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Content ArticleIn this three-year strategy, NHS Resolution outlines its strategic priorities to 2025. The four priority areas in the new strategy are: Deliver fair resolution – focussing our resources to avoid patients and healthcare staff having to go through formal processes that can be distressing and costly Share data and insights to improve services – sharing our unique data and insights to reduce risk and help improve the healthcare system Collaborate to improve maternity outcomes – working with others in the maternity care system to reduce neonatal harm Invest in our people and systems – building up our corporate capacity and capabilities internally to support the health and legal systems. These priorities aim to help the organisation contribute to: a reduction in harm to patients. a reduction in the distress caused to patients and healthcare staff involved when a claim or concern arises. a reduction in the cost required to deliver fair resolution. This will release public funds for other priorities, including healthcare. ensuring indemnity arrangements are a driver for positive change across the healthcare system. NHS Resolution has also produced a video summary of the strategy.
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Content ArticleThis practice pointer in The BMJ explains why diagnostic errors occur and provides five strategies that healthcare workers can use to achieve diagnostic excellence. Each of these strategies is explored in detail: Seek diagnostic feedback, which includes tracking patient outcomes and seeking feedback from patients, families and other healthcare workers. "Byte sized" learning, which involves digital learning activities. Consider bias by getting to know patients and treating them as individuals, and through taking a 'diagnostic pause' to consider whether bias is playing into decisions. Make diagnosis a team sport through multidisciplinary huddles that include healthcare workers from different professions. Foster critical thinking by using intentional strategies to foster reflective scepticism and regular review.
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Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (2015)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Diagnosis
Accurate and timely diagnosis is a key aspect of healthcare, and misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis can have serious consequences for patients. This eBook published by the National Academies for Science, Engineering and Medicine highlights that tackling diagnostic error in healthcare is a moral, professional, and public health duty. It makes recommendations to improve the safety of diagnostic processes, outlining the need for collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations, patients and their families, researchers and policy makers. -
Content ArticleThe Suicide Prevention National Transformation Programme aims to reduce the number of deaths by suicide in England by 10% by 2020/21. NHS England are investing funding in 37 local areas to establish or develop their multi-agency suicide prevention action plans to reduce suicide and self-harm. These plans cover three of the main priority areas identified in the National Suicide Prevention Strategy: Reducing risk in men. Prevention and response to self-harm. Improving acute mental health care. Find out more about the programme and useful resources from the link below.
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Content ArticlePersonalised care and support planning (PCSP) is a systematic process based around 'better conversations' between the person and their health and social care practitioners. The aim is to identify what is most important to each person for them to achieve a good life, and to ensure that the support they receive is designed and coordinated around their wishes. It's goal is to empower people to be the main decision-maker in their own care, and to arrive at one plan that encompasses all the person's care needs. This tool has been developed by Think Local Act Personal to support PCSP for people with health and social care needs. Featuring example characters who help bring the process to life, it covers the following stages of the PCSP process: Context Preparation Conversation Record Making it happen Review
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Content ArticleAdverse drug reactions (known as ADRs) can occur both in the home, and within the healthcare setting, when combinations of medications produce unexpected side effects. Unfortunately this means that in the most serious cases fatalities can occur. However ADRe has helped all service users by addressing life-threatening problems, reducing pain or improving quality of life. With preventable ADRs responsible for 5-8% unplanned hospital admissions in the UK, and costing the NHS up to £2.5bn pa, it is crucial that healthcare organisations take advantage of tools which can help improve how medicines are managed. ADRe has been developed with the aid of nursing professionals to help nursing staff take a structured approach to the monitoring of medicines, identifying any ADRs service users may be experiencing, and then making changes to improve a patients' health and wellbeing.
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Content ArticleThe formation of Integrated Care Systems (ICS) as part of the Government’s plan to integrate health and social care ought to be an opportunity for a once-in-a-generation improvement in the quality of social care provision. For too long the social care sector has been in crisis due to increasing demands on the system which have not been met with enough funding or a sensible organisational structure. Integration, if done properly, would alleviate many of the current problems and result in a better care experience for those who need care. However if integration is mishandled the Government will miss this unique opportunity and the crisis will continue, and indeed probably become more acute.
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Content ArticleThe Reducing Restrictive Practice Collaborative (RRP) aimed to reduce restrictive practice by one third in participating wards, measuring the following practices: Restraint – to prevent, restrict or subdue movement of the body, or part of the body of another person Seclusion – confinement in a room or physical space Rapid tranquillisation – use of sedative medication by injection. This webpage contains a number of resources related to the work of the collaborative, including a resource booklet outlining learning about running successful quality improvement projects.
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Content ArticlePresentation from Professor Mark Brinell, Vice Chair and Global Healthcare Expert at KMPG, on lessons we can learn from integrated care systems across the globe.
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Content ArticleThis paper summarises how core NHSEI quality functions are expected to be delivered through Integrated Care Systems from April 2022. The functions covered are not exhaustive and the work is ongoing. This paper is a working draft which represents the current position, based on workshops and engagement with national policy teams, regional teams and systems.
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This is part of our series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to people working for patient safety about their role and what motivates them. Sarah and Jaydee are working on an innovative project at NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB) to ensure general practice is a central part of improving patient safety across services. They talk about the value and challenges of collaborative working, how they are tailoring their offer to fit the needs of local GP practices, and making patient safety a core part of training for all healthcare professionals. -
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Humor me into medication safety (IAPO, 7 September 2022)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Medication
To mark World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2022 and in support of WHO's 5 moments for medication safety, the International Alliance of Patients' Organization (IAPO) has launched the "Humour me into medication safety" cartoons highlighting the 5 moments for medication safety - a patient engagement tool focusing on the key moments where action by the patient or caregiver can reduce the risk of harm associated with the use of medications. It aims to engage and empower patients to be involved in their own care through collaboration with health professionals.- Posted
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Content ArticleTeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance & Patient Safety) is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools created by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It aims to optimise patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare professionals. An organisational readiness assessment, other guidance and all curriculum materials are available on this website.
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Content ArticleThis study in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology aimed to explore the perspectives of radiology and internal medicine residents on the desire for personal contact between radiologists and referring doctors, and the effect of improved contact on clinical practice. A radiology round was implemented, in which radiology residents travel to the internal medicine teaching service teams to discuss their inpatients and review ordered imaging. Surveys were given to both groups following nine months of implementation. The vast majority of both diagnostic radiology residents and internal medicine residents reported benefits in patient management from direct contact with the other group, leading the authors to conclude that this generation of doctors is already aware of the value of radiologists who play an active, in-person role in making clinical decisions.
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In this interview for Pharmacy Update Online, Patient Safety Learning's Chief Executive Helen Hughes talks about how the hub was established to provide free, easily-accessible information about patient safety for everyone. "By everyone we mean literally everyone–the hub was designed by and for clinicians, patient safety experts, patients, family members, policy makers, academics–everyone. We wanted a knowledge repository, all in one place, that people could find easily and use to inform their campaigning, their work, their education.” Helen describes how the hub's audience and reach has grown over the three years since it was launched—the hub has had a million page views from people in more than 200 countries, and 450,000 unique users. Although it was started as a UK-based resource, over time more people around the world have found out about it. Helen also discusses Patient Safety Learning's work to make patient safety a core purpose of healthcare, and the vital nature of patient involvement in patient safety. -
Content ArticleTo provide high quality services in increasingly complex, constantly changing circumstances, healthcare organisations worldwide need a high level of resilience, to adapt and respond to challenges and changes at all system levels. For healthcare organisations to strengthen their resilience, a significant level of continuous learning is required. Given the interdependence required amongst healthcare professionals and stakeholders when providing healthcare, this learning needs to be collaborative, as a prerequisite to operationalising resilience in healthcare. As particular elements of collaborative working, and learning are likely to promote resilience, there is a need to explore the underlying collaborative learning mechanisms and how and why collaborations occur during adaptations and responses. The aim of this study from Haraldseid-Driftland et al. was to describe collaborative learning processes in relation to resilient healthcare based on an investigation of narratives developed from studies representing diverse healthcare contexts and levels.
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Content ArticleThe Health and Care Act 2022 placed Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) on a statutory footing in July 2022, and trusts will play a critical role in delivering the key purposes of ICSs in order to benefit patients and service users. This briefing from NHS Providers: provides a brief overview of how provider collaboratives are developing across England. illustrates some of the emerging benefits that collaboratives are working to realise. explores how trust leaders see the role of provider collaboratives developing within ICSs. identifies some key enablers and risks trust boards need to consider.
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Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in healthcare systems across the world. In recognition of this, in 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Third WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm, aimed at improving medication safety. This article provides information and resources related to the Challenge. -
Content ArticleDecision support tools, also called patient decision aids, support shared decision making by making treatment, care and support options explicit. They provide evidence-based information about the associated benefits/harms and help patients to consider what matters most to them in relation to the possible outcomes, including doing nothing. NHS England has just published a suite of eight decision support tools that will help people with their healthcare professionals in clinical consultations, about their treatment choices for their condition through shared decision making. NHS England has worked with patients, patient charities health professionals and research teams over several months to develop the tools in line with NICE guidance on shared decision making standards.
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Content ArticleThis paper in the journal Learning Health Systems examines what would be needed to develop learning health systems (LHS) in the United Kingdom, considering national policy implications and actions which local organisations and health systems could take. It identifies opportunities for local NHS organisations to make better use of health data and ways that national policy could promote greater use of collaboration and analytics.
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WHO: World Patient Safety Day 2022
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in WHO
This year World Patient Safety Day, due to take place on Saturday 17 September 2022, will focus on medication safety, promoting safe medication practices to prevent medication errors and reducing medication-related harm. This page links to resources to mark World Patient Safety Day from the official World Health Organization (WHO) website.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis document from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) contains guidance for integrated care partnerships on the preparation of integrated care strategies. It contains an introduction, two sections of statutory guidance on the preparation of the integrated care strategy including involvement and content, and a section of non-statutory guidance relating to the publication and review of the integrated care strategy. It also includes case studies that demonstrate some of the innovative approaches taking place throughout England.
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Content ArticleM R Rajagopal (known to all as Raj) is an internationally renowned Indian anaesthetist and palliative care physician who is one of the founders of a system of palliative care in Kerala that is admired the world over. The Lancet Commission on the Value of Death said that societies everywhere could learn from the Kerala innovation, which is a system led by the community with health professionals as supporters rather than leaders. Raj has now published his readable, insightful—and at times funny—autobiography, Walk with the Weary: Lessons in humanity in healthcare, which is both a severe critique of modern healthcare and a prescription for transformation and highlighted by Richard Smith in this BMJ article.
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Content ArticleDisabled people's voices need to be valued and prioritised in the planning and delivery of health and care services. This long read sets out the findings of research carried out by The King's Fund and Disability Rights UK into how disabled people are currently involved in health and care system design, and what good might look like.
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Content ArticleThis article in DIA Global Forum examines a new collaboration between the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) EU Member States Belgium, France, and Germany, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the recently established African Medicines Agency (AMA). The group will mobilise more than €100 million over the next five years to support the AMA and other African medicines regulatory initiatives at regional and national levels. The initiative will foster collaboration and sharing of technical expertise by European regulators with AMA. It also aims to assist African national regulatory authorities (NRAs) in achieving the minimum World Health Organization (WHO) requirements for effective regulatory oversight of quality-assured, safe, local production of medicines and vaccines.
