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WHO will host a monthly WHO COVID-19 Vaccine research forum, starting on Tuesday 2 March 2021. This first webinar is scheduled between 14:00 – 16:00 Central European Time (CET). The agenda will be shared in advance. The goals of these ongoing meetings are: To encourage and facilitate the rapid dissemination of research protocols and emerging results. To provide regular updates against R&D Blueprint roadmap priorities with the ability to pivot given dynamic research needs. Register -
Content ArticleThe Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) and SEIPS 2.0 models provide a framework for integrating Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) in health care quality and patient safety improvement. As care becomes increasingly distributed over space and time, the “process” component of the SEIPS model needs to evolve and represent this additional complexity. In this paper, Carayon et al. review different ways that the process component of the SEIPS models have been described and applied. Carayon et al. propose the SEIPS 3.0 model, which expands the process component, using the concept of the patient journey to describe the spatio-temporal distribution of patients’ interactions with multiple care settings over time. This new SEIPS 3.0 sociotechnical systems approach to the patient journey and patient safety poses several conceptual and methodological challenges to HFE researchers and professionals, including the need to consider multiple perspectives, issues with genuine participation, and HFE work at the boundaries.
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The Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group continues its programme of seminars with 'Healing after harm: A restorative approach' presented by Jo Wailling, The Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Further information and registration -
EventDr Donna Prosser, Chief Clinical Officer, Patient Safety Movement Foundation, is joined by a neonatal palliative care expert, an adult palliative care expert, and a family member representative for palliative care to discuss introducing palliative care conversations, embracing shared decision-making, differentiating palliative care from end of life care, and implementing organisational initiatives to improve consistent and meaningful palliative care delivery. Register
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EventAimed at clinicians and managers, this national virtual conference will provide a practical guide to human factors in healthcare, and how a human factors approach can improve patient care, quality, process and safety. You will have the opportunity to network with colleagues who are working to embed a human factors approach, self-assess and reflect on your own practice and gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence. For further information and to book or email: [email protected] HC-UK are offering a number of free places to hub members on a first come, first served basis. Please email [email protected] for a code. Follow the conversation on Twitter #HumanFactors
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EventISQua and IHF are collaborating on this virtual event in order to provide our members and the wider community, a global perspective on healthcare workers’ wellbeing and this is an opportunity to hear innovative interventions from healthcare leaders. This event will give participants the opportunity to share their experiences, ideas and challenges and to learn about solutions from other industries. By attending you will: Discover good practices and innovations from healthcare leaders from around the globe on how they're improving healthcare workers’ wellbeing. Get a global perspective on hospital and health system employee wellbeing. Interact meaningfully with peers from various countries, gain new ideas, and share your organization’s initiatives. Register
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EventCancer affects us all. Survival in England is at a record high and patients’ experience of treatment and care has never been higher, but we won’t stop there. We want every person with cancer to have the very best diagnosis, treatment and care. NHS England & Improvement The NHS Long Term Plan set out a clear pathway for the improvement of cancer care, the aim being: • Enable an extra 55,000 people each year to survive for five years or more following their cancer diagnosis. • Three in four cancers (75%) will be diagnosed at an early stage. This virtual conference aims to showcase the forward-thinking and innovative initiatives that are already being implemented across the country. Register
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EventThe countries focus on critical care services in England has increased because of COVID-19. A significant proportion of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 require help with breathing, including mechanical ventilation and other services critical care staff and units provide. Delivering sufficient critical care capacity goes beyond physical infrastructures – such as having more beds and equipment – and requires sufficient numbers of trained and available staff. The NHS ICU Virtual Summit: Future-Proofing Critical Care conference aims to celebrate the current efforts of ICU staff, in this time of unprecedented strain, via best practice and practical insight. We will also take a look at some key areas of potential improvement including: Understanding intensive care staffing, occupancy and capacity. Infection control. Crisis management and emergency preparedness. Clinical Information Systems. NHS staff and services will continue to be tested to their limits over the coming months, this short but high-value session aims to bring peers together from across the UK to share best practice and outcomes. Register
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Event“Improving patient experience is not simple. As well as effective leadership and a receptive culture, trusts need a whole systems approach to collecting, analysing, using and learning from patient feedback for quality improvement. Without such an approach it is almost impossible to track, measure and drive quality improvement.” NHS England and Improvement 2019 Convenzis are excited to share details of our 1st Virtual NHS Patient Experience Conference to date, this live and interactive session will focus on key findings from the 2019 British Social Attitudes survey and discuss how the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak affected patient satisfaction and assurance. Register
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EventOn November 29, 1999, the Institute of Medicine released a report called To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the report reviewed the status of patient safety in the US and UK, 20 years on and the NHS have released The NHS Patient Safety Strategy. Within the newly developed strategy, the NHS has three strategic aims that will support the development of patient safety culture & a patient safety system. This virtual conference will discuss the 2020, COVID-19 response best practice, along with some national policy insights and international trends. Register
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EventVeracuity was conceived out of a recognition that the practice of pharmacovigilance is performed suboptimally. That is because it relies entirely on a voluntary reporting system – one in which consumers and healthcare professionals must devote considerable energy if they were so inclined to notify somebody about a side effect they attribute to a bio-pharmaceutical product. Adverse event reporting is infrequent and cumbersome because stakeholders are only vaguely aware of their responsibility and the current system is neither easy nor fast to use. Nor does it provide reporters with any immediate helpful feedback. With only a very small percentage of adverse drug events ever reaching the attention of manufacturers or regulators, it is easy to conclude that the medical community and the public may be wholly unaware of tremendous risks and liabilities that may be attributed to drug products. This workshop allows participation in insightful conversation on the future of our industry. Program: Fishbein, J: Introduction and closing remarks. Barrett, CP: Implementation of Post-marketing Risk Management Commitment. Laugel, I: The future of pharmacovigilance with the use of artificial intelligence sounds good. Marschler, M: The use of pharmacogenomic methodologies in the pharmacovigilance evaluation of medicinal products. This webinar meets two times. Fri, Jan 29, 2021 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT Fri, Jan 29, 2021 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT Register 2021-workshop-flier.pdf
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HSJ are excited to announce that the Congress will return as an onsite event and will be taking place on 20-21 September 2021 at Manchester Central. With plenty to address, share and learn, HSJ cannot wait to welcome you to what will be a significant gathering of our patient safety community to harness key lessons from the past year. -
EventThe approach to resolution of adverse events in hospital and healthcare organisations has remained subpar for decades and open and honest communication is often compromised in favour of litigation. Models like CANDOR have been recognized as essential to transparency, person-centeredness, and healthcare quality and safety. The impactful implementation of CANDOR into organisational culture requires commitment, prioritisation, involvement from all, and event analysis for continuous improvement. Register
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Content ArticleFor a few reasons – especially regulatory requirements – the majority of effort when it comes to safety management concerns abnormal and unwanted outcomes, and the work and processes in the run up to these. We need to learn from incidents – for moral, regulatory and practical reasons. But incidents alone don’t tell us enough about the system as a whole. If we view incidents as the tip of the iceberg in terms of total hours of work or total outcomes, then what lies beneath? Steven Shorrock explores this in an article for HindSight.
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The webinar from GovConnect will consider: The impact of SSIs on the NHS and the promise of programmes such as Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams in meeting this challenge – led by Professor Mike Reed, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust The role of collaborative best practice guidelines in reducing surgical site infections post-COVID – led by Lindsay Keeley, Patient Safety & Quality Lead, The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) Lessons from Getting It Right First Time and the value of a collaborative approach to SSI reduction – Anna Thompson, SSI Surveillance Lead, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust Group discussion on what more we can do to minimise the risk of SSIs, and how we can ensure that SSI reduction is prioritised by politicians and policymakers Register -
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More than 1,900 delegates have attended Health and care explained, ranging from chief executives of charities to NHS leaders, students and representatives from government bodies. Returning for its ninth run, The King Fund's conference gives you the opportunity to interact with our policy experts, who will guide you through the latest health and social care data and explain how the system in England really works. You will hear balanced and honest views about the pressures and opportunities facing the system in 2021. Register -
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This free online event from the King's Fund will provide insight into the wider UK health and care landscape in 2021 and will explore how recent trends, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and future developments could affect people working in the sector, patients and the wider population. The speakers will discuss some of the big issues that we hope to see progress on in 2021, including health and care staff wellbeing, social care reform, population health and health inequalities, and legislative changes to support the integration agenda. Register -
Content ArticleClinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day and a special deck of cards. At the start of every shift, the team members get together for a brief “team-start.” Each team member rates his or her own mood as green (I’m good), orange (I’m okay but I have a few things I’m concerned about) or red (I’m under stress). The rest of the team doesn’t need to know that you’re under stress because you’re having a dispute with your landlord or you are worried about your ill toddler. How you feel, however, is important because it affects how you should be treated. Next, the team leader asks if there is anything in particular the team needs to know to work more effectively together that shift: For example, “Is there a delay in public transport so we can expect patients to be late for their appointments?,” or “Is there a patient with some kind of special need coming in?” Sharing the answers or results generated by the card questions and activities with the group ensures that the insights stick.
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Good health is not simply an output of a fair economy. A healthy population is one of the nation’s most important assets: a vital input into a strong economy that improves people’s wellbeing, their productivity and their ability to participate in society. But how do we measure the health of the nation? The ONS has launched an ‘experimental’ version of its health index, which was proposed in 2018 by the then Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dame Sally Davies, and it is currently open for public consultation before being finalised in 2021. Join this webinar from the Health Foundation where you will hear from Dame Sally Davies and guests to find out more about the index, why it was commissioned, and how it can be used in practice. Register -
Content ArticleDr John Gerrard was a doctor and a business man, and diagnosed with Alzheimers in his mid seventies. It was a slow decline, that sped up when he was ill or upset, for ten years. Then, at the start of February 2014, he went into hospital. He had infected leg ulcers which weren’t responding to antibiotics. The hospital had a norovirus outbreak which meant visitors weren’t allowed at all. He was there for five weeks. John went in strong, mobile, smiling, able to tell stories about his past, to work in his garden and help with things round the house. He was able to feed himself, to keep clean, to have a good kind of daily life. He came out skeletal, immobile, incoherent, requiring 24-hour care and barely knowing those around him. His family are sure that if he had not spent that time alone, without them, he would not have descended into such a state of deep delirium. Having someone with you - someone who you love, who you know, whose face you know (be they your carer, your family, your friend, your lover) - helps keep you tied to reality, to life, to sanity. John died in November 2014. His story, however, is still repeated. Far too many people die cut off from the people who care for them. Far too many places have dangerously over-restrictive policies (both predating and during the present pandemic) preventing people from being with people who need them. In the wake of his death, John’s daughter, Nicci Gerrard, cofounded John’s Campaign with Julia Jones, whose
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EventThis virtual masterclass, facilitated by Mr Perbinder Grewal, will focus on patient safety and how to setup a proactive safety culture. It will look at what patient safety is and how to setup and improve the safety culture. It will look at Human Factors and how to mitigate some of the common errors. Can we have a system with zero patient safety incidents or errors? Further information and book your place or email [email protected] hub members receive 10% discount. Email [email protected] for code
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EventThis virtual one day course is designed to provide attendees with the knowledge and skills to complete risk assessments in their work place. The completion of risk assessments is a core component within an organisations ability to manage its risks. Risk assessments support the prevention of incidents and an organisations achievement of its objectives. By carrying out risk assessments we can understand the current and future impact of the risk to the organisation. All staff have a duty to identify and escalate risks within their workplace. This masterclass will explore the key components of the risk assessment process that must be followed to reduce the likelihood and severity of the risk. Further information and book your place or email [email protected] hub members receive 10% discount. Email [email protected] for code
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EventThis virtual conference, chaired by Mike O’Connell Legal Services Practitioner, and with an opening presentation from Andrew Harris Senior Coroner London Inner South and Professor of Coronial Law William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary’s University London, focuses on the role of the Coroner and preparing and attending Coroner's Inquests. Further information and book your place or email [email protected] hub members receive 10% discount. Email [email protected] for code Follow the conversation on Twitter #CoronerRole
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EventThis course will offer a practical guide to Root Cause Analysis with a focus on systems-based patient safety investigation as proposed by the forthcoming National Patient Safety Incident Response Framework which emphasises the requirement for investigations to be led by those with safety investigation training/expertise and with dedicated time and resource to complete the work. This course will include an opportunity for learners to gain a Level 3 qualification (A level equivalent) in RCA skills (2 credits / 20 hours) on successful completion of a short-written assignment. Further information and book your place or email [email protected] hub members receive 10% discount. Email [email protected] for code
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Content ArticleGuidance from the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Intensive Care Society on prone positioning in adult critical care. It is hoped that the adoption of the guidance set out within this document will help improve safety and reduce complications associated with the prone positioning of mechanically ventilated patients. This document also hopes to standardise the approach to manging a cardiac arrest in the prone position, and has some guidance on prone ventilation in ECMO patients as well as considerations for performing bronchoscopy in the prone position. Assuming adequate staffing and equipment is available, the intervention of prone positioning involves very low costs and provided additional patient complications and long-term injuries to staff do not occur, would almost certainly be a cost-effective intervention.
