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COVID-19: Preparing for the future
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
This report describes the priorities for for safeguarding the health and the wellbeing of the UK population for winter 2021/22 and beyond and provides an overview of the current research available at the time of writing. The report also focuses on promoting the resilience of communities, populations and the health and social care system. -
Content ArticleThis paper describes the results and rationale of a systematic review carried out across seven countries, including the UK. The authors aimed to study the implementation and impact of remote home monitoring models (virtual wards) for patients who were confirmed or suspected to have Covid-19, identify their main components, processes of implementation, target patient populations, patient impact on outcomes, costs and lessons learnt.
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Health Misinformation Reports and Publications
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Surgeon General is warning the American public about the dangers of health misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. In order to tackle the issue, a new Surgeon General’s Advisory is now available. -
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Covid-19 hierarchy of control
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Hierarchy of Controls is a system that is used to put in place effective controls within an organisation or wider community that identifies the most effective ways to control a hazard. In this diagram created by Doreen Geoghegan from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology the inverted cone shows the most effective controls at the top and the least effective at the bottom in relation to Covid-19.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis article describes how healthcare workers contracted Covid-19 through occupational exposure. The authors discuss how taking appropriate precautions, following primary and secondary prevention protocols and implementing proper control measures is needed to help contain the rate of infections. The authors also express how lessons need to be learned from previous outbreaks and that vigilance, protection and preventative measures need to remain in place in preparation for any future variants.
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Content ArticleThis Lancet article argues that the UK Government's plan to lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions on 19 July 2021 is a mistake, setting out five main concerns in this regard.
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Freedom to Speak Up News June 2021 issue
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Speak Up Guardians
National Guardian news discussing current events, annual reports, and guidance.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis article is an open letter in the BMJ to the secretary of state describing ways to address past mistakes and suggesting 10 urgent actions.
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Driving forward digital safety
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Patient safety in health and care
This blog discusses the need to ensure a safe digital health system. Kelsey Flott, Deputy Director of Patient Safety at NHSX explains how owing to the pandemic, the NHS like others, have had to embrace digital technology at a rapid pace to cope with the challenges faced in the healthcare system. Due to this adoption of digital technology, it is vitally important that digital safety is included in current and future strategies. -
Content ArticleThis study describes how a significant proportion of healthcare resources has been redirected to help patients ill from COIVD-19. Results from statistical analysis revealed more than 1.5 million operations were cancelled due to the pandemic and it is believed the number of cancelled operations may continue to increase by 2.4 million.
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Long Covid: the NHS plan for 2021/22 (15 June 2021)
Mark Hughes posted an article in Patient recovery
The Long Covid Plan 2021/22 builds on the previous five-point plan announced in October 2020 and outlines 10 key next steps to be taken by the NHS to support people living with Long Covid. The plan highlights the need for equity of access, outcomes and experience in Long Covid support, as well as committing to extending the Your COVID Recovery website, collecting and publishing data. -
Content ArticleIn addition to older individuals and those with underlying chronic health conditions, maternal and newborn populations have been identified as being at greater risk from COVID-19. It became critical for hospitals and clinicians to maintain the safety of individuals in the facility and minimise the transmission of COVID-19 while continuing to strive for optimised outcomes by providing family-centered care. Rapid change during the pandemic made it appropriate to use the plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycle to continually evaluate proposed and standard practices. Patrick and Johnson describe how their team established an obstetric COVID-19 unit for women and newborns, developed guidelines for visitation and for the use of personal protective equipment, initiated universal COVID-19 testing, and provided health education to emphasize shared decision making.
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Content ArticleYvonne Ormston shares her experience of dealing with Covid as the CEO of Gateshead Health FT and her own cancer journey during the pandemic. Published in HSJ.
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Approximately 1,000[1] UK health and care workers have died from Covid-19. Many were working with Covid-positive patients and with substandard Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). It is estimated that a further 122,000 health service workers who contracted Covid-19 are struggling with prolonged symptoms, often referred to as Long Covid. It has also become clear that a significant number of inpatients who had Covid-19, acquired the virus whilst in hospital.[2][3] In this opinion piece, Dr David Tomlinson argues that current PPE guidance still fails to adequately protect staff and patients against the airborne nature of the Covid-19 virus. David highlights the attempts made by many to raise their related safety concerns; arguing that the response to date has been inadequate, unsafe and unlawful. -
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NHS Wales. COVID-19 and Workplaces: Information and guidance
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Guidance
This page from NHS Wales signposts employers and employees to key information and guidance for workplaces which will assist in taking appropriate action upon returning to the workplace, to prevent transmission of COVID-19 and provide relevant sector specific guidance. Documents found on this page will also be particularly useful for employers experiencing clusters of cases that may be associated with their workplace. -
Content ArticleThe COVID-19 pandemic has imposed extraordinary strains on healthcare workers. But, in contrast with acute settings, relatively little attention has been given to those who work in mental health settings. Liberati et al. aimed to characterise the experiences of those working in English NHS secondary mental health services during the first wave of the pandemic.
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Content ArticleSue Hignett and Paul Bowie propose taking a much-needed professional approach to patient safety through an accredited learning pathway to integrate safety into clinical systems and develop healthcare safety specialists and experts
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Content ArticleThis article, published by the National Health Executive, is written by John Duncan, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.John argues that:"Driving positive change around inclusion will help ensure the NHS has a motivated, included and valued workforce; one where everyone has equal access to career opportunities and receives fair treatment in the workplace. This, in turn, will allow us to continue to deliver high quality patient care, achieve increased patient satisfaction and high levels of patient safety."Read the full article through the link below.
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Content ArticleIt will take years to unpack how badly the pandemic damaged our collective mental health. But what we know now is no one is immune. Healthcare providers, grocery store workers, executives, stay-at-home parents, food service workers: We’re all suffering in some way. In 2019, 10.8% of adults in the United States reported symptoms of anxiety or depression. By December 2020, that number had skyrocketed to 42.4%. Regina Hoffman, Director of Patient Safety Authority, talks about the importance of self-care and gives her top three tips.
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Content ArticleThe aim of this study from Gurol-Urganci et al. was to determine the association between COVID-19 infection at the time of birth and maternal and perinatal outcomes. Covid infection at the time of birth is associated with higher rates of fetal death, preterm birth, preeclampsia and emergency Caesarean delivery. There were no additional adverse neonatal outcomes, other than those related to preterm delivery. Pregnant women should be counseled regarding risks of covid infection and should be considered a priority for vaccination.
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Content ArticleThis article in the British Journal of General Practice looks at what will happen to public engagement in healthcare following the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. The author, Datapwa Mujong, argues that the successes of community-centred approaches employed in response to the pandemic could be lost without sustained funding and policy to embed these services in healthcare provision. He warns of the dangers of 'initiative decay' and expresses concern that disadvantaged groups may be further disenfranchised by the short-term nature of engagement for the purpose of the vaccine rollout. He argues that in order to tackle inequalities, sustainable solutions are needed, rather than short-term interventions, even though these may require fewer resources.
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Content ArticleThis report looks at research commissioned by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to understand the varying pandemic experiences of different people affected by type 1 diabetes in the UK. It highlights an enormous withdrawal of NHS services during the pandemic, leading to highly unequal access to type 1 diabetes care.
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Content ArticleThis article published in BMJ Open aimed to explore the experiences of service users, carers and staff seeking or providing secondary mental health services during the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors found that patient and carer experiences of remote care were mixed. Some service users valued the convenience of remote methods as it allowed them to maintain contact with familiar clinicians, but most participants commented that a lack of non-verbal cues and the loss of a therapeutic ‘safe space’ challenged therapeutic relationship building, assessments and identification of deteriorating mental well-being. The study highlights the importance of taking a tailored, personal approach to decision making in this area, and the authors state that future research should focus on which types of consultations best suit face-to-face interaction, and for whom and why.
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Content ArticleThis qualitative study in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy examined how staff working in UK community pharmacy during the first waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 responded and adapted to new pressures on their services to maintain patient safety. From responses gathered from 23 community pharmacy staff in England and Scotland, the authors identified five themes: Covid-19, an impending threat to system Patient safety stressors during the first waves of Covid-19 Altering the system, responding to system stressors Monitoring and adjusting Learning for the future. They found that pharmacy staff responded and adapted to the evolving situation, monitoring the success of measures and protocols adopted in response to the pressures of the pandemic.
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Content ArticleThis study in Social Science & Medicine looked at access to mental healthcare services in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. It examined changes to the idea of candidacy, a concept used to describe people's perceptions about their eligibility and entitlement to care. The authors found that the pandemic had a significant effect on patients' ideas about their candidacy, and state that their findings affirm the value of the candidacy framework for mental health contexts.
