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Content ArticleIs the NHS really full of ‘overpaid pen-pushers’? In this podcast, host Jo Vigor talks to guests about the critical role of NHS managers and what it means to bring your humanity to work. Guests: Dr Seema Srivastava, Deputy Medical Director at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Emma Challans-Rasool, Founder and Chair of the Proud2bOps operational network and Director of Organisational Development, Culture and Talent at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System Rachel Burnham, Director of Performance and Information at Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust
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Content ArticleThis is part of our series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to people working for patient safety about their role and what motivates them. Laura and Suzy talk to us about the importance of embedding human factors in the design of healthcare systems and tools, the importance of equipping staff to think about system safety, and their work to establish a nationwide conversation about the impact of fatigue.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Sarah Douglas explains the impact that working night shifts can have on the body; there is growing evidence that night work contributes to a number of serious health conditions—from heart disease, diabetes and cancer to mental health issues. Sarah shares the vision behind Night Club, an award winning wellbeing programme that brings workers and employers together with sleep scientists to improve the health, wellbeing and engagement of night shift workers. She describes how the programme is helping staff improve their sleep health.
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Have your say in shaping the future of NHS complaint handling
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The Parliament and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) been working with the NHS and other public service organisations, members of the public and advocacy groups to develop a shared vision for NHS complaint handling. We've called this the Complaint Standards Framework. Now they want to hear from you. Have your say in shaping the future of NHS complaint handling by taking part in their survey. Read the Complaint Standards Framework: Summary of core expectations for NHS organisations and staff- Posted
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Content ArticleCore20PLUS5 is NHS England's national approach to reducing healthcare inequalities. In this blog, Paul Gavin, Deputy Director of the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme, reflects on learnings from a recent online survey about Core20PLUS5 in which healthcare professionals and voluntary sector organisations shared their views on the approach. NHS England have also produced an infographic summarising the survey results.
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Content ArticleAn introduction to Appreciative Inquiry from NHS England and some team-based exercises for staff.
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The 'So What' of maternity data (August 2022)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Maternity
This report from the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) aims to explore how the multiple national data sets and national audits are used in maternity services across the UK. Based on data from a survey of over 100 people working in a variety of roles across maternity services and a series of in-depth interviews with a diverse group of clinicians and methodologists working in this area, the report explores what data is being reviewed and how it might influence quality improvement, as well as the burden of data.- Posted
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Five fundamentals of civility
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Good practice
Graphic showing the five fundamentals of civility.- Posted
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Content ArticleIncivility in the healthcare system can have an enormous negative impact and consequences. In contrast, civil behaviour promotes positive social interactions and effective workplace functioning. This article focuses on the first two fundamentals of the five fundamentals of civility: respect and self-awareness.
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Content ArticleThis is the third in our new series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to different people about their role and what motivates them to make health and social care safer. Deinniol tells us about how his role at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) helps make healthcare services in the UK safer for both patients and staff. He explains the importance of understanding the complexity of healthcare systems and the pressures that staff within the NHS face. He highlights the need build trust with patients, staff and other stakeholders to find ways forward in improving patient safety.
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Content ArticleThis is the recording of a presentation given to the Bristol Patient Safety Conference 2021 by Annie Laverty, Director of Patient Experience and Anna Burhouse, Director of Quality Development at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It outlines the Trust's approach to assessing staff satisfaction and wellbeing and developing improvement plans based on feedback from staff. It focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights key measures that helped maintain staff wellbeing during the first wave in Spring 2020.
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Content ArticleIn this blog for the Nursing Times, Fiona Hibberts, head of the Nightingale Academy and consultant nurse at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, discusses the importance of huddles in improving patient safety and care, and in providing emotional support for staff. The author describes a huddle as "a gathering of key individuals, at a given time, to briefly discuss safety aspects of care of a group of patients in real time, escalate concerns and make plans," and highlights their importance for staff morale during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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'Whistleblowing': a definition for reflection in Speak Up Month
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It's that time again. 'Speak Up Month' in the NHS. In this blog, I discuss the definition of 'whistelblowing' and why this is important. I believe that although the Francis Report has stimulated some positive changes, the only way to successfully move forward on this is to celebrate and promote genuine whistleblowers. This includes using the word 'whistleblowing', not a euphemism. It also needs us to involve everyone, including patients, in the changes. "Whistleblowing isn’t a problem to be solved or managed, it’s an opportunity to learn and improve. The more we move away for labelling and stereotyping the more we will learn. Regardless of our position, role or perceived status, we all need to address this much more openly and explicitly, in a spirit of truth and reconciliation." What is whistleblowing? "In the UK, NHS bodies have been guilty of muddying the waters. Sometimes implying that whistleblowers are people who fail to use the proper channels, or are troublemakers, especially when they go outside their organisation with their concerns. In fact, the Public Interest Disclosure Act makes no distinction between ‘internal’ and ‘external’ whistle-blowers..."- Posted
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Endoscopy safety: Staff attitudes survey
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Medical devices (existing)
The Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy (JAG) and Imperial College London are conducting a survey into the safety attitudes of all endoscopy staff across UK & Ireland endoscopy services. Your views are vital in understanding current safety practices across endoscopy nationally. This survey takes less than 7 minutes to complete.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis is a presentation detailing the manuscript which investigated the presence of pain during hysteroscopy, delivered by pain researcher, Richard Harrison to the annual meeting of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2021.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, pain researcher, Richard Harrison, reflects on the presentation he recently made to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, based on his research into pain during hysteroscopy. Follow the link below to read Richard's blog, or you can watch the RCOG presentation here.
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Content ArticleDespite decades of research, improving healthcare safety remains a global priority. Individual studies have demonstrated links between staff engagement and care quality, but until now, any relationship between engagement and patient safety outcomes has been more speculative. This systematic review and meta-analysis from Gillian et al. assessed this relationship and explored if the way these variables were defined and measured had any differential effect. Despite a limited and evolving evidence base, they cautiously conclude that increasing staff engagement could be an effective means of enhancing patient safety. Further research is needed to determine causality and clarify the nature of the staff engagement/patient safety relationship at individual and unit/workgroup levels.
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Content ArticleThis article, published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, explores the effectiveness of shift handoffs (handovers) by staff. It discusses how poor-quality handoffs have been associated with serious patient consequences, and that standardisation of handoff content and delivery improves both quality and safety.
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Content ArticleThe CQC inspection framework now includes multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) for end of life care, tumours and weekly MDTs for people with complex needs. However lack of time and staff availability for this is a real problem. MDTs are under increasing pressure and are already seeing an erosion of their power to assure safe and appropriate care. Anecdotally, non-attendance by key MDT members is a significant quality issue for many hospitals. This is not a problem of engagement — all MDT members and are willing to provide input — but staffing pressures and the complexity of rostering makes holding these MDT meetings near-impossible. So how do we stop this degradation? How can hospitals better manage the burgeoning requirement for MDTs? One possible answer is to change the emphasis from a single meeting to a managed series of recorded opinions and decisions. If properly supported by the right workflow technology, we can move away from the ‘single-point’ MDT meeting (MDTM) to a ‘multi-point’ MDT process (MDTP) which could allow better and more auditable decisions to be made. Where significant differences of opinion exist, then a meeting can be called – but the MDT members could act independently and in parallel using a suitable recording and monitoring system. In this article, Dr D J Hamblin-Brown explains how this might work.
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Content ArticleSurgical morbidity and mortality (M&M) meetings have a central function in supporting services to achieve and maintain high standards of care. Throughout the UK, practices provides advice on the following topics: around the structure and content of M&M meetings vary widely and so does their quality. According to Good Surgical Practice, all surgeons should regularly attend morbidity and mortality meetings as a key activity for reviewing the performance of the surgical team and ensuring quality.
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Content ArticleThe Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) has launched an oxygen safety campaign aimed at people working at patient bedsides within hospitals. They have consulted with clinicians, fire safety experts and a wide range of allied professional bodies to design the campaign, which has been launched in response to the anticipated national surge in hospital patients as a result of the Omicron variant. Inevitably, the use of oxygen will be very high and issues such as oxygen leakage can cause major fire risks.
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ABPI: What is legitimate interests? (9 December 2021)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Good practice
Disclosure UK is the Database on which all pharmaceutical companies abiding by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Code of Practice must disclose ‘transfers of value’ to healthcare professionals, other relevant decision makers and healthcare organisations in the UK. Where possible, companies do this by naming the individuals and organisations and according to GDPR law, companies must identify an appropriate lawful basis before they process an individual's information. This guidance document by the ABPI is aimed at pharmaceutical companies using Disclosure UK. It explains and promotes the choice of the basis of 'legitimate interests' for disclosure, with the aim of increasing transparency in the relationships between healthcare professionals, other relevant decision-makers and the industry.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis blog in the Health Services Journal (HSJ) looks at the risk posed to clinical care by cyberattacks. A recent HSJ webinar in association with Sophos argued cybersecurity should be the business of everyone in the NHS, and looked at how NHS organisations can tackle the issue. Cyberattacks can cause delays and compromise patient safety and are therefore something that all healthcare staff need to consider. Using helpful language to explain the implications of cyberattacks is key to getting involvement right across the spectrum of management and frontline staff, so that it is not seen as 'an IT issue'.
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Stay And Thrive sharing and learning event
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untilJoin @StayAndThrive on the 29 of June for a virtual sharing and learning event. This event will focus on building, belonging and maximising personal and professional growth, which are the three fundamental pillars of Stay and Thrive. During the event, you will hear and learn from organisations who are implementing positive practices in relation to two aspects of the bundle. Sign up- Posted
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EventuntilThe Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out a new approach to learning and improving following patient safety incidents across the NHS in England. Compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incidents is central to the PSIRF approach. Building on our workshop that explored different models for engaging with families, this workshop will highlight how different organisations are approaching engaging with staff affected by patient safety incidents. PSIRF webinars are open to everyone to attend, including both NHS and arm’s length bodies Presenters: Tracey Herlihey, Head of Patient Safety Incident Response, NHS England Lauren Mosley, Head of Patient Safety Implementation, NHS England, Mrs Christina Rennie, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Clinical Director of Patient Safety and Patient Safety Specialist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Register for this event Registration closes at 12noon Wednesday 19 April 2023. A link to join the webinar will be sent to registered delegates shortly after registration closes.
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