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National Voices: What We Need Now
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Data, research and statistics
This report summarises how National Voices engaged with people who have ongoing health and care needs during the first phase of the pandemic and how this engagement led to a set of statements that describe what people who use health and care services now expect these services to look and feel like.These statements express people’s reasonable expectations of healthcare. Most would see the demand to be listened to and have one’s decisions respected as basic tenets of normal healthcare. The power of these statements lies in the fact that they are truly reflective of what people with significant health and care needs said they needed and wanted. National Voices believe that their simplicity, their self-evident realism and the pragmatism they therefore inspire demand an equally practical and grounded response from system leaders, and everyone tasked with designing and delivering health and care. -
Content ArticleThe Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) has published guidance for healthcare professionals to assist them in facilitating the return to work of people who are unable to work due to Long-COVID. Follow the link below or download the guidance as a pdf.
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Content ArticleThis report summarises the impacts on babies of COVID-19 and the spring 2020 national lockdown. The report also explores how local systems responded to the challenges presented by COVID-19. It seeks to understand the factors that have shaped the response by services that support babies and their families. Most importantly, the report seeks to ensure that lessons are learnt for the future of service provision for this age group.
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Content ArticleFrontline clinicians working with the National CLEAR Programme for ICU have published ten recommendations that can be adopted in ICU in 48 hours, to help manage the COVID surge. Click on the image or download the attachment as a PDF.
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Content ArticleRegina Hoffman, Executive director of Pennsylvania’s Patient Safety Authority and editor-in-chief of Patient Safety, discusses why we need to shift the focus from "whomever-care" to a "people's care" approach. She hopes after the pandemic that the next chapter brings radical change to how we approach patient safety and says we must start by making patient safety a national priority. This is part of a series of blogs from Regina 'The bigger picture'.
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Content Article'Covid Oximetry @home' describes an enhanced package of care for individuals with confirmed (or suspected) COVID-19 who are at risk for future deterioration. NHS England and Improvement wrote to all CCGs and trusts to encourage the development of local CO@H projects. The 'CO@h' package of care involves the remote monitoring of the patient's condition through providing regular contact with a local health care team who will reassess the individuals symptoms (including oxygen saturation levels). This close monitoring enables the individual to remain at their usual place of residence whilst allowing early signs of deterioration to be identified and escalated quickly and appropriately. This material has been designed primarily for use across the South East AHSN network by colleagues within the Wessex AHSN, Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN and Oxford AHSN regions. Colleagues from regions beyond the South East are also very welcome to make use of this toolkit in setting up their own local approaches to remote monitoring.
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Hidden wounds
Stephanie O'Donohue posted an article in Staff safety
In this short blog, Stephanie O'Donohue, Content and Engagement Manager for the hub, reflects on the inner turmoil many NHS staff are experiencing as they are having to spread themselves, and their care, thin. -
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Dr Iram Sattar is a GP and Trustee for the Muslim Women's Network UK. In this short video, she answers questions surrounding the newly established COVID-19 vaccine. This video is available in English, Urdu and Bengali. Watch in English Watch in Bengali Watch in Urdu -
Content ArticleIn this opinion piece for the British Medical Journal, David Oliver, consultant in geriatrics and acute general medicine, highlights the high rates of COVID-19 infection that have been acquired in hospital. David looks at an example in the US where rigid infection control measures have been implemented with success, arguing that more needs to be done to challenge and address these worrying statistics here in the UK.
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Content ArticleIn response to the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare systems worldwide have stepped up their infection prevention and control efforts in order to reduce the spread of the infection. Behaviours, such as hand hygiene, screening and cohorting of patients, and the appropriate use of antibiotics have long been recommended in surgery, but their implementation has often been patchy. The current crisis presents an opportunity to learn about how to improve infection prevention and control and surveillance (IPCS) behaviours. The improvements made were mainly informal, quick and stemming from the frontline rather than originating from formal organisational structures. This paper from Toccafondi et al. aims to illustrate how adopting a human factors and ergonomics perspective can provide insights into how clinical work systems have been adapted and reconfigured in order to keep patients and staff safe.
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Based on the experiences of hospital trusts that performed well during the early phase of the pandemic, the guidance shares successful innovations and practices which others can utilise and adopt. Drawing on the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme’s data-driven methodology and the wealth of experience of its national clinical leads, the advice covers infection prevention and control, emergency medicine, critical care, anaesthesia, acute and general medicine, respiratory medicine, diabetes care, and geriatric medicine and community care, as well as looking at cross-cutting themes such as trust leadership and management, research and clinical coding. The guide, Clinical practice guide for improving the management of adult COVID-19 patients in secondary care, is reviewed and endorsed by 12 key professional societies. -
Content ArticleThe global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a dramatic toll on virtually all aspects of life, from the economy, to employment, relationships, public health, and personal health. In the United States, more than 200,000 individuals have died of the coronavirus. As of October, hundreds of thousands of Americans are filing unemployment claims each week. For all of us, the pandemic has become a time marked by uncertainty, fear, and grief. According to a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 40 percent of US adults reported struggling with mental health or substance use issues. Although much of the general population has admitted to feeling more anxious and depressed during the pandemic, those with substance use and mental health issues face unique challenges.
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Content ArticleThis report from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) outlines the most important factors for supporting staff in the wake of safety incidents, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report reinforces the importance of effective staff support for those suffering high levels of psychological harm, as it has a direct impact on patient care. While focusing on patient safety incidents overall, the report also provides valuable insight that could help organisations develop their own programmes of support for any situation. The report features a first-hand account from a junior doctor which charts the impact that a patient safety incident had on his life and his experiences of support. Excerpts from the story emphasise the importance of creating a ‘normalised’ culture around accessing support.
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Vaccination centres: minimising the risks to vulnerable people
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Blogs
Jane Carthey, Human Factors and Patient Safety Specialist, shares her reflections on COVID-19 vaccination centres and the risk they may present for covid transmission. -
Content ArticleIt can be confusing to know what to do when your baby or child is unwell during the coronavirus pandemic. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has developed posters for families living in England, Scotland, Wales (in English and Welsh languages) and Northern Ireland about when and how to get medical help for your child, or for your young baby, or for yourself as a young person.
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In this joint open letter, the UK’s Chief Nursing Officers write about how they are supporting professionals during the pandemic. They encourage the profession to “speak up” if they feel unsafe at work amid the latest surge of COVID-19. The letter also includes information on: supporting to deliver care helping to strengthen the workforce capacity supporting the roll-out of vaccines support for health and wellbeing.- Posted
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Content ArticleA team of scientific experts has joined forces from across the world to help fight the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Together they have created a unique online guide, led by the University of Bristol, to arm people with practical tips combined with the very latest information and evidence to talk reliably about the vaccines, constructively challenge associated myths, and allay fears. With the race on to vaccinate as many people as possible soonest in the wake of a more virulent virus strain, they’re appealing to everyone, from doctors to politicians, teachers to journalists and parents to older generations, to understand the facts, follow the guidance, and spread the word.
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Content ArticleWhile individual countries have gained considerable knowledge and experience of COVID-19 management, an international, comparative perspective is lacking, particularly regarding the measures taken by different countries to tackle the pandemic. This paper from Tartaglia et al. elicits the views of health system staff, tapping into their personal expertise on how the pandemic was initially handled.
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Content ArticleInformation for all women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.
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Content ArticleWith the UK's official COVID-19 death toll exceeding 60 000, and data from the Office for National Statistics indicating excess deaths of more than 70 000, the succession of grim milestones in 2020 has shown little sign of abating, despite optimism around COVID-19 vaccination. Every single COVID-19 death is a family devastated by loss. The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, a group of over 2000 people who have lost a loved one to COVID-19 in the UK, share their stories in this Lancet commentary, and are campaigning for lessons to be learned as quickly as possible to save lives as the pandemic continues and ahead of the wide-scale roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines across the UK. They call for an immediate public inquiry with a rapid review phase.
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Content ArticleRIDDOR puts duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses). There is no requirement under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) to report incidents of disease or deaths of members of the public, patients, care home residents or service users from COVID-19. The reporting requirements relating to cases of, or deaths from, COVID-19 under RIDDOR apply only to occupational exposure, that is, as a result of a person’s work.
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Content ArticleThe University of California, Irvine, health sciences researchers have created a machine-learning model to predict the probability that a COVID-19 patient will need a ventilator or ICU care. The tool is free and available online for any healthcare organisation to use. "The goal is to give an earlier alert to clinicians to identify patients who may be vulnerable at the onset," said Daniel S. Chow, an assistant professor in residence in radiological sciences and first author of the study, published in PLOS ONE. The tool predicts whether a patient's condition will worsen within 72 hours. Coupled with decision-making specific to the healthcare setting in which the tool is used, the model uses a patient's medical history to determine who can be sent home and who will need critical care. The study found that at UCI Health, the tool's predictions were accurate about 95% of the time.
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Content ArticleThe COVID-19 pandemic is compromising the nation's health - in the short and long term. It's widening existing inequalities, with some groups hit harder than others. As part of the Health Foundation COVID-19 impact inquiry, we spoke to to three people from across the UK to hear about their experiences of the pandemic. Nathaniel, Bethan and Joe share how COVID-19 and measures to control the virus have affected different aspects of their lives including work, access to health care services and mental health. They also reflect on what they think we can learn from the pandemic, to give everybody the same opportunities for health and wellbeing - now and in the future.
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Channel 4: Surviving Covid (26 November 2020)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Four patients lie in comas in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at King's College Hospital in south London in March 2020. Each one has been struck down by COVID-19 during Britain's first surge. This intimate, feature-length observational documentary follows their stories - and their families' stories - over six months. -
Content ArticleThe British Society for Immunology (BSI) has created two video question and answer sessions about vaccines for COVID-19. They took vaccine questions and concerns from the public on their Instagram channel and put them to expert immunology scientists, Dr Megan MacLeod and Prof Sheena Cruickshank. In the videos, Megan and Sheena answer these questions and explore the details of when vaccines may become available, who will receive the vaccines, how long immunity might last to a vaccine, how herd immunity can protect us and lots more. It’s important to understand and address vaccine concerns that are prominent in public discussion and may lead to hesitancy to vaccination. By answering your vaccine questions, the BSI hopes to provide expert information to help everyone make informed decisions about vaccines and their health. Follow the link below to watch the videos.
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