Search the hub
Showing results for tags 'Patient suffering'.
-
Content Article
COVID-19 Recovery Collective
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Patient recovery
The COVID-19 Recovery Collective is a small team of collaborators that wanted to do something constructive to help those that are in recovery from the COVID-19 virus. The impact of the virus across the globe has been rapid and far reaching. Many are struggling to keep pace with developments, from the recovery process of the infection itself, to the economic consequences of the virus and also the sociological impact of lockdown.The collaboration started as a token action towards helping those that are in recovery from COVID-19, in the hope that by encouraging people to share their own experiences of recovery they can instil some reassurance in others of potential expectations. Through this sharing of experiences, we might see some similar patterns of recovery and also provide an opportunity to share any knowledge or actions that might have helped others to deal with the personal impact of the infection on their health.- Posted
-
- Patient suffering
- Virus
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Content ArticleA patient shares her story of how catastrophic complications from a hysterectomy has changed her life forever.
- Posted
- 1 comment
-
- Patient harmed
- Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
- (and 4 more)
-
Community Post
Painful hysteroscopy
Claire Cox posted a topic in Patient stories
- Patient harmed
- Stress
-
(and 5 more)
Tagged with:
*Trigger warning. This post includes personal gynaecological experiences of a traumatic nature. What is your experience of having a hysteroscopy? We would like to hear - good or bad so that we can help campaign for safer, harm free care. You can read Patient Safety Learning's blog about improving hysteroscopy safety here. You'll need to be a hub member to comment below, it's quick and easy to do. You can sign up here.- Posted
- 294 replies
-
5
-
- Patient harmed
- Stress
-
(and 5 more)
Tagged with:
-
Content ArticleIn April 2017, Ian Paterson, a surgeon in the West Midlands, was convicted of wounding with intent, and imprisoned. He had harmed patients in his care. The scale of his malpractice shocked the country. There was outrage too that the healthcare system had not prevented this and kept patients safe. At the time of his trial, Paterson was described as having breached his patients’ trust and abused his power. In December 2017, the Government commissioned this independent Inquiry to investigate Paterson’s malpractice and to make recommendations to improve patient safety. This report presents the Inquiry’s methodology, findings and recommendations. More importantly, it tells the story of the human cost of Paterson’s malpractice and the healthcare system’s failure to stop him, and something of the enduring impact this has had on the lives of so many people.
- Posted
-
- Surgeon
- Patient harmed
- (and 4 more)
-
Community Post
Paterson report
Clive Flashman posted a topic in Other reports and inquiries
- Surgeon
- Surgery - General
- (and 5 more)
I’ve just been listening to the 10 o’clock news tonight and it has been covering the report into Paterson, the breast surgeon who may have needlessly operated on thousands on women. One of the recommendations is that patient safety should be a ‘top priority’ across the NHS (again!!). Another interesting recommendation is that the NHS (and private healthcare providers) need to be better at sharing information about medical staff. Currently, medical staff seem to be able to be investigated in one hospital, and then move to another without any of their history following them. Maybe we need some sort of central system, like Doctify for employers? What do you think?- Posted
-
- Surgeon
- Surgery - General
- (and 5 more)
-
Content ArticleSidney Dekker says when there has been an incident of harm, we need to know "who is hurt, what do they need, and whose obligation is it to meet that need?" In this blog, commissioned by Patient Safety Learning, Joanne Hughes, hub topic lead, develops our understanding of the needs of patients, families and staff when things go wrong. Using Joanne's expertise and informed by her personal experience and engagement with many others who have suffered second harm, this blog discusses the care needs for harmed patients, their families and for staff when things go wrong. It aims to highlight the chasm between what is needed and what is currently delivered.
- Posted
- 5 comments
-
3
-
- Patient harmed
- Communication problems
- (and 9 more)
-
Content ArticleThis study, published by the International Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, evaluates the safety and efficacy of flushing the cervical canal and the uterine cavity with local anaesthetic in order to reduce the pain felt by patients during office hysteroscopy.
- Posted
-
- Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
- Anaesthesia
- (and 3 more)
-
Content Article
Oligoanalgesia (February 2015)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Pain management
Oligoanalgesia is defined as failure to provide analgesia in patients with acute pain. More than 60% of patients seen in the emergency department (ED) have pain as their primary symptom; however, multiple studies have shown that olioganalegesia continues to be a major problem in the ED. A blog published on the US King's County Emergency Department website explores why this is and how we can improve.- Posted
-
- Medication
- Patient suffering
-
(and 2 more)
Tagged with:
-
News Article
Miscarriage can lead to 'long-term post-traumatic stress'
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
One in six women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experiences long-term symptoms of post-traumatic stress, a UK study suggests. Women need more sensitive and specific care after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, researchers say. In the study of 650 women, by Imperial College London and KU Leuven in Belgium, 29% showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress one month after pregnancy loss, declining to 18% after nine months. The study recommends that women who have miscarried are screened to find out who is most at risk of psychological problems. "For too long, women have not received the care they need following a miscarriage and this research shows the scale of the problem," says Jane Brewin, Chief Executive of miscarriage and stillbirth charity Tommy's. "Miscarriage services need to be changed to ensure they are available to everyone and women are followed up to assess their mental wellbeing with support being offered to those who need it, and advice is routinely given to prepare for a subsequent pregnancy." Read full story Source: BBC News, 15 January 2020 -
Content Article
The last 1000 days, a short film about end of life
Claire Cox posted an article in Keeping patients safe
This moving video accompanied by a poem by Molly Case, speaks of the last 1000 days of a persons life, most of which is often spent in hospital. This is part of the #EndPjParalysis campaign and was commissioned by Prof Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England,- Posted
-
- Hospital ward
- Older People (over 65)
- (and 2 more)
-
Content Article
Painful hysteroscopy and biopsy (November 2019)
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Women's health
One woman's account, published by Care Opinion, of her traumatic experience of having a hysteroscopy. "At no point was any pain relief, sedation or anaesthetic offered to me or discussed at all."- Posted
-
1
-
- Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
- Patient suffering
- (and 2 more)
-
Content Article
Woman’s Hour: Hysteroscopy (June 2019)
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Women's health
Patients are not always given a choice between an outpatient hysteroscopy and a general anaesthetic. Radio's 4's Women's Hour discusses the issue of inadequate pain relief for hysteroscopies. The discussion includes one patient's story of the trauma she suffered and a response from a consultant in reproductive health. The interview was published on the Hysteroscopy Action website, please follow the link below to listen.- Posted
-
- Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
- Patient suffering
- (and 3 more)
-
Content ArticleThis patient story essay was produced by the Campaign against painful hysteroscopy to highlight the extreme levels of pain many women experience when undergoing the procedure. The campaign calls for an end to inadequate pain relief for hysteroscopies.
- Posted
-
- Patient engagement
- Patient suffering
- (and 4 more)
-
Content ArticleVenous thromboembolism (VTE) is a condition in which a thrombus – a blood clot – forms in a vein. Usually, this occurs in the deep veins of the legs and pelvis and is known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The thrombus or parts of it can break off, travel in the blood system and eventually block an artery in the lung. This is known as a pulmonary embolism (PE). VTE is a collective term for both DVT and PE.
- Posted
-
- Patient harmed
- Patient suffering
- (and 3 more)
-
Content ArticleWhen Julie Bailey took her mother, Bella, into Mid Staffs Hospital in September 2007 she had no idea that her life was about to change forever. Over the next eight weeks she would witness such shocking neglect and abuse of elderly, vulnerable patients that the memories would haunt her for the rest of her life. And over the next five years she would uncover a culture of deceit and denial going right to the top of the NHS. From Ward to Whitehall is the story of Julie s fight for the truth to be uncovered about the deadly failings at Mid Staffs Hospital and her struggle to ensure that the tragedy would never be repeated.
- Posted
-
- Human error
- Latent error
- (and 5 more)