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Infighting delays valproate compensation
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Content ArticleDr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England, sheds light on the disconnect between the executive corridor and what patients experience.
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Content ArticleMore and more people are dying at home, rather than in a hospital or hospice. With this trend set to continue, how can commissioners ensure that end-of-life care reflects this and meets the needs of people approaching the end of their lives and their loved ones? This new report from the King's Fund explores what we know about commissioning end-of-life care, the inequalities experienced by particular groups, and how NHS and social care commissioners in England are measuring and assuring the quality of care people receive. Drawing on interviews with commissioners, stakeholders and experts in end-of-life care, as well as recently bereaved carers and family members, this report offers reflections and recommendations for those wanting to improve end-of-life care for those dying at home.
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Patient Safety Commissioner: 'We are heading straight back to Mid Staffs'
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
A seismic shift is needed in the way that patients’ and families’ voices are heard, with shared decision-making and patient partnership as the destination, says Patient Safety Commissioner, Dr Henrietta Hughes, on the day the Patient Safety Commissioner 100 Days Report is published. In the report, Henrietta reflects on her first 100 days in this new role. She sets out what she has heard, what she has done and her priorities for the year ahead. "Everyone... has a part to play in delivering safe care – know that you can make a difference by putting safety at the top of your agenda. Introduce patient voices into your governance – in your board meetings, commissioning and contracts meetings, design of strategies, policies and processes, team meeting agendas, annual objectives, appraisals, reviews of complaints and incidents, inspections, and reward and recognition. "I want us to be able to look back in astonishment on the way that we operate now. This is the moment to set a new course with shared decision-making and patient partnership as our destination. Without listening and acting on patient voices, safety will continue to be compromised and patients and families will continue to suffer the consequences of harm." Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 2 February 2023 -
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Patient Safety Commissioner: 100 Days Report (2 February 2023)
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In this report, Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England, reflects on her first 100 days in this new role. She sets out what she has heard, what she has done and her priorities for the year ahead. -
Content ArticleDr Henrietta Hughes, England's Patient Safety Commissioner, discusses how the experiences of people from Black and minority ethnic groups has worsened since the pandemic and how this has impacted on patient safety, in a blog for the NHS Race & Health Observatory.
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Content ArticleThe APPG held their annual general meeting in Parliament. Baroness Cumberlege was re-elected as Co-Chair of the group and in light of Jeremy Hunt’s recent appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sharon Hodgson MP was elected as Co-Chair, having previously supported the Group as Vice-Chair over the last calendar year. Sharon is is an Officer of the APPG for Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy and Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Surgical Mesh. The current serving Vice-Chairs were re-elected, with the addition of Baroness Ritchie also joining as Vice-Chair. The Group looked back on a year of significant activity and progress, including the appointment of Dr Henrietta Hughes as the first Patient Safety Commissioner in England, and agreed that a renewed focus on seeking the implementation of redress schemes should be a priority for the Group over the next year.
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How can Parliament make health and care safer for all? (4 November 2022)
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In this blog for the cross-party think tank Policy Connect, the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care sets out its view on the biggest challenges affecting the quality and safety of health and social care outlined in its report Safer care for all - solutions from professional regulation and beyond. It describes gaps in the wider framework to protect the public highlighted in this report and considers where Parliament and the Government have an opportunity to act to support safer care for all. Related reading Patient Safety Learning: Joining up a fragmented landscape: Reflections on the PSA report ‘Safer care for all’ (12 September 2022) Working together to achieve safer care for all: a blog by Alan Clamp (12 September 2022) -
Content ArticleAn HSIB guest blog post from Henrietta Hughes introducing her vision for her new role as Patient Safety Commissioner.
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Trusts should seek extra funding to be ready for major incidents, says inquiry
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Ambulance trusts should review their ability to respond to mass casualty incidents and press commissioners for any additional resources they need, the report into the Manchester Arena bombing has said. Only 7 of the 319 North West Ambulance Service Trust vehicles available on the night of the attack, in 2017, were able to deploy immediately, the report said. It said experts believed that “such a situation would almost inevitably be replicated if a similar incident were to occur again anywhere in the country”, given current resources and demand. Ambulance trusts are now hugely more stretched than in 2017, with response times having significantly lengthened due to lack of resources. The second volume of the report from the inquiry, chaired by Sir John Saunders, published today, is critical of the emergency services’ response to the bombing which killed 22 people. NWAS “failed to send sufficient paramedics into the City Room [an area adjoining the Arena]” and did not use available stretchers to remove casualties in a safe way, it says. A key role for managing the incident – that of ambulance intervention team commander – was not allocated for half an hour. But it also raised issues of ambulance capacity and availability for major incidents involving mass casualties. “Around the UK, ambulance services are always ’playing catch up,’” it said, with no spare frontline capacity. With demand doubling over the last 10 years, the inability to respond to such incidents is only going to get worse – and lives will be lost if they do not attend the scene quickly and in sufficient numbers, the report said. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 3 November 2022 -
Content ArticleIn July 2022, Henrietta Hughes was appointed the first ever patient safety commissioner for England. The role was recommended in the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) review’s ‘First do no harm’ report, published in 2020, which explored issues relating to the use of Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. Just a few weeks into her role as the first ever patient safety commissioner for England, The Pharmaceutical Journal spoke with Henrietta Hughes to find out more about her vision for patient safety in the NHS and where pharmacists fit into that.
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Content ArticleThis article* is an update from Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.
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Content ArticleThis article* is an update from Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.
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Content ArticleThis article* is an update from Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.
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Content ArticleThis article* is an update from Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.
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Content ArticleThis article* is an update from Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.
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Contacting the Patient Safety Commissioner for England
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Dr Henrietta Hughes was appointed as the first ever Patient Safety Commissioner for England in July. She began her role on 12 September. Dr Hughes is an independent point of contact for patients so that patients’ voices are heard and acted upon. She will use patients’ insight to help the government and the healthcare system in England listen and respond to patients’ views and promote patient safety, specifically with regard to medicines and medical devices. For more information on the role of the Patient Safety Commissioner see the fact sheet and the government’s response to a consultation regarding the post. The privacy notice sets out how the Patient Safety Commissioner collects and uses personal data to fulfil the role. Please contact the Patient Safety Commissioner at commissioner@patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, 28 September 2022- Posted
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Patient safety: Each UK nation needs overarching lead, report urges
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
A new patient safety chief should be appointed in each of the four UK nations to oversee health and social care and tackle the currently “fragmented and complex” system, experts have urged. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (the body that oversees the 10 statutory bodies that regulate health and social care professionals in the UK, including the General Medical Council) has called for what it described as a radical rethink to improve safety in care. In a report published last week, it recommended the appointment of an independent health and social care safety commissioner (or equivalent) for each UK country. These commissioners would identify current and potential risks across the whole health and social care system, it said, and instigate necessary action across organisations. Read full story (paywalled) Source: BMJ, 6 September 2022 Related reading Working together to achieve safer care for all: a blog by Alan Clamp (chief executive of the Professional Standards Authority) Joining up a fragmented landscape: Reflections on the PSA report ‘Safer care for all’ (a blog from Patient Safety Learning -
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Last week the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) published a new report, Safer care for all – solutions from professional regulation and beyond, which examines the current state of professional health and care regulation in the UK. In this blog, Patient Safety Learning considers this report from a patient safety perspective. PSA's chief executive, Alan Clamp, has also written a blog for the hub on the report, which can be read here. -
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In a recent report, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care sets out its view on the biggest challenges affecting the quality and safety of health and social care. In this blog, Alan Clamp, PSA's chief executive, summarises these challenges and the possible solutions. You can also read Patient Safety Learning's reflections on the PSA report here.- Posted
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Content ArticleIn this report the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care sets out its view on the biggest challenges affecting the quality and safety of health and social care. It puts forward a number of recommendations to ensure safer care for all, with its main recommendation being that an independent Health and Social Care Safety Commissioner should be appointed for each UK country to identify current, emerging and potential risks across the whole health and social care system, and bring about the necessary action across organisations.
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First ever Patient Safety Commissioner appointed
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has today appointed Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE as the first ever Patient Safety Commissioner for England. Adding to and enhancing existing work to improve the safety of medicines and medical devices, the appointment of a Commissioner is in response to the recommendations from Baroness Cumberlege’s review into patient safety, published in 2020. Dr Hughes will be an independent point of contact for patients, giving a voice to their concerns to make sure they are heard. She will help the NHS and government better understand what they can do to put patients first, promote the safety of patients, and the importance of the views of patients and other members of the public. Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay said: "It is essential that we put patient safety first and continue to listen to and champion patients’ voices. Dr Henrietta Hughes brings a wealth of experience with her as the first ever Patient Safety Commissioner to improve the safety of medicines and medical devices and her work will help support NHS staff as we work hard to beat the Covid backlogs." Patient Safety Commissioner Henrietta Hughes said: "I am humbled and honoured to be appointed as the first Patient Safety Commissioner. This vital role, recommended in First Do No Harm, will make a difference to the safety of patients in relation to medicines and medical devices. Patients’ voices need to be at the heart of the design and delivery of healthcare. I would like to pay tribute to the incredible courage, persistence and compassion of all those who gave evidence to the report, their families and everyone who continues to campaign tirelessly for safer treatments. I will work collaboratively with patients, the healthcare system and others so that all patients receive the information they need, all patients’ voices are heard and the system responds quickly to keep people safe." Read full story Source: Gov.UK, 12 July 2022 -
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Patients' champion 'won't speak to patients'
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Patients will not be able to directly contact Scotland’s new Patient Safety Commissioner under the role’s proposed remit, according to the Sunday Post. Officials drawing up the job description for the position are proposing patients with concerns and complaints should go through their local health boards instead of dealing directly with the commissioner. Last week, Henrietta Hughes was named as the government’s preferred candidate for the role of Patient Safety Commissioner in England. In that role, Hughes will be able to be directly contacted by the public. Despite being the first UK country to announce the intention to appoint a commissioner two years ago the role in Scotland is not yet filled. The decision not to allow patients to directly contact the commissioner in Scotland has been criticised by Baroness Julia Cumberlege, author of the report, First Do No Harm. She said: “Of course, patients must be able to communicate directly with the commissioner and their office. In our review we said the healthcare system is not good enough at spotting trends in practice and outcomes that give rise to safety concerns. Listening to patients is pivotal to that. “This is why one of our principal recommendations was the appointment of an independent Patient Safety Commissioner, a person of standing who sits outside the healthcare system, accountable to parliament through the Health and Social Care Select Committee." Read full story Source: The Sunday Post, 26 June 2022 -
Content ArticleAs part of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021, the UK Government formally committed to establishing the new role of a Patient Safety Commissioner for England. In this blog Dr Victoria Moore explores the role of the proposed Patient Safety Commissioner, arguing that this may not be sufficient to ensure patient safety.
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Think Local Act Personal - Making it real framework
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Making it Real is a framework for how to do personalised care and support for people who work in and access health, adult social care and housing services. The framework is built around six themes that support co-production between people, commissioners and providers: Wellbeing and independence Information and advice Active and supportive communities Flexible and integrated care and support When things need to change Workforce
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