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  1. Event
    Leadership in the NHS is the responsibility of all staff. Understanding human factors will allow healthcare to enhance performance, culture and organisation. It can be used to assess why things go wrong and how to implement change to prevent it from happening again or mitigate the risks. This virtual masterclass, facilitated by Mr Perbinder Grewal, General Vascular Surgeon, will guide you in how to use Human Factors in your workplace. Programme and registration hub members receive a 20% discount. Please email info@pslhub.org for discount code
  2. Content Article
    NHS Health at Work is the network of occupational health teams dedicated to ensuring that the NHS has a healthy, motivated workforce that is able to provide the best possible patient care. The NHS is the largest employer in the UK and aims to provide an exemplary occupational health service that is improving the health and well being of over 1.3 million NHS staff. NHS Health at Work influences and advises Government and other bodies about occupational health in the NHS. It also provides a gateway for businesses in the broader community who are seeking occupational health advice and support.
  3. News Article
    A new study has found night shifts are "significantly associated" with health issues related to the heart, particularly atrial fibrillation, finding that women may be at a greater risk. The research, published in the European Heart Journal also found working night shifts is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). “Night shift exposure also increased the risk of CHD (coronary heart disease) but not stroke or HF (heart failure). Whether decreasing night shift work frequency and duration might represent another avenue to improve heart health during working life and beyond warrants further study,” the paper said. Read full story. Source: The Independent, 16 August 2021
  4. Content Article
    The Royal College of Midwives is calling for "common sense" from NHS trusts and boards on staff access to water and other drinks. The college is concerned that the health and wellbeing of midwives could be in jeopardy as a result of having limited opportunities to stay hydrated on long, hot shifts. .In new guidance to its members, the RCM sets out the importance of staying hydrated on shift and the potential implications of not doing so. These included an impact on decision making, memory, attention span, mood and tiredness. The document also debunks myths suggesting that having fluid bottles on units is a cross infection risk.
  5. News Article
    Nursing and maternity staff have reported that they are unable to have water with them whilst working, meaning some are unable to drink water for 12 hours due to work pressures. The Royal College of Midwives in updated guidance are calling for "common sense" from NHS trusts and boards on staff access to water and other drinks, particularly as staff are having to wear more PPE than before the pandemic began. Dr Mary Ross-Davie, director for professional midwifery at the RCM, said: “Some trusts and boards have banned water bottles in clinical areas, which means that our members are often going 12 hours with no break and no water. We are appealing to those services to apply common sense, to recognise that this application of infection control is misguided and to look after the health and wellbeing of their staff.” Read full story (paywalled). Source: Nursing Times, 11 August 2021
  6. Content Article
    At Patient Safety Learning we believe that sharing insights and learning is vital to improving outcomes and reducing harm. That's why we created the hub; providing a space for people to come together and share their experiences, resources and good practice examples.  This month, our Content and Engagement Manager, Steph, has hand-picked seven resources, particularly relevant for patient safety managers working in hospital settings. Shared with us by hub members and patient safety advocates, they are jam-packed with practical tools and rich insights. 
  7. Content Article
    Patient safety incidents can have significant effects on both patients and health professionals, including emotional distress and depression. This, published in British Journal of Surgery (BJS) Open, study explores the personal and professional impacts of surgical incidents on operating theatre staff. This study, published in BJS Open, involved 45 face-to-face interviews, with participants including surgeons, anaesthetists, scrub nurses, ODPs and healthcare assistants. The authors state that the results indicate that more support is needed for operating theatre staff involved in surgical incidents. They also suggest that there needs to be greater transparency and better information during the investigation of such incidents for staff.
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    This is the National Guardian's Office annual data report covering the 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. It analyses the themes and learning from the speaking up data shared by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians across this period. There are over 700 Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in the NHS and there were 20,388 cases raised with them in 2020/21.
  9. News Article
    In November last year, Unison and RCN raised concerns with NHS Forth Valley chief executive Cathie Cowan amid bullying claims made by emergency department staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. In light of the reports of bullying, a review was commissioned and leaked details revealed junior doctors were left unsupervised on shifts, nurses and doctors had said they are 'battle-weary', and many senior staff members have resigned their posts. Karren Morrison, Unison Forth Valley health branch secretary has said: ‘Last year, concerns were being raised by our members who worked in, or who had previously worked in the ED. Staff talked to us about feeling bullied and intimidated, being frightened to speak up, concerns about the delivery of safe patient care, high staff turnover and other issues.’ Read full story (paywalled). Source: Nursing Standard, 12 July 2021
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    This Hospital at Night Summit focuses on out of hours care in hospitals delivering high quality safe care 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 moving forward during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference will also focus on improving staff well-being at night and reducing fatigue. For more information visit: https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/hospital-at-night-summit or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk hub members receive a 20% discount. Please email info@pslhub.org for discount code Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #hospitalatnight
  11. Content Article
    This systematic review, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, looks at different support resources in healthcare organisation that are available to healthcare professionals who have been involved in a patient safety incident. The authors identify a range of challenges to the implementation of these, including persistent blame culture, limited awareness of program availability, and lack of financial resources.
  12. News Article
    A new survey by the BMA was conducted throughout the UK on moral distress from 18 March 2021 to 12 April 2021. It was found that those doctors who worked with Covid-19 patients and doctors who were from ethnic backgrounds, were more likely to say moral distress was a feeling they had experienced. It was also found doctors from ethnic backgrounds were also more likely to say moral injury resonated with their experiences. The results of the survey has raised concerns for staff wellbeing with the BMA asking that the government increase staffing to the NHS, and provide emotional and psychological support for healthcare workers. Read full story Source: BMJ, 16 June 2021
  13. Content Article
    Interventions to decrease burnout and increase well-being in health care workers (HCWs) and improve organizational safety culture are urgently needed. This study from Sexton et al. was conducted to determine the association between Positive Leadership WalkRounds (PosWR), an organizational practice in which leaders conduct rounds and ask staff about what is going well, and HCW well-being and organizational safety culture.
  14. Content Article
    In this reflection, published in the BMJ's Post Graduate Medical Journal, Dr John Launer talks about an exercise to help people to become better supervisors, to use peer supervision as a safe space for people to develop better interactional skills generally – and particularly to cultivate their curiosity.
  15. Content Article
    In this report, Exploring Freedom to Speak Up: Supporting the introduction of the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian role in Primary Care and Integrated Settings, the National Guardian's Office illustrates the challenges and benefits of implementing Freedom to Speak Up in different primary care settings. In 2019, the National Guardian’s Office began a two-year project working with primary care providers to understand how the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian role could be introduced in primary care and integrated settings. This report describes some of the variety of organisations, and the different Freedom to Speak Up models they have adopted.
  16. Content Article
    A new NHS digital platform enabling the health and care workforce to contribute and share a wide variety of learning resources for other learners to use.
  17. Content Article
    In this interview, Patient Safety Learning speaks to Asad Khan, a doctor who has been suffering with persistent symptoms of Covid-19 for more than six months. This is also commonly referred to as Long Covid.  Asad highlights the pressing need for frontline staff with Long Covid to be better supported moving forward, in order to keep everyone safe from harm. 
  18. Content Article
    Latest figures show more than a million people in Britain are suffering from Long Covid. For many the condition is completely debilitating. The extreme fatigue, breathing difficulties, brain-fog is forcing hundreds of thousands of previously fit, working people on to long term sick. File on 4 hears from frontline workers who kept Britain going through the pandemic but now feel abandoned. Others reveal how they’ve felt pressurised to return to work even though they’re very ill. Listen hereFurther reading that may be of interest:Long Covid Minister needed to respond to growing crisis Promises of Long Covid support have not materialised (a blog by Clare Rayner)My experience of suspected 'Long COVID' (by Dr Jake Suett)
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    What will the new world of work look like in the NHS post-pandemic is the crucial question being examined in an HSJ webinar. The webinar will bring together a panel of experts to discuss what skills NHS staff will need as the world of work changes, with the likelihood that some work that has been done face-to-face will be virtual. On the panel will be Elspeth Griffiths, director of HR, workforce and OD for NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Group, Kate Jarman, director of communications and corporate affairs, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, head of blended learning and digital literacy project lead, Health Education England and Rosalind Penny, director of HR & OD, Integrated Care System for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West. Chairing the discussion will be HSJ senior correspondent Annabelle Collins. This HSJ webinar, in association with NHS South, West and Central Commissioning Support Unit, will look at how the working lives of NHS staff – both clinical and non-clinical – will change, how to upskill existing staff with new skills and make their lives mote satisfying, and whether there are easy wins NHS organisations can aim for. Register
  20. Content Article
    Despite many investigations and inquiries into violent incidents in mental health settings, resulting in reports and guidelines, safety considerations for mental health staff continue to be an issue of serious concern. This report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists attempts to address the safety needs of psychiatrists. Psychiatrists from different disciplines are likely to be exposed to different degrees of threat to their safety, but no particular branch of psychiatry is immune. In the same vein, the context in which psychiatric practice is delivered will also have a bearing on the likelihood of violence, be it on in-patient units, in out-patient settings, in accident and emergency departments, in prisons and other custodial institutions, or in patients’ homes.
  21. News Article
    Doctors in Wales have faced bullying and disciplinary action for raising concerns over working conditions and safety, a union leader has said. Dr Phil Banfield, of BMA Wales, said doctors who complained about work, both before and during the Covid pandemic, were seen as "troublemakers". He said there are worries bullying among staff will get worse as longer post-Covid waiting lists are tackled. The Welsh government said bullying of NHS staff was "entirely unacceptable". Dr Banfield, who is chairman of the BMA Welsh consultants' committee, said staff have faced the prospect of being victimised by colleagues, or even being forced to leave the Welsh NHS, for raising concerns over bullying or health and safety. He said: "Staff are quite good at raising concerns, but they don't raise concerns if they're going get in trouble for it, or they sense nothing is going to happen. What happens is you think 'I can't be bothered'. "Decent people develop a kind of learned helplessness and it means that people who keep raising concerns stand out." Read full story Source: BBC News, 15 May 2021
  22. Content Article
    The Safety Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) is arguably the best known and most published systems-based Human Factors framework in healthcare worldwide. Developed by Professor Pascale Carayon and colleagues in the University of Wisconsin, the SEIPS framework is partly based on Donabedian’s well-known Structure-Process-Outcome model of healthcare quality. SEIPS is strongly grounded in a Human Factors based systems approach.
  23. Content Article
    After an investigation of an event, it’s important to touch base with the healthcare team and everyone involved so they can get some closure. This is an important part of the healing process that we have neglected too often. Alberta Health Services provide tips on how to support staff involved in adverse events.
  24. Content Article
    Samaritans have a confidential support line for health and social care workers and volunteers based in England and Wales.  Call: 0800 069 6222 All calls are answered by trained Samaritans volunteers, who provide confidential, non-judgmental support. Follow the link below to find out more about the service, and to download posters for your workplace.
  25. News Article
    When we put people on a pedestal, my experience is that they are less likely to be asked, ‘are you OK?’, writes Samantha Batt-Rawden, a senior registrar in intensive care medicine. Like many she has been touched by the groundswell of support from the public. But there’s a problem with this hero image, she says. "It’s not just that many NHS staff are feeling increasingly uncomfortable with being hailed as heroes for what they see as simply doing their jobs. Of course, we were going to step up to the plate when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. As doctors it was our duty. There was never any question. "But there’s something more than just feeling undeserving of the cape weighing heavily on our shoulders. The worst thing about being seen as a superhero? Very few think to ask if you’re OK. And herein lies the problem. Because healthcare workers are not heroes, we are human. Completely, painstakingly, fallibly human." Read full story Source: The Independent, 2 May 2021
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