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Content ArticleSleep is fundamental to good health. Healthcare professionals receive little teaching on the importance of sleep, particularly with respect to their own health when working night shifts. Knowledge of basic sleep physiology, together with simple strategies to improve core sleep and the ability to cope with working nights, can result in significant improvements both for healthcare professionals and for the patients they care for. This article by Dr Mike Farquhar, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice, gives practical advice for night shift workers and, generally, how to improve your quality of sleep.
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How can After Action Review (AAR) improve patient safety?
Judy Walker posted an article in Good practice
The NHS Long Term Plan highlighted several safety issues that need to be addressed: the fear of blame and retribution which curtails reporting and learning, lack of staff understanding of patient safety matters and workforce issues. This short article summarises what I have learnt about how After Action Review (AAR) can directly address the first two of these and indirectly impact on the third.- Posted
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Content ArticleStaff at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, Michigan are adopting a new approach to safety. By picking up near misses, close calls, deviation off protocol and investigating each one via a daily huddle, they are able to enable change system wide.
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Content ArticleThis project is led by the Department of Anaesthesia at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with Northumbria University Newcastle. The aim is to co-design a fatigue risk management strategy at the Trust to help teams effectively manage night shift fatigue.
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Content ArticleDesigned and tested by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) world-renowned safety experts, this toolkit includes documents on improving teamwork and communication, tools to help you understand the underlying issues that can cause errors, and valuable guidance about how to create and maintain reliable systems. Each of the nine tools includes a short description, instructions, an example and a blank template.
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Content ArticleThis document provides guidance for nurses, midwives and nursing associates on raising concerns (which includes ‘whistleblowing’). It explains the processes you should follow when raising a concern, provides information about the legislation in this area, and tells you where you can get confidential support and advice.
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Content ArticleDesigned and tested by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI)’s world-renowned safety experts, the Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit can help you improve teamwork and communication, understand the underlying issues that can cause errors, and create and maintain reliable systems. IHI's Vice President, Frank Federico, helped develop the contents of the new toolkit. In the following interview, he provides an overview of how to put the toolkit to good use.
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Content ArticleBack in January 2019, we started a regular team newsletter. Initially this was aimed at only the critical care unit (CCU) team; however, very quickly it developed into an all trust audience. In this post I discuss the multiple benefits the newsletter has offered as well as the challenges I came across. I want to share my experience on developing the newsletter to encourage other teams to consider writing a regular newsletter if they don’t already have one. This followed on from several outreach teams contacting me personally for assistance in writing their own newsletters.
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The case for employee engagement in the NHS: three case studies
Claire Cox posted an article in Good practice
This report by The Point of Care Foundation, looks at staff engagement in three NHS hospital trusts and provides insights into the views of staff and managers.- Posted
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Crossing The Chasm - blog from Rob Hackett
Claire Cox posted an article in Barriers
In his blog, Dr Rob Hackett explains how new ideas, concepts or practices can spread within a community by using the 'Diffusion of Innovation' theory'. He also discusses the barriers hindering change.- Posted
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Just and Learning Culture: A New Way of Caring
Mike Bird posted an article in Safety culture programmes
In 2016, Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust embarked on a journey towards a just and learning culture. Since then, they have made great progress and achieved significant results. They have produced an excellent interactive online presentation for anyone who wishes to improve the culture of the healthcare organisation in which they work. It describes why they started on the journey, what they did and the kinds of results they have obtained. It is an overview of a substantial programme, and demonstrates that while changing from a retributive 'blame' culture to a restorative 'just' culture may be challenging, it can be done - to the benefit of patients and staff.- Posted
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Joy in work
Claire Cox posted an article in Staff safety
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has published a White paper: Framework on Improving Joy in Work and a series of related videos. Clinician burnout has been well-documented and is at record highs. The same issues that drive burnout also diminish joy in work for the healthcare workforce. Healthcare leaders need to understand what factors are diminishing joy in work, nurture their workforce, and address the issues that drive burnout and sap joy in work. The most joyful, productive, engaged staff feel both physically and psychologically safe, appreciate the meaning and purpose of their work, have some choice and control over their time, experience camaraderie with others at work, and perceive their work life to be fair and equitable.- Posted
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The toxic handler: organisational hero – and casualty
Claire Cox posted an article in Culture
In this article published in Harvard Business Review, Frost and Robinson discuss toxic handlers – managers who voluntarily shoulder the sadness, frustration, bitterness and anger of others so that high-quality work continues to get done. Managing the pain of others is hard work. Toxic handlers save organisations from self-destructing, but they often pay a high price – emotionally, professionally and sometimes physically. Some toxic handlers experience burnout; others suffer far worse consequences, such as ulcers and heart attacks. This article discusses burn out within healthcare and other industries, how it can happen and offers solutions. Free full text on sign up and registration.- Posted
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Safer staffing - guidance from NHS Improvement
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Safe staffing levels
NHS Improvement provide general guidance and a starting point towards delivering effective safer staffing.- Posted
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Content ArticlePresentation slides from Salford University's Patient Safety Conference.
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Content ArticleDr George Findlay, Medical Director at Western Sussex Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, talks on the theme of 'Becoming well-led' and how leadership can deliver quality improvement through engaging and empowering staff.
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Content ArticleIn this video, the General Medical Council (GMC) discusses bullying and harassment and its impact on patient care. This is part of the Professional behaviours and patient safety training programme.
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Greatness - David Marquet 2014
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Improving patient safety
Inno-Veristy presents 'Greatness' by Captain David Marquet, based on his best selling book 'Turn this ship around'.- Posted
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Martin Hancock discusses Regional Talent Boards
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Leadership
Martin Hancock, Director of Talent Management at the NHS Leadership Academy, discusses how Regional Talent Boards came about and the core principles that underpin them.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe Health and Safety Executive have taken a topic-focused approach to human factors. These topics have proven to be key issues based on research, consultation with industry and intermediaries, and inspection experience.
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Content ArticleSimon Fleming discusses in BMJ Opinion why he launched an anti-bullying campaign. Simon is a trainee orthopaedic surgeon and PhD Candidate at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
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Content ArticleA guide produced by NHS Improvement to support maternity safety champions. Maternity safety champions play a central role in ensuring that mothers and babies continue to receive the safest care possible by adopting best practice. This guide outlines the role and responsibilities of maternity safety champions and suggests activities to promote best practice.
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