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Content ArticleLoughborough University offers online accredited Healthcare Human Factors short courses to support the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and guide the learner into a new way of thinking about safety in healthcare. The professional Learning Pathway provides a complete programme for the Human Factors (Ergonomics) content in the Patient Safety Syllabus that you need to develop your knowledge and skills as a Safety Specialist, integrating both patient safety and staff wellbeing. By completing the pathway through to Level 3, you can achieve a professional qualification as a Human Factors Technical Specialist (TechCIEHF); or alternatively, you can use the individual online learning modules for CPD.
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Content ArticleThis report by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) outlines 10 indicators that NHS is under unsustainable pressure. It refutes claims by Government ministers that pressures on health and care services are sustainable, stating that disaster for the NHS can only be prevented by addressing workforce shortages.
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Content ArticleState of Care is the Care Quality Commission's annual assessment of health care and social care in England. The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve. It highlights people's experiences of care, including the impact of the pandemic, health inequalities, the challenges for people with a learning disability, the rising demand for mental health care, workforce stress and burnout, access to services, and the challenges for systems.
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The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee have published their Report following a joint inquiry, which began in October 2020, examining six key areas of the UK's response to COVID-19: the country's preparedness for a pandemic; the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as border controls, social distancing and lockdowns to control the pandemic; the use of test, trace and isolate strategies; the impact of the pandemic on social care; the impact of the pandemic on specific communities; and the procurement and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines. The 150-page Report contains 38 recommendations to the Government and public bodies, and draws on evidence from over 50 witnesses as well as over 400 written submissions. The inquiry concluded that some initiatives were examples of global best practice but others represented mistakes. Both must be reflected on to ensure that lessons are applied to better inform future responses to emergencies. -
Content ArticleOn 8 April 2014, former Health Minister Edwin Poots announced his intention to commission former Chief Medical Officer of England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, to advise on the improvement of governance arrangements across the HSC. "The Right Time, The Right Place" Sir Liam was subsequently tasked with investigating whether an improvement in the quality of governance arrangements is needed and whether the current arrangements support a culture of openness, learning and making amends.
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Content ArticleThis article describes the importance of an advocate that provide independent support in health and care. An advocate can provide practical advice whilst also ensuring all the rules are being followed and help navigate a patient through the healthcare system. The article also explains how to find an advocate and the different types of support available.
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Content ArticleThe Care Quality Commission's (CQC) new strategy strengthens its commitment to deliver their purpose: to ensure health and care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and to encourage those services to improve.
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Content ArticleThis guide, from the Social Care Institute for Excellence, aims to support day care managers, social workers, commissioners and providers, to restart or continue activities following the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. It is focused on community-based day services, day centres (with and without personal care), including specialised day centre environments, and those with outdoor spaces.
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Content ArticleStudents learn about medication and non-medication strategies for reducing symptoms of depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms (e.g. agitation, anxiety) in people with dementia. While non-medication strategies are often emphasised as being preferable, often we lack the time and resources to facilitate their implementation. There is also a sense that people believe that medications worked better—even though we don’t really know if this is true since studies comparing medication to non-medication strategies are rare. The problem with prescribing medications in this patient population is that medications are associated with potentially catastrophic side effects (e.g. falls and fractures). Jennifer Watt and Zahra Goodarzi undertook a research project looking at the comparative efficacy of interventions for reducing symptoms of depression in people with dementia. Based on their clinical experience as geriatricians, they hypothesised that non-medication strategies could effectively reduce symptoms of depression because they are addressing its underlying causes.
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Content ArticleAntipsychotic drugs are most commonly prescribed for behavioural and psychological symptoms, such as aggression or hallucinations, in people with dementia. This webpage from the Alzheimer's Society provides information on the prescription of these medications for people living with dementia, their potential side effects, and tips for carers when discussing these treatments with healthcare professionals.
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Content ArticleThis good practice guide was been developed in consultation with an advisory group of leading clinicians specialising in dementia. It aims to provide evidence-based support, advice and resources to a wide range of health and social care professionals caring for people with dementia who have behavioural and psychological symptoms. It has been designed to be a practical, informative tool, with an emphasis on alternatives to drug treatment.
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Content ArticleThis population-based study of all Ontario nursing home residents found increased prescribing of psychotropic drugs at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that persisted through September 2020. Increases in prescribing were out of proportion to expected secular trends, and distinct from observed prescribing changes in other drugs during the pandemic. The authors suggest that the findings underscore the urgency of balancing infection prevention and control measures in nursing homes with the mental wellbeing of residents.
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Content ArticleAntipsychotic drugs are used to treat agitation, aggression, and psychosis in dementia when alternative strategies have failed. Their use has been reduced because of concerns about safety and limited efficacy. Drawing on data that the NHS publishes on a monthly basis on patients registered with a dementia diagnosis in England, this article considers evidence of an increase in antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Which are the best Interdisciplinary Open Access Journals
Steve Turner posted a topic in Research, data and insight
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Some years ago I stopped writing for journals, in favour of blogging & volgging. My reasons were: I specialise in patient involvement and inclusion, so I want the work of me and my colleagues to be easily found by everyone We didn't want our work to end up behind a paywall We work across disciplines and try to bypass hierarchies, especially in promoting action learning and patient led care I can see there are some really good Open Access Journals around. So my question for us all is: Which are the best Open Access Journals? Here a link to my digital profile: https://linktr.ee/stevemedgov This is our developing model of working, a away of working in healthcare that all use and participate in: -
Content ArticleManaging infection control is essential to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) for your setting or service. As care providers, you are likely to be providing essential care and support to people, which will often require close contact. This quick guide from the Social Care Institute for Excellence sets out best practice for care providers to remain safe and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
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Content ArticleEarlier this week, Patient Safety Learning’s Chief Executive, Helen Hughes, looked back over 2020, highlighting some of the big themes in patient safety we’ve seen this year and our own work in these areas. This is the first of five mini blogs, where we give an overview of each of these themes in turn. In this blog, we look at the impact COVID-19 has had on patient safety. As an additional option to the text below, you might like to watch the following short video from our Business and Policy Manager, Mark Hughes.
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Content ArticleThe All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus was set up in July 2020 to conduct a rapid inquiry into the UK Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's purpose is to ensure that lessons are learnt from the UK Government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak to date, and to issue recommendations to the UK Government so that its preparedness and response may be improved in the future. This is the biggest review to date of the UK response to the pandemic. It comes with 71 key findings and 44 recommendations to government. In total, the APPG spoke with 65 witnesses and held 30+ hours worth of public evidence sessions streamed on social media. They received and processed just under 3,000 separate evidence submissions.
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Content ArticleThis report, co-authored by researchers from organisations including The King's Fund, the Nuffield Trust and The Health Foundation, provides an overview of the impact of COVID-19 so far on people who use and provide long-term care in England, and of the policy and practice measures adopted to mitigate its impact. It finds that the initial policy responses did not adequately consider the social care sector and that the pandemic has laid bare longstanding problems in the long-term care system in England.
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Content ArticleThis comprehensive guide from the Social Care Institute of Excellence, discusses the lessons learned from hospital discharge and avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights challenges faced and good practice to prevent unnecessary admissions going forward.
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Content ArticleThis guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sets out: key messages to assist with planning and preparation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic so that local procedures can be put in place to minimise risk and provide the best possible support to people in supported living settings. safe systems of working including, social distancing, respiratory and hand hygiene and enhanced cleaning. how infection prevention and control (IPC) and personal protective equipment (PPE) applies to supported living settings.
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Content ArticleFrom this Windmill 2009 simulation event, and discussions with policy-makers, regulators, commissioners and providers, managers and clinicians, an analysis was developed of what will be required if health and social care systems are to respond effectively to the major challenges that lie ahead. It identifies key themes and recommendations for action in each of these.
