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EventuntilThe Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our lives, including in how we work. While incredible efforts of health and care staff and voluntary and community workers were rightly valued and celebrated at the start of the pandemic, the scale of the workforce crisis in health and care continues to present a significant challenge for staff and leaders. Collaborative and inclusive leadership is key to successfully delivering good-quality care, as underlined by the recommendations from the Messenger Review. Bringing our humanity to the workplace can mean different things to different people, but a greater focus on developing relationships in teams and the practice of collaborative, inclusive and compassionate leadership will be critical in supporting people through recovery from the pandemic. But how can we encourage others to bring their full selves to work at a time of significant challenge?’ The King's Fund's tenth annual leadership and workforce summit provides an established forum for health and care leaders to come together to share their leadership and workforce challenges and to explore practical options to help address them. Register
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The Trauma of Trauma
Patient Safety Learning posted an event in Community Calendar
Treating trauma can be traumatic. The UK now has over 30 major trauma centres which treat more than 40,000 patients with traumatic injuries each year. For people under the age of 40, trauma remains a leading cause of death, and trauma survivors often experience life-changing injury and long-term disability. This study day examines the impact of various traumatic injuries on patients and the teams who care for them. Exploring burns, orthopaedic and battlefield trauma, as well as how to manage mass casualty events, you’ll learn about a wide range of trauma care scenarios. The speakers will outline how battlefield experience can be adapted for frontline work in within the NHS, with a key focus on the mental, physical and practical skills required to manage trauma to achieve the best outcomes for both patient and practitioner. The goal is to provide you with theory and practical skills to help you manage the mental and physical aspects of trauma in different settings. The sessions will also support you with understanding how skills learnt in one area can be transferred to another. Topics include: Treatment of acute burn injuries. The role of the Orthopaedic Trauma Coordinator. Introduction to AO Trauma Principles. Mass Casualty Events and the Citizen Aid App – with practical demo. Trauma and resilience in the armed forces: A Captain’s perspective. Trauma management on the battlefield. Register -
EventThis on-demand conference focuses on supporting staff who have been involved in patient safety incidents, or are the subject of complaints or claims. Involvement in an incident, complaint or claim can have severe consequences on staff who may experience a range of reactions including stress, depression, shame and guilt. This conference will enable you to: Network with colleagues who are working to support staff following incidents, complaints or claims. Understand national developments including the requirements in the 2020 Patient Safety Incident Response Framework. Reflect on how we can better support staff experiencing these issues through Covid-19. Deliver a just culture that supports consistent, constructive and fair evaluation of the actions of staff involved in patient safety incidents. Reflect on a healthcare’s professionals personal experience of being the subject of an incident investigation. Improve immediate support and debriefing when an incident occurs. Develop your skills in providing the staff member involved in a patient safety incident specific individual support or intervention to work safely. Understand how you can improve processes for ensuring candour and supporting staff. Identify key strategies for interviewing staff and taking statements and preparing staff for Coroner’s Inquests. Ensure you are up to date with the latest developments in psychological support for staff including building resilience. Self assess and reflect on your own practice. Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence. For more information https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/on-demand-training/patient-safety-incident-complaint-claim or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk hub members receive a 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for discount code. Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #SupportingClinicians
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Can the NHS learn from healthcare systems overseas?
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Is it time to change the way England's healthcare system is funded? Is the English system in need of radical structural change at the top? I've been prompted to think about this by the article about the German public health system on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62986347.amp There are no quick fixes, however we all need to look at this closely. I believe that really 'modernising' / 'transforming' our health & #socialcare systems could 'save the #NHS'. Both for #patients through improved safety, efficiency & accountability, and by making the #NHS an attractive place to work again, providing the NHS Constitution for England is at the heart of changes and is kept up to date. In my experience, having worked in healthcare for the private sector and the NHS, and lived and worked in other countries, we need to open our eyes. At present it could be argued that we have the worst of both worlds in England. A partially privatised health system and a fully privatised social care system. All strung together by poor commissioning and artificial and toxic barriers, such as the need for continuing care assessments. In my view a change, for example to a German-style system, could improve patient safety through empowering the great managers and leaders we have in the NHS. These key people are held back by the current hierarchical crony-ridden system, and we are at risk of losing them. In England we have a system which all too often punishes those who speak out for patients and hides failings behind a web of denial, obfuscation and secrecy, and in doing this fails to learn. Vast swathes of unnecessary bureaucracy and duplication could be eliminated, gaps more easily identified, and greater focus given to deeply involving patients in the delivery of their own care. This is a contentious subject as people have such reverence for the NHS. I respect the values of the NHS and want to keep them; to do this effectively we need much more open discussion on how it is organised and funded. What are people's views? -
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Healthcare staff experience of a serious safety incident
Patient-Safety-Learning posted a topic in Patient safety in health and care
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Have you had first-hand experience of a serious safety incident? Were you aware of what support was available following this? What support do you think is needed for staff following a serious safety incident? Patient Safety Learning and SHBN are collaborating with patient safety experts and frontline staff to produce a manual to support staff, provide good practice and ‘how to’ tools to improve staff wellbeing following serious safety incidents. If you work in healthcare we would welcome views on this, by completing our short survey and/or sharing your thoughts below.- Posted
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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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Content ArticleThis is the report of a review into how the executive leadership of the NHS could be better supported and empowered to ensure the best possible service is delivered for patients. Sir Ron Kerr was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to conduct the review, which focused on three issues in particular: The expectations and support available for leaders - particularly those in challenging organisations and systems The scope for further alignment of performance management expectations at the organisational and system level The options for reducing the administrative burden placed on executive leaders The report describes the methodology of the review, outlines its findings and makes a number of recommendations around these issues.
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A Kind Life website
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Suggest a useful website
A Kind Life works with NHS organisations to help them shape a culture that cultivates kindness and nurtures high performance. The company offers a range of training courses and programmes focused on areas such as recruitment, leadership, feedback and conflict resolution. -
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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Friends of African Nursing
Patient_Safety_Learning posted an article in International patient safety
Friends of African Nursing (FoAN) was started as an organisation by Lesley and Kate, who had family contacts in Africa and due to their professional nursing backgrounds, had taken an interest in the health systems in African countries which they had visited whilst on holiday. It was apparent to them both separately, that the privilege of the healthcare environment in which they both worked in the UK - which offered continuing education, ready access to journals, speciality (perioperative) education and a professional association (in which they were closely involved, at home) as a ready made network was indeed a huge privilege which should be shared. Their primary interest is in supporting nurses and nursing in Africa. FOAN specialises in supporting nurses who work in Operating Theatres particularly and work with the surgical teams. Surgery is often high risk in Africa and their key interest is to update practice, educate on risk management and patient safety as well as infection prevention measures. They have also delivered programmes for ward leaders and other bespoke courses. Visit the FoAN website to find out more via the link below. -
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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Content ArticleAn opportunity to connect virtually with health and care professionals from across the UK and Ireland on your shared interest in patient safety and quality improvement. An initiative from Supporting Q Connections programme.
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Content ArticleThis resource from the Royal College of Nursing encourages health and social care managers to ensure that nursing staff are taking their at-work breaks, are well hydrated and have access to nutritional food. It outlines the case for making improvements and the legal responsibilities of employing organisations, and provides tips and case studies to support the implementation of improvements. The document is supported by a short guide for nursing staff and posters to encourage nursing staff to self-care and take steps to rest, rehydrate and refuel.
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This is part of our 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. Martin talks to us about the role of Professional Nurse Advocates (PNAs) in improving patient safety through restorative clinical supervision for nurses. He also talks about the need to recognise the close relationship between staff safety and patient safety, and the impact that long waiting lists and limited NHS capacity are currently having. -
Community PostTalking with John Holt, PS Mnager at Birmingham and Solihull CCG today. Would it be helpful to set up a CCG PS Mansger community?
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Staff safety in the mental healthcare setting
Patient Safety Learning posted a topic in Mental health
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Interesting blog posted from @Sarahjane Jones on her research findings on staff safety: Do you work in mental health? We'd be interested to hear your own experiences? What challenges do you face? -
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Patient Safety Managers - is there a defined role? Help for a newly appointed PSM
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I met at a recent conference a newly appointed Patient Safety Manager. She’d been working in a supporting role in another organisation and was delighted with her obviously well deserved promotion to a more senior role of patient safety manager in another Trust. But 6 days in, she’s had no induction, there is no patient safety strategy or plan in the Trust, there isn’t any guidance as how she should do her job other than just ‘get on with doing RCAs. ‘ She doesn’t know who she can turn to for advice or support either in her Trust or elsewhere. Are there networks of PSMs she can turn to? Surely there is a model framework for patient safety that is produced as a guide? How can we help her and other PSMs?- Posted
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AHRQ: Team STEPPS
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in How to engage for patient safety
AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS - Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety - is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimising patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare teams, including patients and family caregivers. -
Content ArticlePresentation slides from Nancy Redfern, Consultant Anaesthetist and Newcastle Co-chair Joint fatigue working group, and David Dawson, Consultant Anaesthetist & Sleep Physician Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on managing fatigue and creating a safety culture.
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Content ArticleInformation on how sleep and fatigue can impact on the health of staff, with practical recommendations for improving the quality of sleep and rest.
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Content ArticleThere are signs that some US healthcare organisations are scoring some successes in addressing the worker morale and retention crisis. But data from Press Ganey surveys shows that there is a widening gap between the most- and least-successful organisations. This article draws lessons from the former. It discusses three key elements needed to engage workers, make them more resilient, and make them feel more aligned with their leaders.
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Content ArticleHow can we ensure that health and care staff from all backgrounds feel respected, valued and listened to at work? Siva Anandaciva sits down with Karen Bonner, Chief Nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, to talk about the value of having a diverse workforce, and how we can make the health and care system fairer for staff, patients, and communities from ethnic minority groups.
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Content ArticleThis study looked at nursing within the UK and The Netherlands' health sectors, which are both highly regulated with policies to increase inclusiveness. It aimed to investigate the interplay between employment conditions and policy measures at sectoral level, in order to identify how these both facilitate and limit employment participation for disabled workers.
