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Content ArticleThe Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) came into operation on 1 October 2023. One of the organisation's key priorities is to develop a new strategy, outlining the long-term goals and themes that underpin its objectives. This consultation is an opportunity to engage and shape HSSIB's strategy and investigation criteria for the future. The organisation is inviting comments and suggestions for improvement from all stakeholders. Comments can be submitted via this online survey. The deadline for submissions to the consultation is 16 May 2024.
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GPs and patients invited to share views on legal ‘duty of candour’
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The Government is inviting views on how well GP practices and other NHS organisations are complying with their legal duty of candour when things go wrong. Patients and health professionals are being asked whether the statutory duty is well understood and adequately regulated by the CQC. Under the statutory duty of candour, introduced for all CQC-registered providers in 2015, GP practices must be open and honest with their patients when something goes wrong and has caused harm. In December, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced a review into whether healthcare providers are following the duty of candour rules. This was in response to concerns that the duty is not always being met and that there is variation in how the rules are being applied. The DHSC has published its ‘call for evidence’ to gather views on how well the duty of candour obligation is working for both patients and health professionals. Patients have been asked whether GP practices and other providers ‘demonstrate meaningful and compassionate engagement’ with patients who have been affected by an incident. The call for evidence also asks for views on whether the criteria for triggering the duty are appropriate and well understood by staff. Read full story Source: Pulse, 16 April 2024 -
Content ArticleThose who use any type of health or social care service have a right to be informed about all elements of their care and treatment. Health and social care providers have that fundamental responsibility to be open and honest with those who are under their management and care. In particular, when things go wrong during the provision of care and treatment, patients and service users and their families or caregivers expect to be informed honestly about what happened, what can be done to deal with any harm caused, and to know what will be done to prevent a recurrence to someone else. In November 2014, the government introduced a statutory (organisational) duty of candour for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts via Regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. In essence, the duty places a direct obligation upon trusts to be open and honest with patients and service users, and their families, when something goes wrong that appears to have caused or could lead to moderate harm or worse in the future (known as a ‘notifiable safety incident’). The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are seeking views on the statutory duty of candour for health and social care providers in England. This call for evidence closes at 11:59 pm on 29 May 2024.
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Content ArticleThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is supporting health and social care organisations to ensure they are being transparent with people about how their personal information is being used. The UK data protection regulator has today published new guidance to provide regulatory certainty on how these organisations should keep people properly informed. The health and social care sectors routinely handle sensitive information about the most intimate aspects of someone’s health, which is provided in confidence to trusted practitioners. Under data protection law, people have a right to know what is happening to their personal information, which is particularly important when accessing vital services. The guidance will help organisations to understand the definition of transparency and assess appropriate levels of transparency, as well as providing practical steps to developing effective transparency information.
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World Patient Safety Day 2024
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in WHO
This year’s World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2024 is focused on the theme “Improving diagnosis for patient safety”. This article explains the aims of the event and the areas it will cover. -
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Endometriosis: A patient's journey (10 April 2024)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Women's health
This Medscape article tells the story of Josephine Vest, who was diagnosed with endometriosis aged 19. Now 30, she describes how her symptoms were dismissed and belittled by GPs and gynaecologists before she received a diagnosis a year after her symptoms began. With an average diagnostic delay approaching nine years across the UK, Josephine counts herself fortunate to have been diagnosed in this time frame. She goes on to describe the obstacles she faced in getting effective treatment and the suspicious attitudes healthcare staff displayed towards her. -
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Consumer perspectives enable a broader understanding of how harm occurs. This webpage by Te Tāhū Hauora, the Health Quality & Safety Commission of New Zealand, contains guidance on engaging patients and consumers who have experienced harm and wish to be involved in learning and improvement in the healthcare system. It describes how patients and family will be supported to work in partnership with health care workers. -
Content ArticleThe Health & Social Care Committee is examining the relationship between leadership in the NHS and performance/productivity as well as patient safety. It will consider the findings of and implementation of recent reviews of NHS leadership, such as the Messenger (2022) and Kark (2019) reviews as they relate to patient safety, as well as topics including how effectively leadership supports whistleblowers and learning from patient safety issues. Here is AvMA's response to the Committee's call for evidence.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Peter Provonost MD, Chief Quality and Transformation Officer at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, offers advice about what patients and their families can do to prevent health risks associated with hospital stays. He looks ways to mitigate against medication errors, surgical errors, infections, blood clots and other medical complications.
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EventuntilThe Patients Association is running a webinar to support Future Health’s campaign, The Forgotten Majority. This campaign aims to raise awareness among policy representatives from Government and other political parties, as well as other key stakeholders, about the real life every day challenges faced by people with long-term health conditions and advocate for meaningful policy change as we approach the General Election. This webinar will provide patient experience to bring to life policies and initiatives aimed at addressing gaps in care for people with long-term health conditions. We hope this will raise awareness among policymakers and key stakeholders about the challenges faced by the ‘forgotten majority’ and the urgency of addressing their treatment and care. Rachel Power, Chief Executive of the Patients Association, will be chairing this webinar. The panel will share their insights on the importance of addressing the needs of people with long-term health conditions, and will advocate for improved care and support services. Hopefully this will increase awareness and understanding among policymakers and key stakeholders about the challenges faced by individuals with long-term health conditions, and drive systemic change. Register for the webinar
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Content ArticleIntegrated Care Boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning and funding care provided by the various healthcare providers in its area, such as hospital trusts and community trusts. This blog offers patients practical advice on how to hold their ICB to account, for example, by raising questions at their ICB's monthly or bimonthly meeting.
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Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. It can affect young or old, and in the UK, around 145,000 people are living with the condition. With population growth and ageing, this figure is estimated to increase by 20%, within the next ten years. At the moment, there is no cure for Parkinson’s, but medication plays a vital role in managing symptoms and preventing deterioration. People with Parkinson’s face a number of specific patient safety issues when accessing healthcare including communication difficulties and risks associated with medication delays. In this blog, Patient Safety Learning has pulled together 11 useful resources about Parkinson’s shared on the hub. They include guidance for patients and their families about hospital stays and medication, and awareness-raising resources for healthcare professionals about the patient safety issues people with Parkinson’s face. -
Content ArticleSepsis Research FEAT and the James Lind Alliance launched a survey last year giving health and social care professionals and sepsis patients and their carers the unique opportunity to shape future sepsis research. They are now launching phase 2 of the survey.
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Content ArticleThis report sets out Care Quality Commission's activity and findings during 2022/23 from our engagement with people who are subject to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) as well as a review of services registered to assess, treat and care for people detained using the MHA.
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Think Ammonia! Elliot's story
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Patient stories
In March 2018, Elliot Peters, 14, died after becoming suddenly and seriously ill before being diagnosed with Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency. His mum, Holly, is dedicated to speaking out about Elliot’s story to raise awareness and prevent more deaths. -
Content ArticleThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey assesses public mood about the NHS, and the 2023 results reveal record low levels of satisfaction with the health service. This Nuffield Trust blog takes a closer look at what the results tell us.
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Amplifying maternal voices toolkit (MMHA, 18 March 2024)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Maternity
Drawing on insights from Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) Lived Experience Champions, member organisations and local contacts, this toolkit offers creative ideas and practical tools to empower individuals in shaping perinatal mental health care at a local level. The toolkit explores innovative examples of ongoing efforts to bring about this much-needed change. It contains resources relating to: Breaking barriers Demonstrating impact Making connections Sharing stories -
Content ArticleThis systematic review in JAMA Network Open explored how much shared decision-making (SDM) is used in interventions aimed at improving cardiovascular risk management, and how it affects decisional outcomes, cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviours. The review looked at 57 randomised clinical trials that included 88,578 patients on SDM interventions for cardiovascular risk management and 1341 clinicians, SDM interventions were associated with a slight decrease in decisional conflict and an improvement in haemoglobin A1c levels.
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Content ArticleThis qualitative study in the Journal of Patient Safety aimed to understand the perception of dental patients who have experienced a dental diagnostic error and to identify patient-centred strategies to help reduce future occurrences. Recruiting patients via social media, the researchers conducted a screening survey, initial assessment and 67 individual patient interviews to capture the effects of misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis or delayed diagnosis on patient lives. They found that dental patients endured prolonged suffering, disease progression, unnecessary treatments and the development of new symptoms as a result of diagnostic errors. Patients believed that the following factors contributed to diagnostic errors: Poor provider communication Inadequate time with provider Lack of patient self-advocacy and health literacy. Patients suggested that future diagnostic errors could be mitigated through: improvements in provider chairside manners more detailed patient diagnostic workups improving personal self-advocacy enhanced reporting systems.
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Content ArticleWhen ECRI unveiled its list of the leading threats to patient safety for 2024, some items are likely to be expected, such as physician burnout, delays in care due to drug shortages or falls in the hospital. However, ECRI, a non-profit group focused on patient safety, placed one item atop all others: the challenges in helping new clinicians move from training to caring for patients. In an interview with Chief Healthcare Executive®, Dr. Marcus Schabacker, president and CEO of ECRI, explained that workforce shortages are making it more difficult for newer doctors and nurses to make the transition and grow comfortably. “We think that that is a challenging situation, even the best of times,” Schabacker says. “But in this time, these clinicians who are coming to practice now had a very difficult time during the pandemic, which was only a couple years ago, to get the necessary hands-on training. And so we're concerned about that.”
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Content ArticleWith a record number of patients stuck in A&E, Healthwatch England’s CEO Louise Ansari wants to see a longer-term plan to improve conditions in which people wait for life-saving care. This should include real-life monitoring and reporting on patient experience.
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Content ArticleImproving maternity care is a key Government and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) priority. In March 2024, an NIHR Evidence webinar showcased research from their recent Collection, Maternity services: evidence to support improvement. This summary includes videos of researchers’ presentations and captures some of the points raised in the webinar Q&A. It highlights seven features of safety in the maternity units, kind and compassionate care around the induction of labour, and the role of hospital boards in improving maternity care.
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Content ArticlePatients in England value the NHS App, but some users say there are limits to the information they can access, or find it difficult to use, according to a new report from the Digital Coalition. Patients who need help to use the NHS App would value more support materials to enable them to use it independently, according to the report’s findings. But survey respondents were clear that using the NHS App must remain the patient’s choice, and face-to-face services must be retained. The report is based on findings from a survey run by The Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health (also known as the Digital Coalition). More than 600 people from across England completed the survey.
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Content ArticleThe State of the State blends two forms of research to provide a view of the state from the people who depend on it and the people who run it. To understand public attitudes, Deloitte and Reform commissioned Ipsos UK to conduct an online survey of 5,815 UK adults aged 16-75 between 27 October and 1 November 2023. Quotas were set to reflect the known profile of the UK adult offline population and a boost sample was achieved in each of the UK nations. In total 821 responses were achieved in Scotland, 713 in Wales and 420 in Northern Ireland. For the UK figures, results have been weighted back to the correct proportion for each nation. Where responses do not sum to 100 this is due to computer rounding or questions which require multiple answers to be chosen. To bring a strategic perspective, our qualitative research comprises interviews with more than 100 leaders in government and public services, which is double the number from last year. They include permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants, police chief constables, council chief executives, NHS leaders and elected representatives. The interviews took place between September and December 2023
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Public satisfaction with NHS at lowest ever level, survey shows
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped again, setting a new low recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey. Just 24% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2023, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. That is five percentage points down on last year and a drop from the 2010 high of 70% satisfaction. The findings on the NHS, published by the Nuffield Trust and King's Fund think tanks, show once again that performance has deteriorated after a new record low was seen last year. In total, since 2020, satisfaction has fallen by 29 percentage points. Of the core services, the public was least satisfied with A&E and dentistry. The survey also showed satisfaction with social care had fallen to 13% - again the lowest since the survey began. The major reasons for dissatisfaction were long waiting times, staffing shortages and lack of funding. Read full story Source: BBC News, 27 March 2024
