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Content ArticleThe Primary Care Patient Measure of Safety (PC PMOS) is designed to capture patient feedback about the contributing factors to patient safety incidents in primary care. It required further reliability and validity testing to produce a robust tool intended to improve safety in practice. This study led to a reliable and valid 28-item PC PMOS that could enhance or complement current data collection methods used in primary care to identify and prevent error.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Dr Chloe Stewart, health psychologist and national clinical advisor in personalised care for NHS England, looks at the role of personalised care in helping overcome the care backlog and addressing health inequalities in people with musculoskeletal conditions (MSKs). She looks at examples of coproduction in MSK services and highlights the need to give patients better information and training about how to manage their condition.
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Content ArticleShared decision making involves ensuring patients are able to contribute meaningfully to decisions about their care. Healthcare professionals ensure patients are informed of the options available to them and fully involve patients in making treatment decisions. This report by the Patients Association sets out the views of 1,416 healthcare professionals on shared decision making, expressed in an online survey in Spring 2022. Respondents included GPs, consultants, specialist nurses and practice nurses. The survey found that most healthcare professionals are positive about shared decision making, but feel their ability to practice it regularly is limited by the current situation in the NHS. Many said that lack of time, gaps in the workforce and large caseloads prevented them partnering with patients to make decisions about treatment and care together.
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Content ArticleFinding out a patient's perspective about their care and treatment is a key part of shared decision making, but healthcare professionals do not always proactively do this in practice. This scoping review in the journal Patient Education and Counselling explored the extent to which the personal perspectives of patients are drawn out by clinicians during a consultation, as part of a shared decision making process. It reviewed studies in five databases about shared decision making. The authors found that studies reported low levels of healthcare professionals eliciting patient perspectives, The majority of content healthcare professionals and patients discussed related to physical health, with social and psychological topics mostly unaddressed.
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Content ArticlePeople taking ownership of their health journey is hardly news. Long gone are the days when patients were passive players in their health experience. Today, technology engages, motivates, and empowers people to take control. Engaged patients are more likely to listen to preventive guidance, ask questions, and seek further information. The benefits for these patients—and for healthcare systems—are immense: improved health outcomes, reduced costs, and better care experiences for both patients and clinicians. But what role have such engaged patients played in transforming healthcare? And why is this important for the future? Kristin Molina, business leader for Philips Enterprise Care Collaboration, discusses this in an article for Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH).
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Content ArticleThe Patient Information Forum (PIF) has launched an update to the UK’s only assessed quality mark for print and digital health and care information. The update places a greater emphasis on inclusion and reflects the huge evolution in health and care information since the PIF TICK was launched in 2020.
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Content ArticleThis video introduces the SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network (SPAN), a patient-led collaborative that encourages patients and caregivers to be actively involved in their care. SPAN is co-chaired by two patients and aims to rethink traditional models of care. The network wants to improve the quality and design of healthcare so that it encompasses the needs and desires of patients and their caregivers.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Sarah Tilsed, Head of Patient Partnership at The Patients Association, gives an update on recent themes discussed by the Patients Association's Patient Voices Matter (PVM) panel, including complaints, counselling and the accessibility of NHS communications. PVM is a lived-experience advisory panel set up to discuss how things can be improved in the NHS for all patients. Sarah has written a range of other blog posts about PVM that can also be read on The Patients Association's website.
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Content ArticleHip fracture is a serious, life-changing injury that can affect older people, and is the most common reason for them to need emergency anaesthesia and surgery. The Physiotherapy Hip Fracture Sprint Audit (PHFSA) was the biggest ever audit of UK physiotherapy, and has implications for physiotherapists working in many settings.
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Content ArticleA Learning Health System (LHS) is a model of how routinely collected health data can be used to improve care, creating ‘virtuous cycles’ between data and improvement. This requires the active involvement of health service stakeholders, including patients themselves. However, to date, research has explored patients being ‘data donors’ rather than considering patients as active contributors. This study in the journal Health Expectations aimed to understand how patients should be actively involved in a LHS.
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Content ArticleIn this opinion piece, Kath Sansom, Founder of the Sling the Mesh Campaign, argues that when health services fail to engage meaningfully with patients it causes patient safety issues. Drawing on her own experience as a patient and the founder of a large patient support group, she talks about the invaluable perspective that patients who have experienced healthcare harm can offer policymakers. She also explains why it is important to hear from a wide group of patients who have experienced a variety of issues.
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Content ArticleThis report by pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare focuses on results from wave two of their Positive Perspectives study. It investigates how people living with HIV (PLHIV) rate their own health and how living with HIV impacts their lives and affects their outlook for the future. It also examines their interactions and relationships with healthcare professionals and their experiences with antiretroviral treatment. The report highlights the importance of open and active dialogue and shared decision making between PLHIV and their healthcare professionals in improving outcomes.
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Content ArticleWith patients increasingly being able to view their healthcare records online or via an app, it is very important that they understand what their records say. This webpage by the NHS explains what some of the most common medical abbreviations mean, to help patients understand what has been written about their care and treatment.
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Content ArticleThe Patient Experience Library aims to gather research and evidence about patient experience in one place, so that it can be accessed and used to improve patients' experiences of healthcare. In this annual report, The Patient Experience Library presents its top picks of evidence gathering about patient experience in England from the last twelve months. The research featured in the report includes studies by patient voice organisations, health charities, academic institutions and policy think tanks. The research takes variety of formats, from peer-reviewed formal research to less formal approaches built on community relationships, that lead to trusted dialogue and deep insight.
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Content ArticleThis cross-sectional study in BMJ Quality & Safety aimed to assess patient comfort in speaking up about problems during hospitalisation, and to identify patients at increased risk of having a problem and not feeling comfortable speaking up. The authors assessed the responses of 10,212 patients at eight hospitals in Maryland and Washington to the question, "How often did you feel comfortable speaking up if you had any problems in your care?" The study found that 48.6% of respondents indicated that they had experienced a problem during hospitalisation. Of these, 1,514 (30.5%) did not always feel comfortable speaking up. The authors concluded that creating conditions for patients to be comfortable speaking up may result in service recovery opportunities and improved patient experience.
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Content ArticleHealth care providers that encourage patients and parents to be "the eyes and ears" of patient safety gain many insights into opportunities for improvement and risk prevention. However, in the world of quality improvement the voices of patients and their families often go unheard. Dale Micalizzi and Marie Bismark published this article in the journal Pediatric Clinics of North America to share their perspectives as mothers of children who have benefited from and been harmed by paediatric care.
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Content ArticleOnline healthcare services and apps can help people take more control of their health, by getting access to care easily and when it suits them. This guidance for patients aims to help patients keep themselves safe when using online health services. Produced by a collaboration of UK health organisations, it includes six top tips for accessing healthcare online: Check if the online healthcare service and healthcare professionals working there are registered with UK regulators Ask questions about how the service works Answer questions honestly about your health and medical history Find out your options for treatment and how to take any medicines you’re prescribed Expect to be asked for consent for information to be shared with other healthcare professionals involved in your care Check what after-care you will receive
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Content ArticleThis decriptive study in BMC Health Services Research aimed to increase understanding of how patient and family education affects the prevention of medical errors, and provide basic data for developing educational content. The authors surveyed patients, families and Patient Safety Officers to investigate the relationship between educational approaches and medical error prevention. Participants thought that educational contents developed through this study could prevent medical errors. The results of this study are expected to provide basic data for national patient safety campaigns and standardised educational content development to prevent medical errors.
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Content ArticleThis blog describes the experience of Colonel Steven Coffee, Cofounder of Patients for Patient Safety US, who experienced a series of medical errors following the birth of his son. After a missed diagnosis of galactosemia, his son suffered liver failure and underwent a liver transplant at eight weeks old. Following his operation, the hospital where he was being treated did not have access to the powdered soy milk which was essential for his son's recovery. This experience spurred Colonel Coffee on to become an advocate for patient quality and safety in health care. For the last nine years, he has worked toward improved patient safety as the first community chair of MedStar Health’s Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety (PFACQ).
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Content ArticleIn partnership with the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) and Learn Together, NHS England has published its Guide to engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a patient safety incident alongside the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). This guide sets out expectations for how those affected by an incident should be treated with compassion and involved in any investigation process. In this podcast, the speakers introduce the guide, discuss how it was developed, and talk about future plans in the area of work. Speakers: Tracey Herlihey, Head of Patient Safety Incident Response Policy, NHS England National Patient Safety Team Lauren Mosley, Head of Patient Safety Implementation, NHS England National Patient Safety Team Lou Pye, Head of Family Engagement, HSIB Jane O’Hara, Learn Together research team, Professor of Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Leeds and Deputy Director of the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group.
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Content ArticleThe Personalised Care Group at NHS England aims to help improve the choice and control that patients have over their health, as part of its NHS Long Term Plan commitments. These decision support tools will help people discuss their treatment choices with their healthcare professionals through shared decision making. The eight new tools cover the following conditions: Dupuytren’s contracture Carpal tunnel syndrome Hip osteoarthritis Knee osteoarthritis Further treatment for atrial fibrillation Cataracts Glaucoma Wet age-related macular degeneration
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Content ArticleThe health and care system in the UK is under intense pressure and as a result, patient and public satisfaction with services has dropped significantly, prompting debate and discussion about the future of health and care services. In this article, Charlotte Wickens, Policy Adviser at The King's Fund, looks at five 'myths' perpetuated about the NHS by politicians and the media. She analyses the extent to which each myth can be backed up or debunked by the available data and evidence. The myths she analyses are: The NHS is a bottomless pit, demanding more and more money The NHS is inefficient GPs aren't working hard enough to meet demand for appointments The government has 'fixed' social care The NHS is being privatised
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Content ArticleThe Accessible Information Standard is a set of principles for the presenting, sharing and discussing information with patients. It aims to make sure that people who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss get information that they can access and understand, and any communication support that they need from health and care services.
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Content ArticleRather than measuring how safe care is, the focus is often on measuring levels of harm in healthcare systems. This report by Healthcare Excellence Canada outlines findings from a research study which aimed to answer, “How safe is care from the perspective of patients, families, care partners, and care providers?” Through a literature review, interviews, focus groups and a World Café wthe study aimed to increase understanding of how patients and their care partners view safety. The Measuring and Monitoring of Safety Framework (MMSF) (Vincent et al., 2013b) was used to guide the study. The MMSF offers a broader, more comprehensive and real-time view of patient safety and helps shift away from a focus on past cases of harm towards current performance, future risks and organisational resilience. The report concludes that the MMSF represents a critical shift in how patients can enable safer care. Inviting patients and care partners to contribute meaningfully to safety will enhance healthcare providers’ view of harm and understanding of what it means to feel safe.
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The Beryl Institute - Path to experience excellence
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Shaped by the contributions and learning of the Beryl Institute community, these foundational frameworks provide a path for organisations to guide and assess their experience journey. Each framework offers strategic concepts, suggests practical actions and links to applicable resources. There are three frameworks available: Guiding principles - Foundational commitments to build your experience strategy Experience framework - Integrated strategy to frame your experience efforts The new existence- Roadmap to transform human experience in healthcare- Posted
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