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Content ArticleThe Canadian Patient Safety Institute's (CPSI's) strategic plan for 2018-2023 promises to lead health system-level strategies to ensure safe healthcare by demonstrating what works and by strengthening commitment. Patient safety incidents in total (acute care and home care combined) are the third leading cause of death, behind cancer and heart disease with just under 28,000 deaths across Canada (2013). This is equivalent to such harm events occurring in Canada every one minute and 18 seconds, resulting in a death every 13 minutes and 14 seconds. Strengthening Commitment for Improvement Together: A Policy Framework for Patient Safety, focuses on key policy levers available to influence system changes.
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Rebuilding Shattered Lives
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Legal matters
People who suffer an injury caused by the negligence of someone else need, and have a right, to rebuild their lives. Going through a personal crisis – whether it is short-term or life-changing – is bad enough without being made to feel ashamed about making a claim. People who have been injured needlessly must have access to justice and the care and support they need on the road to recovery. Injured people deserve our empathy and understanding. As a nation we should be focused on what genuinely injured people need, rather than on myths about their motivation, and misconceptions about the specialist lawyer s who fight for their rights and help put them on the road to recovery. ‘Rebuilding Shattered Lives’ tells the real story of personal injury and of people who need expert support to help them build brighter futures. -
Content ArticleSarah Seddon's son (Thomas) was stillborn in May 2017. The lack of candour following Thomas’ death and the conduct of the serious incident investigation impacted significantly on Sarah and her family. The local investigation was followed by a Fitness to Practise (FtP) investigation where Sarah experienced how damaging, dehumanising and traumatic FtP processes can be for patients who are required to be witnesses. Here she reflects on the impact of being a witness in a Fitness to Practise (FtP) hearing had on her.
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Content ArticleIn her guest blog for the Professionals Standard Body (PSB), Sarah Seddon talks about the Duty of Candour and how it's affected her personal life.
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Content ArticleThis guidance is to support Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and NHS England in meeting their legal duties in respect of equality and health inequalities. CCGs and NHS England play key roles in addressing equality and health inequalities; as commissioners, as employers and as local and national system leaders, in creating high quality care for all.
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Content ArticleThis book explores patient safety themes in developed, developing and transitioning countries. A foundation premise is the concept of ‘reverse innovation’ as mutual learning from the chapters challenges traditional assumptions about the construction and location of knowledge. hub members can receive a 20% discount. Please email: feedback@pslhub.org to request the discount code.
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Content ArticleAll healthcare professionals have a duty of candour – a professional responsibility to be honest with patients when things go wrong. This is described in 'The professional duty of candour', which introduces this guidance and forms part of a joint statement from eight regulators of healthcare professionals in the UK. This guidance from the Nursing and Midwifery Council complements the joint statement from the healthcare regulators and gives more information about how to follow the duty of candour principles.
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Medical negligence: Diathermy burns
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Legal matters
If you have suffered a diathermy burn during surgery, you will probably have a number of questions that need to be answered. For example, why did you wake up from surgery with a burn on your skin? Is this the fault of your surgeon? And is there any action you can take? -
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Re-consenting, an anonymous blog
Claire Cox posted an article in Consent issues
This anonymous blog high lights the vulnerability of patients, especially when it come to consent. This is a shocking account of events by a well informed patient when they were wrongly consented for a gynaecological procedure. -
Content ArticleAt a time of increasing regulatory scrutiny and medico-legal risk, managing serious clinical incidents within primary care has never been more important. Failure to manage appropriately can have serious consequences both for service organisations and for individuals involved. This is the first book to provide detailed guidance on how to conduct incident investigations in primary care. The concise guide: explains how to recognise a serious clinical incident, how to conduct a root cause analysis investigation, and how and when duty of candour applies covers the technical aspects of serious incident recognition and report writing includes a wealth of practical advice and 'top tips', including how to manage the common pitfalls in writing reports offers practical advice as well as some new and innovative tools to help make the RCA process easier to follow explores the all-important human factors in clinical incidents in detail, with multiple examples and worked-through cases studies as well as in-depth sample reports and analysis. This book offers a master class for anyone performing root cause analysis and aiming to demonstrate learning and service improvement in response to serious clinical incidents. It is essential reading for any clinical or governance leads in primary care, including GP practices, 'out-of-hours', urgent care centres, prison health and NHS 111. It also offers valuable insights to any clinician who is in training or working at the coal face who wishes to understand how serious clinical are investigated and managed.
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Autism Act 2009
Claire Cox posted an article in Legal matters
What is the Autism Act? The Autism Act 2009 was the result of two years of active campaigning, with thousands of National Autistic Society members and supporters persuading their MPs to back Cheryl Gillan MP’s Private Members Bill. It is the only act dedicated to improving support and services for one disability. -
Content ArticleThis powerful blog by Sarah Seddon discusses her experience during a 'fitness to practice' hearing. Sarah is a clinical pharmacist, however , has now found herself as a witness following the tragic death of her son Thomas. This blog explains what it is like for the witness during the process and how it made her feel.
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Content ArticleThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust failed to comply with the Data Protection Act when it provided patient details to Google DeepMind. The Trust provided personal data of around 1.6 million patients as part of a trial to test an alert, diagnosis and detection system for acute kidney injury. An ICO investigation found several shortcomings in how the data was handled, including that patients were not adequately informed that their data would be used as part of the test. The Trust has been asked to commit to changes ensuring it is acting in line with the law by signing an undertaking.
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The Shipman Inquiry (2002-2005)
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Other reports and inquiries
Harold Fredrick Shipman was convicted at Preston Crown Court on 31 January 2000 of the murder of 15 of his patients while he was a General Practitioner at Market Street, Hyde, near Manchester and of one count of forging a will. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. On 1 February 2000, the Secretary of State for Health announced that an independent private inquiry would take place to establish what changes to current systems should be made in order to safeguard patients in the future. The Inquiry's First Report was published on 19 July 2002 and its Final Report on 27 January 2005. -
Content ArticleThis investigation was prompted by evidence given to the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry which spoke of the benefits of retaining hearts for the purpose of study and teaching and identified Alder Hey as holding the largest collection. Previously, the Director of the Association of Community Health Councils had expressed concerns about contraventions of the Human Tissue Act 1961 to the then Secretary of State for Health.
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Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Recommended books and literature
The troubles of Indian pharma companies abroad raise questions about the domestic drug regulator. Although Bottle of Lies, a book about the quality problems plaguing generic drugs, focuses on medicines intended for American consumers, the real and continuing victims of the failings described in the book are consumers in developing countries, including Indians. In May 2013, soon after the erstwhile Ranbaxy Laboratories admitted in an American court to selling adulterated drugs, journalist Katherine Eban published a gripping 10,000-word account of the saga in Fortune magazine. But the story left Eban wondering if Ranbaxy was an isolated case. Could there be more rotten eggs, she asked, given the United States Food & Drugs Administration’s (FDA) lax policing of overseas manufacturers? Bottle of Lies is the result of the multi-year investigation that followed. -
Content ArticleAction Against Medical Accidents (AvMa) is a UK charity for patient safety and justice. AvMA supports people affected by avoidable harm in healthcare; to help them achieve justice; and to promote better patient safety for all.
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Content ArticleThe Citizens Advice provides advice on how to take legal action to get compensation for clinical negligence.
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Content ArticleLaw firm Bevan Brittan summarises the new Guidance for registered medical practitioners on Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 that came into force on 1 October 2019: When to notify a death? How to notify? What is the significance? Training on the regulations.
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Content ArticleGov.uk has produced guidance for registered medical practitioners on meeting their duties under the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019. The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 came into force on 1 October 2019. A copy of the Regulations can be found on the legislation website.
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Content ArticleThis case story is based on real events and NHS Resolution is sharing the experience of those involved to help prevent a similar occurrence happening to patients, families and staff. Although the case occurred in the emergency department there is learning for other departments. As you read about this incident, please ask yourself: Could this happen in my organisation? Who could I share this with? What can we learn from this?
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Content ArticleThis guidance note is for general information purposes only. It is not exhaustive but does cover the essential elements needed for parties involved with pharmacy appeals.
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Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) rules
Claire Cox posted an article in NHS Resolution
The Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts was established by the Regulations originally made pursuant to Section 21 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and now under Section 71 of the National Health Service Act 2006 as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The Scheme is administered on behalf of the Secretary of State by the National Health Service Litigation Authority (the Administrator). Members are expected to have full knowledge of the Rules and by applying to become Members they are deemed to agree to be bound by them. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, these Rules may be amended from time to time by the Administrator. -
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Reporting claims to NHS Resolution (June 2017)
Claire Cox posted an article in NHS Resolution
This document sets out the requirements for when and how a member should report a new claim to NHS Resolution. It also provides other useful information, such as what to expect once a claim has been reported and common definitions. -
Content ArticleThis note provides guidance to those who may be approached to give a statement or evidence in court as a witness in a non-clinical claim case.
