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Content ArticleThis study in Occupational Medicine examined the impact of the introduction of face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic on D/deaf healthcare professionals (HCPs). The study found that D/deaf HCPs felt left behind, isolated and frustrated by a lack of transparent masks and reasonable adjustments to meet their communication needs. This resulted in some leaving their roles, and loss of experienced, qualified HCPs has a significant economic and workforce impact, particularly during a pandemic. The authors call for urgent action to ensure D/deaf HCPs are provided with the workplace support required under the Equality Act (2010).
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Content ArticleThis blog for The Kings Fund looks at how chronic excessive workload is damaging staff health, patient care and healthcare workers' long-term ability to provide high-quality and compassionate care for people in their communities. The authors argue that the issue of excessive workload is the major barrier preventing improvements in patient satisfaction, staff retention, financial performance and care outcomes.
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Content ArticleStaff retention is a significant issue for ambulance services across the globe. Exploratory research, although minimal, indicates that stress and burnout, in particular, influence attrition within the paramedic profession. These need to be understood if their impact on retention is to be addressed.
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Content ArticleThis study in Scientific Reports aimed to understand the current situation of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens in a women's and children's hospital in China. The authors analysed the causes of exposure to provide a scientific basis for improving occupational exposure prevention and control measures.
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Safety for All - Employee investigations webinar
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untilEmployee investigations refers to the investigation of allegations made by and against staff. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) is responsible for the planning, delivery, and commissioning of NHS Wales services for a population of over 660,000 citizens. It employs over 15,000 staff. ABUHB started a programme of work to improve its employee investigations because its HR team identified that during a 15-month period, over 50% of investigations had led to no sanctions for individuals who had been taken through them. Their Employee Wellbeing Service had been concerned about the number of clients who had experienced significant stress and trauma as a result of going through the employee investigation process. The focus of the intervention was to reduce ‘avoidable employee harm’ by reducing the number of employees subjected to investigations, and to reduce the duration of investigations that take place. Andrew Cooper and Liz Rogers from ABUHB will present the case study and report back on the intervention outcomes, key learning points and progress made to date. The webinar will last one hour with time for questions to the presenters. Register -
EventuntilThe purpose of this webinar is to raise awareness of the relationship between culture, staff experience and retention with practical examples and data to aid improvement in practice. You will hear from a range of experts in the field with experience in developing and spreading best practice. The format is interactive, with delegate questions and panel discussion. Psychological safety programme: The Being Fair 2 report, stress claims and the Just and Learning Culture Charter | NHS Resolution Developing legacy mentoring in general practice nursing | NHS Devon ICB The benefits of creating a psychologically safe culture | Steed Consulting Contributors: Dr Anwar Khan - Senior Clinical Advisor for General Practice , NHS Resolution Samantha Thomas - National Safety and Learning Lead for General Practice, NHS Resolution Naomi Assame - Head of Safety and Learning, NHS Resolution Janice Steed- Director of Steed Consulting Sarah Hall and Sarah Harris - NHS Devon Integrated Care Board Register
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EventThis Hospital at Night Summit focuses on out of hours care in hospitals delivering high quality safe care at night, and supporting the wellbeing of those working at night. Through national updates, networking opportunities and case studies this conference provides a practical guide to delivering a high quality hospital at night and transforming out of hours services and roles to improve patient safety. The 2023 conference will focus on the developing an effective Hospital at Night service, and focus on the practicalities of supporting staff at night, improving wellbeing and fighting fatigue. Benefits of attending this conference will enable you to: Network with colleagues who are working to improve Hospital at Night Practice. Learn from recent developments. Improve your skills in the recognition management and escalation of deteriorating patients at night. Understand and evaluate different models for Hospital at Night. Examine the role of task management solutions for Hospital at Night, including handover and eObservations. Ensure effective and safe staffing at night. Improving and supporting the wellbeing of hospital at night staff. Examine Hospital at Night team roles, competence and improve team working. Improve safety through the reduction of falls at night. Supporting staff and reducing fatigue at night. Develop the role of Clinical Practitioner and Advanced Nursing Practice at night. Identify key strategies to change practice and ways of working in Hospital at Night. Understand how hospitals can improve conditions for night workers and support Junior Doctors. Self assess and reflect on your own practice. Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes. Register hub members receive a 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for discount code.
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EventEnergy-based devices, lasers and diathermy are some of the most commonly used pieces of equipment in operating theatres today. Dangerous emissions can be produced that affect the respiratory systems of everyone in the operating theatre. This study day will look at the occupational hazards of exposure to surgical plume in the operating theatre, as well as the associated risks to the surgical team, patients and visitors. It will also highlight how to assess risk and mitigate against the dangers of surgical plume and how to implement changes. Topics Include: Electrosurgery/diathermy/laser. Anaesthetic airway fires. Laparoscopic surgery aerosolisation. Health and Safety and risk assessment. Surgical plume. Register
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EventThis Hospital at Night Summit focuses on out of hours care in hospitals delivering high quality safe care at night, and supporting the wellbeing of those working at night. Through national updates, networking opportunities and case studies this conference provides a practical guide to delivering a high quality hospital at night and transforming out of hours services and roles to improve patient safety. The 2023 conference will focus on the developing an effective Hospital at Night service, and focus on the practicalities of supporting staff at night, improving wellbeing and fighting fatigue. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/hospital-at-night-summit or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk. hub members receive a 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for discount code. Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #HospitalAtNight
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EventThis one day masterclass will focus on improving patient safety through enhancing psychological safety and safety culture. It will look at effective ways to encourage health professionals to routinely embed high-quality clinical evidence into their everyday work. It will explore the characteristics of relatively successful behaviour change interventions. All Clinical Staff and Team Leads should attend. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/improving-psychological-safety-patient-safety or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk. hub members receive a 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for discount code.
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Psychological safety - Dr Matt Hill
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EventuntilJoin ImproveWell and representatives from Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, to discover: how the current landscape in maternity services looks as regards quality, safety, and workforce sentiment; how engaging the workforce to improve is the key to positive transformation; and lessons and best practice in engaging the workforce in improvement within the maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust. Register for this event
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EventuntilOn 12 October, 11:00-12:00 CET, the ETUI is hosting a webinar on cancer risks in healthcare workers: identification of Hazardous Medicinal Products (HMPs). In the healthcare sector, 12.7 million workers across the EU are potentially exposed to Hazardous Medicinal Products (HMPs). While these drugs are vital in the treatment of different diseases (for example, cancers and psoriasis), they can also pose health risks to those exposed to them at work such as nurses, pharmacists and cleaners. The ETUI has identified 121 HMPs commonly used in the healthcare sector which can cause cancer or reproductive disorders in professionals exposed to them on a daily basis. Download the report here As the Carcinogens, Mutagens & Reprotoxic Substances Directive (CMRD – Dir (EU) 2004/37/EC) has been recently revised to specifically cover HMPs, the ETUI list of HMPs is timely to raise awareness about these risks in the healthcare sector and help employers use the European guidelines on the safe management of HMPs to be published soon by the European Commission. Programme Welcome and introduction Claes-Mikael Ståhl, Deputy general secretary, ETUC (tbc) The ETUI list of Hazardous Medicinal Products (HMPs) Ian Lindsley, Secretary of the European Biosafety Network Q&A with the audience moderated by Marian Schaapman, Head of the Working conditions, health and safety unit at the ETUI Conclusions - Tony Musu, senior researcher in the health and safety and working conditions of the ETUI Register for the webinar
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EventuntilJoin Kayleigh Barnett, Senior Improvement Advisor at Aqua who will share her experience in using Appreciative Inquiry methods to create additional value for learners in a quality improvement (QI) programme aimed at aspiring senior leaders. Appreciative Inquiry is increasingly used as the basis for building a structured learning process and this session will present a case study, and provide practical ideas for you to consider. Ensuring that Appreciative Inquiry processes are included in any part of an organisation can also contribute to psychological safety. Psychological safety is the belief that you won’t be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. Kayleigh has worked at Aqua for six years and is the Delivery Lead for Appreciative Inquiry. She is an accredited Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner from the International Academy of Appreciative Inquiry. Her other areas of work are quality improvement and human factors. The case study she will present has also been featured in the September edition of the Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner journal. Register
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EventThis one day masterclass will focus on culture with healthcare organisations. It will look at effective ways to encourage healthcare organisations to unlock culture to improve both patient safety and staff safety. The Ockendon report (2022) reports a ‘Toxic culture’ of “undermining and bullying” left staff struggling to finish shifts and crying at work. Two thirds of staff said they had witnessed or experienced bullying. The report identified an “us and them” divide between doctors and midwives. Key learning objectives: Psychological safety Safety culture Toxic cultures Trust and safety Compassionate leadership. For further information and to book your place visit www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/unlocking-culture or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk hub members receive 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for discount code.
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GP experiences of rejected referrals and access to secondary care
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Are you a GP or other healthcare professional working in primary care? Have you noticed an increase in rejected referrals to outpatient services/for scans and other investigations? How have changes to the referral system affected you? What communication relating to referrals have you received recently from the NHS? What has the impact been on your own workload and wellbeing, and the safety of patients? Please share your experiences with us so we can continue to highlight this important issue. -
Community PostDuring the COVID pandemic, it was clear that Emergency Departments across the UK needed to adapt and quickly, with my trust not exempt from this. We have increased capacity, increased our nursing and doctors on the shop floor, obviously with nurse in charge being responsible for all areas. We have different admission wards in terms of symptoms that the patient has, but also have a different type of flow, which i am getting my head around to be able to share I have seen departments split into 2 and various other ideas coming out from various trusts. Which got me thinking about patient safety and how well this is managed. So.... How is your department responding to the pandemic? Do you have any patient safety initiatives as a result of the response? Is there a long term plan? The reason why i am asking this, is so we can share practice and identify individual trust responses.
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Community PostThis year's theme for World Patient Safety Day (17 September) is Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety. We know that staff safety is intrinsically linked to patient safety but we need your insight to help us understand what matters most when it comes to feeling safe at work. So we're asking you to tell us: What is most needed for health and care staff to feel physically or mentally safe at work? In this short video, Claire Cox (Patient Safety Learning's Associate Director of Patient Safety and a Nurse) shares her top three. What do you think is most needed? Please join the conversation and help us speak up for health worker safety! Nb: You'll need to sign in to the hub to comment (click on the icon in the top right of your screen). If you're not a member yet, you can sign up here for free.
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Community PostWay back in March I applied to re-join the NHS to help with COVID-19. I am a mental health nurse prescriber with an unblemished clinical record. I have had an unusual career which includes working in senior management before returning to clinical work in 2002. I have also helped deliver several projects that achieved nation recognition, including one that was highly commented by NICE in 2015, and one that was presented at the NICE Annual Conference in 2018. Several examples of my work can be found on the NICE Shared Learning resource pages. Since applying as an NHS returner. I have been interviewed online 6 times by 3 different organisations, all repeating the same questions. I was told that the area of work I felt best suited to working in - primary care/ community / mental health , specialising in prescribing and multi-morbidity - was in demand. A reference has been taken up and my DBS check eventually came through. I also received several (mostly duplicated) emails. On 29th June I received a call from the acute trust in Cornwall about returning. I explained that I had specified community / primary care as I have no recent acute hospital experience. The caller said they would pass me over to NHS Kernow, an organisation I had mentioned in my application. I have heard nothing since. I can only assume the backlisting I have suffered for speaking out for patients, is still in place. If this is true (and I am always open to being corrected) it is an appalling reflection on the NHS culture in my view. Here is my story: http://www.carerightnow.co.uk/i-dont-want-to-hear-anything-bad-whistleblowing-in-health-social-care/
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Covid-19 safety of GP practices
Katharine Tylko posted a topic in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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HOW SAFE ARE OUR GP PRACTICES during covid-19? For the health care professionals, their patients, and families of patients? I'm a 65-yr old diabetic needing routine B12 injections. My GP tells me to turn up as normal so I don't develop neurological problems. I don't think anyone in the practice has been tested for covid-19. I'm refusing to turn up since I suspect the GP practice to be a covid-19 hot-spot. I don't want to transmit this virus to my frail, elderly asthmatic husband who's undergone cancer treatment and a lot of surgery. I've persuaded the GP to give me a precription for oral B12. Have I done the right thing? How can I help GPs and patients in far worse dilemmas than mine?- Posted
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Content ArticleShift work can introduce additional health, safety and wellbeing challenges. This article explore some of these challenges, including the increased risk of injury or illness, sleep and fatigue problems, psychological health, and suggest ways you can ensure safe and healthy shift work.
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Content ArticleSome of the same people that noted surgical masks were useless for airborne viruses also made decisions to limit the use of effective respirator masks: a decision that had devastating ramifications when the pandemic struck. In this article in the Byline Times, Josiah Mortimer delves deeper into a hub blog written by David Osborn: 'The pandemic – questions around Government governance' and questions the decisions made by the Government during the pandemic.
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Content ArticleStatistics and key facts about the impact of hydration, nutrition, sleep, and regular breaks on workforce wellbeing.
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Content ArticleAccording to the last AHPRA Medical Training Survey, a third of doctors in training in the USA had experienced or witnessed bullying, harassment or discrimination in the workplace. The person responsible was usually a colleague and concerningly, only a third of those who witnessed or experienced this behaviour reported it. In this article, Josh Inglis explains why we can’t continue to overlook unprofessional behaviour in our workplace, because doing so is causing harm to ourselves, our patients and the profession, and what we can do about it.
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My last blog, "Forgotten heroes" – the sequel, built upon a very moving BBC Panorama programme Forgotten heroes of the Covid front line. The BBC documentary told the sad story of healthcare workers (HCWs) who had bravely and knowingly put themselves in harm's way to care for their patients during the darkest days of the pandemic. Many lost their lives, while many more were rendered so severely injured by the disease (Long Covid) that they were (and remain) unable to work and have been unceremoniously sacked by their NHS Health Trusts/Boards. The way that an organisation manages its activities is known as 'governance'. Good governance will lead to high standards of ethics, morality, care and compassion for the people who work within it and those who may be affected by its acts and omissions. Hence, when applied to a whole country, it is known as 'Government', its departments and agencies. In this blog, I propose a possible hypothetical scenario that may have led to the tragic situation revealed by the BBC documentary. I hope this will lead you to consider the standards of 'governance' that apply to the 'duty of care' which a Government owes to its HCWs during a pandemic and what, morally and ethically, should be done to support those "forgotten heroes" if the Government’s governance should be found to be severely lacking. But is the scenario I am asking you to imagine hypothetical or is it real? I shall leave that to your judgement – and that of the Covid-19 Public Inquiry.
