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Designing a safe space for neonatal care
Claire Cox posted an article in Process improvement
As well as designing specific products, ergonomists and human factors specialists can help understand how the space within which we work can be best designed. This can help encourage effective communication in a workplace, as well as considering the comfort of all those present. The Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors have come together with stakeholders involved in the care of neonates to design a space that is safe for newborn babies and staff that care for them. -
Content ArticleLondon clinicians have shared their top 10 tips to help prepare NHS staff in other parts of the country facing the COVID-19 crisis. UCLPartners asked clinicians working in a range of specialties across its region, the first in the UK to deal with a major escalation in COVID-19, to share their practical advice to support NHS staff elsewhere in the country preparing for a large number of COVID-19 cases.
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Critical Care Recovery
Claire Cox posted an article in Suggest a useful website
Researchers, patients, family members, health care staff and website developers have come together to create this website. It is based on over 120 interviews with former Intensive Care patients and family members at different stages of recovery. This website is aimed at: patients who have been on intensive care relatives and families who have been affected by their loved one being in intensive care. -
Content ArticleFree online mental health and emotional wellbeing services have been set up to support frontline workers. Frontline19 was set up by a small team of experienced pyschotherapists as a crisis response to the COVID-19 epidemic. They are working in partnership with Helpforce and are guided by a steering committee of industry professionals. If you are a frontline worker directly affected by COVID-19 and you need support to help you through this difficult time, please register for more info. Its quick, easy and absolutely free of charge.
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Content ArticleThis report published by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) looked to identify and explore remediable factors in the clinical and organisation of the physical healthcare provided to adult patients admitted to a mental health inpatient setting. The report suggests that a physical healthcare plan should be developed when patients are admitted to a mental health inpatient setting. Other key messages aimed at improving care include calls to: formalise clinical networks/pathways between mental health and physical health care; involve patients and their carers in their physical health care, and use admission as an opportunity to assess and involve patients in their general health, and include mental health and physical health conditions on electronic patient records.
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Protecting the mental health of UK paramedics (January 2019)
Claire Cox posted an article in Mental health
It is estimated that the average member of the public within the UK will experience one or maybe two traumatic situations in a lifetime – whether that be through witnessing or being involved in an accident, natural disaster, collision, medical episode or traumatic event. Those working in frontline emergency ambulance services however are exposed to distressing and traumatic events on a much more frequent basis. This paper, Published in the Journal of Paramedic Practice, discusses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among emergency workers, the effects it has on them and what can be done to support them. -
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The NHS has declared climate change a health emergency, but are trust leaders and healthcare staff talking and acting on this? Angela Hayes, Clinical Lead Sustainability at the Christie Foundation Trust, discusses climate change and the impact it has on all of our lives and health. She believes healthcare professionals have a moral duty to act, to protect and improve public health, and should demand stronger action in tackling climate change.- Posted
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Content ArticleAngela Hayes discusses the global impact healthcare has on climate change and the effect it has on our health.
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Content ArticleGreen 4 Health is a new podcast series from Angela Hayes talking about the climate crisis and thinking green. It takes a light-hearted look at what’s going on in healthcare to make our planet greener and sustainable. Watch the latest podcast from the link below.
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We should be! The NHS has declared climate change a health emergency, but are trust leaders and healthcare staff talking and acting on this? In her second blog for the hub, Angela Hayes, Clinical Lead Sustainability at the Christie Foundation Trust, discusses why as healthcare professionals we have a duty to care, to protect and promote public health, and why nurses are ideally placed to deliver this vital climate emergency health message. -
Content ArticleIdentifying a route to net zero emissions for a complex system as large as the NHS is particularly challenging. To understand how and when the NHS can reach net zero we established an NHS Net Zero Expert Panel, reviewed nearly 600 pieces of evidence submitted to us and conducted extensive analysis and modelling. The targets set are as ambitious as possible, while remaining realistic; and are supported by immediate action and a commitment to continuous monitoring, evaluation and innovation. The aim is to be the world’s first net zero national health service.
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Content ArticleA new AHRQ resource, “Reducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions: A Primer on Measures and Actions for Healthcare Organizations to Mitigate Climate Change,” is now available to help healthcare organisations reduce their carbon footprint and protect communities from climate threats. AHRQ contracted with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to develop the primer. It describes six domains contributing to greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare: building energy; transportation; anaesthetic gas; pharmaceuticals and chemicals; medical devices and supplies; and food. The primer identifies measures to track progress toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions in each domain. It also features vignettes of what health systems have done to reduce emissions and includes resources and tools to support implementation.
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Content ArticleOperating rooms are major contributors to a hospital’s carbon footprint due to the large volumes of resources consumed and waste produced. The objective of this study from Sullivan et al., published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, was to identify quality improvement initiatives that aimed to reduce environmental impact of the operating room while decreasing costs.
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RCGP Net Zero hub
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Climate change/sustainability
Do you work in primary care and want to improve patient health while reducing your impact and the impact of your organisation on the environment? The RCGP, in collaboration with the Greener NHS and other key sustainable healthcare partners, has launched a new RCGP Net Zero hub with eLearning courses and guidance for healthcare professionals, which is free to access for members and non RCGP members (simply create a free online account by scrolling down to the ‘Non-membership access’ section on the registration page). Climate change presents a profound and growing threat to health. All NHS staff, including those working in primary care, have a role to play in helping to reduce emissions at source – for the benefit of their patients, population health, and the environment. -
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Overheating and flooding at hospitals in England ‘pose threat to patient safety’
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Record levels of overheating and a sharp rise in flooding at England’s hospitals are putting vulnerable patients at risk, figures show. Analysis of NHS data by the Liberal Democrats found that the number of health trusts reporting overheating in clinical areas had doubled compared with six years ago, and floods had increased by nearly 60% from last year. An overheating incident is logged when an occupied ward or clinical area’s daily maximum temperature exceeds 26C, the temperature at which some patients become unable to cool themselves effectively. The latest government figures show that in the summer of 2022 there were an estimated 2,985 excess deaths due to heatwaves, the highest number on record. Heatwaves also forced a fifth of UK hospitals to cancel operations. The number of serious flooding incidents, where water caused disruption such as by breaching a building or flooding a road, rose from 176 to 279. The climate crisis is expected to increase these risks to hospitals and patients. Helen Buckingham, the director of strategy at the Nuffield Trust, said: “These figures are a cause for real concern about the resilience of the NHS’s estate to the growing threat from extreme weather in the UK. As temperatures have climbed, so too have the number of overheating incidents in NHS hospitals.” Read full story Source: The Guardian, 27 November 2023
