrote the research. He said: “One wonders how many bereaved families who have been denied this payment did not have the benefit of [these reports] to support their case.” Osborn wrote to Sarah Albon, Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, to raise his concerns after speaking with family members of NHS workers who had died of Covid, saying the reports of zero NHS worker deaths from Covid caught in the workplace are “difficult, nigh impossible, to believe.” Read full story Source: Byline Times, 6 April 2023
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    Some of Britain’s most vulnerable children are being moved to care homes more than 300 miles away from the neighbourhoods they grew up in, according to an Observer investigation revealing a “national scandal”. The shocking figures make clear for the first time the scale of the crisis that has long worried child welfare experts. They show dozens of children from London alone are in foster or care homes more than 250 miles from the city, as councils battle a significant shortfall in provision. Children from the capital have been placed in homes near Perth, Glasgow, Knowsley, Leeds and Carlisle. Care experts said that the pattern is being repeated across the country, removing children from critical support networks and familiar surroundings. About 600 children from London are in foster or residential care more than 50 miles from their home neighbourhoods. Councils have warned they often have to compete for limited places, and face “rising costs and profiteering on the backs of vulnerable children”. Some children need to be placed in certain locations for their own safety. However, there is widespread acceptance that the care system is failing to provide enough appropriate places in the right areas. Experts warn that relocating children removed them from schools, friends and extended family, as well as clubs and activities that were often key to their wellbeing. They warned it also put some at greater risk of exploitation. Read full story Source: The Guardian, 3 April 2023
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    Amy Walsh, an experienced IV nurse, will address the clinical negligence issues surrounding extravasation including: incidence and aetiology, presentation and recognition, management, treatment and prognosis of this iatrogenic injury. Register
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    Join the Patient Safety Movement in celebrating our 10th anniversary summit with world-renowned speakers and panelists discussing the latest challenges and solutions in patient safety. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to renew your organisation’s commitment to a culture of safety and make global connections to like-minded individuals working to eliminate preventable patient and healthcare worker harm. Attendees include patient safety experts, clinicians, healthcare administrators, government officials, representatives from MedTech and Biotech industries, patients and patient advocates, academicians, and policymakers. Speakers include: President William J. Clinton. The 42nd President of the United States. The William J. Clinton Foundation focuses on community service programs of community service addressing global issues of health care, education, clean energy and environment, job training, and entrepreneurship in under-developed countries. The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt. Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom. His ministerial role as the government’s chief financial minister carries responsibilities regarding fiscal policy, monetary policy, and work of the Treasury. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Director-General of World Health Organization, recognized globally as a health scholar, advocate and diplomat leveraging his experience in research, operations, and leadership in emergency responses. Joe Kiani. Founder & Immediate Past Chairman of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation Founder. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Masimo Corporation Donald M. Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, an organization he co-founded and led as President and CEO for 19 years. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care quality and improvement. Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, Governance Board Member of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and Past President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiol­ogists known for her dedication to organizational work. The first Norwe­gian female physician to complete her voluntary military services. Currently an anesthesiologist for the Norwegian Healthcare System. Anthony Staines, Patient Safety Program Director at the Fédération des hôpitaux Vaudois in Switzerland and Deputy Editor of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Author of a doctoral dissertation on the impact of hospital quality improvement programs on clinical outcomes. Sir Liam Donaldson, Founder and Chair of the World Alliance for Patient Safety and Professor of Public Health of Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health for London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Neelam Dhingra, Unit Head of the World Health Organization Patient Safety Flagship: A Decade of Patient Safety 2020-2030. Peter Pronovost, Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer and Veale Distinguished Chair in Leadership and Clinical Transformation at the University Hospitals. Stephanie Mercado, Chief Executive Officer of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Michelle Schreiber, Director of the Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Konrad Reinhart, Senior Professor for Sepsis Awareness and Advocacy, Charité, Berlin, Founding President of the Global Sepsis Alliance, Chair of the Sepsis Foundation. Peter Ziese, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Medical Strategy & Innovation, PHILIPS. Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California. Further information
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    Factsheet on Long Covid from the World Health Organization.
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    West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Quality Governance team is hosting a series of Patient Safety Learning Summits. Throughout the year they will be holding four events, focusing on patient safety, with a range of speakers (national and international). WHO are the summits aimed for? All healthcare professionals and students who want to learn more about patient safety, participate in the construction of our new patient safety strategy and gain valuable CPD points (30!). WHAT are the summits? They will be international interactive learning conferences where we delve into the transition into Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), in conjunction with discussing the wider patient safety landscape. These summits will include national and international keynote speakers: Prof Matt Inada-Kim- National Clinical Director – infection, antimicrobial resistance & deterioration / CL Covid oximetry @Home / virtual wards Ron Daniels- Founder and Chief Executive, UK Sepsis Trust Helen Hughes- Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning Paula Reges – infections disease researcher Fiocruz Brazil / advisor to Health Minister Ass Prof Caline Mattar- Global Health and Infectious Diseases at University of Washington, USA Other speakers to include: Médecins Sans Frontières, Red Cross and NHS England WHEN are the summits? There will be four summits throughout the year with overarching themes: Wednesday 26 April- Corporate and Clinical Governance Tuesday 6 June- IPC/AMR/Stewardship Tuesday 5 September – Deteriorating Patients- event aligned to the WHO theme of Engaging Patients Wednesday 10 January 2024- Enhanced Care Needs WHERE are the summits? The events will be held at Watford Football Club and streamed online. British Sign Language interpreters, inductions loops and captions will be present at all events. WHY The trust fully supports the national agenda change to PSIRF and wants to embed the ethos of this framework into everything we do. Patient safety is everybody's business, and everyone has a vital role to play. PSIRF is replacing the Serious Incident Framework and will lead to a culture shift of continuous learning, patient engagement, and a systems-based approach to learning from incidents. The NHS patient safety landscape is evolving, and these summits will give you the understanding, oversight, and passion to be a driver for improvements within your area. Register
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    West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Quality Governance team is hosting a series of Patient Safety Learning Summits. Throughout the year they will be holding four events, focusing on patient safety, with a range of speakers (national and international). WHO are the summits aimed for? All healthcare professionals and students who want to learn more about patient safety, participate in the construction of our new patient safety strategy and gain valuable CPD points (30!). WHAT are the summits? They will be international interactive learning conferences where we delve into the transition into Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), in conjunction with discussing the wider patient safety landscape. These summits will include national and international keynote speakers: Prof Matt Inada-Kim- National Clinical Director – infection, antimicrobial resistance & deterioration / CL Covid oximetry @Home / virtual wards Ron Daniels- Founder and Chief Executive, UK Sepsis Trust Helen Hughes- Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning Paula Reges – infections disease researcher Fiocruz Brazil / advisor to Health Minister Ass Prof Caline Mattar- Global Health and Infectious Diseases at University of Washington, USA Other speakers to include: Médecins Sans Frontières, Red Cross and NHS England WHEN are the summits? There will be four summits throughout the year with overarching themes: Wednesday 26 April- Corporate and Clinical Governance Tuesday 6 June- IPC/AMR/Stewardship Tuesday 5 September – Deteriorating Patients- event aligned to the WHO theme of Engaging Patients Wednesday 10 January 2024- Enhanced Care Needs WHERE are the summits? The events will be held at Watford Football Club and streamed online. British Sign Language interpreters, inductions loops and captions will be present at all events. WHY The trust fully supports the national agenda change to PSIRF and wants to embed the ethos of this framework into everything we do. Patient safety is everybody's business, and everyone has a vital role to play. PSIRF is replacing the Serious Incident Framework and will lead to a culture shift of continuous learning, patient engagement, and a systems-based approach to learning from incidents. The NHS patient safety landscape is evolving, and these summits will give you the understanding, oversight, and passion to be a driver for improvements within your area. Register
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    West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Quality Governance team is hosting a series of Patient Safety Learning Summits. Throughout the year they will be holding four events, focusing on patient safety, with a range of speakers (national and international). WHO are the summits aimed for? All healthcare professionals and students who want to learn more about patient safety, participate in the construction of our new patient safety strategy and gain valuable CPD points (30!). WHAT are the summits? They will be international interactive learning conferences where we delve into the transition into Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), in conjunction with discussing the wider patient safety landscape. These summits will include national and international keynote speakers: Prof Matt Inada-Kim- National Clinical Director – infection, antimicrobial resistance & deterioration / CL Covid oximetry @Home / virtual wards Ron Daniels- Founder and Chief Executive, UK Sepsis Trust Helen Hughes- Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning Paula Reges – infections disease researcher Fiocruz Brazil / advisor to Health Minister Ass Prof Caline Mattar- Global Health and Infectious Diseases at University of Washington, USA Other speakers to include: Médecins Sans Frontières, Red Cross and NHS England WHEN are the summits? There will be four summits throughout the year with overarching themes: Wednesday 26 April- Corporate and Clinical Governance Tuesday 6 June- IPC/AMR/Stewardship Tuesday 5 September – Deteriorating Patients- event aligned to the WHO theme of Engaging Patients Wednesday 10 January 2024- Enhanced Care Needs WHERE are the summits? The events will be held at Watford Football Club and streamed online. British Sign Language interpreters, inductions loops and captions will be present at all events. WHY The trust fully supports the national agenda change to PSIRF and wants to embed the ethos of this framework into everything we do. Patient safety is everybody's business, and everyone has a vital role to play. PSIRF is replacing the Serious Incident Framework and will lead to a culture shift of continuous learning, patient engagement, and a systems-based approach to learning from incidents. The NHS patient safety landscape is evolving, and these summits will give you the understanding, oversight, and passion to be a driver for improvements within your area. Register
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    The event will be hosted by Lord Bethell, Member of the House of Lords and the former Health Minister, who will provide the opening remarks. Health Tech Alliance Chair Dame Barbara Hakin will welcome attendees and chair the event. The event will consist of opening remarks, a keynote address, networking and drinks. This event series follows the successes of our previous Conferences, originating in January 2020 where the launch of the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award was announced. Our previous keynote speakers include the then-Health Ministers Matt Hancock, Lord Bethell and Lord Kamall, Jeremy Hunt, and Dr Sam Roberts, Chief Executive of NICE. In 2023 we are adding this Networking Reception to address the need for dialogue between politicians, the health system, and industry in helping the NHS to fix much of its current challenges. Drinks and refreshments will be provided to the attendees. The reception is organised by the Health Tech Alliance, a coalition of HealthTech companies and bodies from across the health system working collaboratively to drive up the adoption of vital health technologies, devices and diagnostics that are proven to benefit patient outcomes and deliver cost savings to the NHS. Reserve a place
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    Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week’s junior doctors strike, some of the NHS’s most senior trust chief executives have warned. The senior leaders contacted HSJ with their concerns after a group call between trust leaders and NHSE bosses on Thursday. The chief executives and medical directors, who spoke to HSJ on condition of anonymity, made a series of robust criticisms which focussed on the lack of awareness of danger presented by the junior doctor’s industrial action, a lack of thorough communication of that to the public, and the insistence that trusts negotiate strike agreement with the British Medical Association at a local level. One comment on the chat function stated: ”Public awareness of the impact of this strike seems far lower than for e.g. the ambulance strike, but from a an acute trust perspective this will have a much bigger impact on patient care and safety. Junior doctors’ are not newly qualified students - they are the backbone of day to day medical management in our services. I am concerned we might be giving false assurance about the quality of service we can offer next week.” Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 10 March 2023
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    NHS staff are significantly less comfortable raising concerns and are less confident in their organisation to address them, the service’s annual staff survey has revealed. The 2022 results, with a response rate of 46%, showed a decline on all measures relating to raising concerns about clinical safety and speaking up more generally, with the greatest deterioration seen in the percentage of staff who would feel secure raising concerns about unsafe clinical practice. Helen Hughes, chief executive of charity Patient Safety Learning, warned an “alarmingly high” number of staff could not say they felt safe raising concerns. Ms Hughes continued: “If we are to effectively learn from and prevent future incidents of avoidable harm, staff need to feel safe to raise and discuss patient safety incidents. “This year’s staff survey results are a clear indication that too often this is still not the case. This is reinforced by the experiences and testimonies of many whistleblowers and the findings of numerous inquiries into major patient safety scandals.” She added there were a lack of “tangible measures” in place to create a safety culture where staff feel safe to speak up and called for “more resources to support improvement and evaluate their impact”. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 9 March 2023
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    The 16th HSJ Patient Safety Congress and Awards will take place on 18 – 19 September 2023. The Congress theme will be: Facing reality: Honest conversations about safety. Join 1000+ NHS and independent healthcare leaders, managers, clinicians, and patient representatives from across the country and worldwide. Acknowledging the current healthcare environment in the UK, we will challenge the status quo on safety, engage in honest and practical discussions, and discover how to improve patient care across the system. What's new for 2023? Fresh focuses for clinicians and frontline staff, including more frontline speakers, evidence-based outcomes and how to embed these in your organisation A new leadership stream to share national and international best practice in your organisation that affect real change, and improve networking across the Congress Extra international expertise on the agenda and out-of-industry cross-learning to bring new ideas to the debate Successful patient safety initiatives to help you bring more practical learning back to your organisation Enhanced exhibition experience, including the new ‘Innovation Showcase Theatre’, sharing case studies and deep dives into specific solutions Register
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    Which trusts receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of today’s 2022 NHS Staff Survey for general acute and acute/community trusts. HSJ has also analysed the results for mental health trusts and ambulance and community trusts. More than 630,000 staff responded to the NHS staff survey between September and December 2022 – a 46% response rate, down from 48% in 2021. Nationally, across all trust types, 57.4% said they would recommend their organisation as a place to work in 2022. That was down from 59.4% in 2021, and from 63.4% in 2019. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 9 March 2023
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    Patients in England are set to benefit from a radical new project that will look to identify innovative new methods of preventing cardiovascular disease, as the Department of Health and Social Care appoints the first ever Government Champion for Personalised Prevention. John Deanfield CBE, a Professor of Cardiology at University College London, has been asked by the health secretary to explore how the potential of technology and data can be properly harnessed to allow people to better look after their health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Professor Deanfield will spearhead a taskforce comprised of experts in everything from policy and technology to economics and behavioural science to deliver a range of recommendations that will lay the foundations for a modern, tailored cardiovascular disease prevention service. The Government say the recommendations will: Identify breakthroughs in predicting, preventing, diagnosing and treating risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Advise on how public services, businesses and the population can be encouraged to support prevention outside the NHS. Use personalised data to predict and manage disease more effectively. Bring care closer to homes and communities by establishing new partnerships that advance the way preventative services are delivered. Evaluate how this strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention may impact conditions with shared risk factors. Read full story Source: NHE, 7 March 2023
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    Elon Musk's attempt to implant microchips into human brains has been rejected by US medical regulators over concerns about the safety of the technology. Mr Musk's Neuralink business, which is hoping to insert tiny chips into people's skulls to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, was denied initial permission for clinical trials last year. US medical regulators were said to have "dozens" of concerns over the risks posed by the device, Reuters reported. Concerns include fears that tiny electrodes could get lodged in other parts of the brain, which could impair cognitive function or rupture blood vessels. Neuralink's chips are designed to be threaded into the brain using tiny filaments and harness artificial intelligence technology to pick up brain activity using a so-called "brain computer interface". Read full story (paywalled) Source: The Times, 3 March 2023
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