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Content ArticleNational audits, such as the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA), are a powerful tool. They allow us to see what is happening to our ‘real-life’ patients, to identify gaps in our local services, to see which hospitals are doing best and to share best practice. This learning informs guidelines and pathways such as ‘The High-Risk Surgical Patient’ and the forthcoming international enhanced recovery programmes for emergency laparotomy. The linking of good practice with a financial incentive, the Best Practice Tariff, has also acted as a carrot for hospitals to support funding for new models of care. Previously we have seen how audit, linked with guidelines and associated financial incentives, has improved outcomes in hip fracture and now it is encouraging to observe similar results in emergency laparotomy. In this blog, Dr Jugdeep Dhesi, Consultant Geriatrician and Deputy Director for the Centre of Perioperative Care, discusses NELA and older patients, and how we must deliver patient-centred rather than surgical-speciality based pathways and to ensure the best outcomes for all of our patients.
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Flight Safety Foundation: Just Culture Manifesto
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Culture
“Just Culture” is a culture in which front-line operators and others are not punished for actions, omissions or decisions taken by them which are commensurate with their experience and training, but where gross negligence, wilful violations and destructive acts are not tolerated. Organisations are run by people. In tens of industries – transportation, healthcare, energy, internet, and more – thousands of occupations, and millions of organisations around the world, it is people who make sure that things normally go well. And they nearly always do. But sometimes, things go wrong. Despite our best efforts, incidents, accidents and other unwanted events happen. Following such events, there is a need for support and fairness for those involved and affected, and learning for organisations, industry and society as whole. In the absence of intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence, these obligations should not be threatened by adverse responses either by organisations or States. The Flight Safety Foundation outline their Just Culture Manifesto and invite all who support the principles in this Manifesto to join them, and to help make Just Culture a reality in all countries, industries, and occupations. -
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Latest Freedom to Speak Up Newsletter
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Dr Ahmed Khalafalla looks at the war in Sudan and its disastrous consequences for the health system. He outlines his observations about the impacts of war and conflict on patient safety, from shortages of medical equipment to disruptions to vital primary care services.
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Content ArticleAngela Hayes discusses the global impact healthcare has on climate change and the effect it has on our health.
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Content ArticleThirty seven health leaders from organisations across the UK have called on COP26 President Alok Sharma to use his leadership at COP27 to put health at the forefront of discussions. Read the letter from the link below.
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Content ArticleIs it possible to tackle climate change without further widening health inequalities? Jo Vigor speaks to Dr Dominique Allwood, Chief Medical Officer at UCL Partners and Director of Population Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, about her leadership journey, why clarity of mission is so important and the challenge of creating a sustainable and equitable health and care system.
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Content ArticlePeople with a learning disability are more than twice as likely to die from avoidable causes than the rest of the population. Actor Tommy Jessop and BBC Panorama investigated some of the stories of families who say they were let down by their medical care.
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Content ArticlePeople with developmental disability have higher healthcare needs and lower life expectancy compared with the general population. Poor quality of care resulting from interpersonal and systemic discrimination may further entrench existing inequalities.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry website
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Covid-19 Inquiry
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry’s work is guided by its Terms of Reference. -
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Personal Care Institute
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Staff - clinical, non-clinical, social care
The Personalised Care Institute (PCI) is changing the lives of patients by helping to empower them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to feel more in control of their mental and physical health. It does this by educating and inspiring health and care professionals to deliver universal personalised care that takes into account an individual’s strengths, needs and expectations, in order to deliver the right care for them. IPC set the standards for evidence-based personalised care training, providing a robust quality-assurance and accreditation framework for training providers and commissioners along with a central learning hub for health and care professional learners. -
Content ArticleLoughborough University offers online accredited Healthcare Human Factors short courses to support the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and guide the learner into a new way of thinking about safety in healthcare. The professional Learning Pathway provides a complete programme for the Human Factors (Ergonomics) content in the Patient Safety Syllabus that you need to develop your knowledge and skills as a Safety Specialist, integrating both patient safety and staff wellbeing. By completing the pathway through to Level 3, you can achieve a professional qualification as a Human Factors Technical Specialist (TechCIEHF); or alternatively, you can use the individual online learning modules for CPD.
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Content ArticleWith patients increasingly being able to view their healthcare records online or via an app, it is very important that they understand what their records say. This webpage by the NHS explains what some of the most common medical abbreviations mean, to help patients understand what has been written about their care and treatment.
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Content ArticleEarlier this year The King’s Fund and The Nuffield Trust published the results of the 2021 British Social Attitudes survey, which asked members of the public about their views on health and care services. The results were stark, with unprecedented drops in satisfaction across the board. But can we conclude that there has been a fundamental rupture in the relationship between the NHS and the public?
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Patient Safety Learning has developed a unique set of patient safety standards, resources and tools to help organisations not only establish clearly defined patient safety aims and goals, but also support their delivery and demonstrate achievement. This page provides an overview of our Standards with links to further information.
