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Content ArticleA blog from the charity, Picker, on the benefits of patient-centred care and the new challenges the coronavirus pandemic brings. Picker is an independent charity which uses patient experience of healthcare to identify priorities in delivering the highest care quality.
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Content ArticleI had been away from the hospital for a week and I was reluctant to go back in, fearful of what I would face, but I am amazed at how much has been achieved in 7 days.
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Content ArticleCARDMEDIC was inspired by a news article on a patient surviving COVID-19 after an admission to a UK Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he described feeling terrified of not being able to understand what his healthcare providers were saying, due to the limitations of communicating through Personal Protective Equipment (face masks, visors, hoods etc). CARDMEDIC is a collection of communication flashcards designed to break through the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) barrier, improving transfer of vital information from frontline healthcare professionals to unwell and critically ill patients. They are also used as an upskilling training tool, for example by healthcare professionals and volunteers working outside their usual realms of practice. They are simple and succinct, using basic language to share information and describe the plan of action. Set out in alphabetical order, it should be easy to find what you’re looking for. You may wish to use the “HELLO MY NAME IS…” card at the start of every patient interaction to introduce yourself and set the scene for using the flashcards. The flashcards can be used in electronic format on either the patient’s or hospital’s phone / tablet / smart device, or printed, laminated, annotated and re-used – write on, wipe off. CARDMEDIC are continually expanding their database, so please get in touch with suggestions or comments, as well as ideas for further flashcards.
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Content ArticleA blog from Peter Walsh, Chief Executive at Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) on the current pandemic.
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Content ArticleThis podcast, published by Coda, covers a wide array of topics, from PPE to simulation. Martin Bromiley (Human Factors expert), talks about the ways human factors affect teams and safety and share communications tactics to help alleviate potential issues.
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Content ArticleLiving with dementia at any time brings everyday challenges for the person and those around them. Coronavirus is making daily life much harder. You may feel anxious, scared or lonely. But you are not alone – the Alzheimer's Society have collated guidance, tips and advice.
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Dementia and COVID-19: Four big problems, three solutions
Anonymous posted an article in Blogs
Day 1, Dad goes into a care home so Mum can have respite care. Day 5, the care home provider announces a lockdown is in place. Day 12, Dad develops a raging temperature. Day 13, he develops a persistent cough, and they try to evict him back home to Mum. Here’s our story... -
Content ArticleBlog published in the Guardian from an NHS respiratory consultant.
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Content ArticleThe health and care system in the United Kingdom is facing a huge challenge, placing enormous pressure on health and care staff with unprecedented demands on leaders, wherever they work. These pages, from the King's Fund, aim to provide support to health and care leaders, whether you are working in the NHS, social care, public health or the voluntary and independent sector.
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Content ArticleThe purpose of this guide from NHS Education for Scotland is to help people working in the health and social care ecosystem capture valuable practice and improvements made during their response to COVID-19. The aim is to contribute to organisational change at a policy, strategic and operational level. If left too late, there is a real danger that positive change is not documented and will be lost as the health system emerges from the pandemic.
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Content ArticleTwo years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that gender differences exist, and that women, men, and gender minorities are differentially impacted by the pandemic.
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Content ArticleGovernment plan to prevent, mitigate and respond to the mental health impacts of the pandemic during 2021 to 2022.
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Content ArticleThis video introduces England's 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives (hosted by Academic Health Science Networks) and how they support the NHS Patient Safety Strategy in areas such as COVID-19, managing deteriorating patients, maternal and neonatal safety, medicines safety, mental health and more. Download the slides here
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Content ArticleThe East Midlands Academic Health Science Network have captured a number of different perspectives and experiences of COVID-19. These highlight pivotal moments, barriers, and learnings. The experiences and learnings will be particularly useful as the health and care system plans for reset, restoration, and recovery.
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Content ArticleHealthcare workers (HCWs), particularly those from ethnic minority groups, have been shown to be at disproportionately higher risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to the general population. However, there is insufficient evidence on how demographic and occupational factors influence infection risk among ethnic minority HCWs. Researchers analysed data from 10,772 HCWs who worked during the pandemic to identify demographic and household factors that contributed to infection risk. Results from the UK-REACH study, co-funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation, showed that healthcare workers' risk of catching coronavirus increased in correlation with the level of exposure to COVID-19 patients. Other risk factors included a lack of PPE access and sharing living or working environments with other key workers. Geographical differences were also seen, with healthcare workers in Scotland and South West England at lower risk of infection compared with those in the West Midlands. Intensive care unit staff were also at lower risk than those in other hospital settings.
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Content ArticleThe Patient Safety Movement Foundation is joined by Aryeh Shander, from Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in this video. There has been a long-standing perception in medicine that blood products can be used without judicious consideration. It is important to recognise that blood is a biological product and, as such, is subject to virus, which can be transmitted from donor to recipient without detection. While there have been improvements in transfusion safety, it is important to recognise the patient's risk and benefit ratio based on their individual circumstance and thoroughly evaluate all alternatives to a transfusion.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry website
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Covid-19 Inquiry
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry’s work is guided by its Terms of Reference. -
Content ArticleThe government needs to set out a contingent exit plan, involving carefully specified levels of lockdown, and the thresholds at which they would be triggered. This will allow businesses and people to plan, and begin to look to the future. This report from the Institute of Global Changes puts forward suggestions for a lockdown exit plan.
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Content ArticleBAPEN would like to draw the attention of those dealing with enteral tube feeding during the COVID-19 crisis to a number of important issues.
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Content ArticleAdverse events are among the most heavily scrutinised parts of the covid-19 vaccine process. But India’s system was woefully unprepared for this, leaving families confused, sowing vaccine hesitancy in communities, while robbing the system of valuable data, reports Priyanka Pulla in this BMJ feature.
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Content ArticleAll health workers require knowledge and skills to protect themselves and others from the occupational risks they encounter, so that they can work safely and effectively. This course consists of five sections in response to these needs: Introduction Module 1: Infectious risks to health and safety Module 2: Physical risks to health and safety Module 3: Psychosocial risks to health and safety Module 4: Basic occupational health and safety in health services. The target audience for this course is health workers, incident managers, supervisors and administrators who make policies and protocols for their health facilities.
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Content ArticleIn this article for Nature, Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics at the University of Oxford, highlights misconceptions around the word 'endemic' that have arisen during the Covid-19 pandemic. He defines an endemic infection as "one in which overall rates are static — not rising, not falling," and highlights that we have come to associate this with less harmful illnesses such as the common cold, when in fact it can also be applied to deadly diseases including malaria, polio and tuberculosis. He argues that the word has been misused by policymakers to indicate that the virus poses less threat and therefore no action needs to be taken. In order to tackle the ongoing threat of Covid-19, the author suggests the following four actions: Set aside lazy optimism Be realistic about the likely levels of death, disability and sickness. Targets set for reduction should consider that circulating virus risks giving rise to new variants Use the weapons we have available, globally: effective vaccines, antiviral medications, diagnostic tests and a better understanding of how to stop an airborne virus through mask wearing, distancing, and air ventilation and filtration Iinvest in vaccines that protect against a broader range of variants
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HSIB: Oxygen issues during COVID-19 pandemic
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in HSSIB investigations
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has been investigating piped oxygen gas supplies in hospitals and have produced an early interim bulletin to help trusts deal with oxygen flow issues in their organisations. -
Content ArticleTHIS Institute at the University of Cambridge has undertaken a rapid response project to develop an ethical framework for COVID-19 testing for NHS workers. It sought to identify and characterise the ethical considerations likely to be important to the testing programme, while recognising the tension between different values and goals. The project was guided by an expert group and by an online consultation exercise held between 27 May and 8 June 2020 to characterise the range and diversity of views on this topic. The 93 participants in the consultation included NHS workers in clinical and non-clinical roles, NHS senior leaders, policy-makers, and relevant experts. The project report emphasises that getting the COVID-19 swab testing programme for NHS workers right is crucial to support staff and patient safety and broader public health. It also recognises that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. People who are socio-economically disadvantaged or members of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups may face distinctive issues in relation to testing.
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Content ArticleThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has undertaken a rapid evidence review looking at the effects of vaccination against Long COVID or post-COVID symptoms. The review includes 15 UK and international studies that were undertaken up until January 2022. An estimated 2% of the UK population have reported symptoms of long COVID or post-COVID syndrome, which can last for more than 4 weeks after their initial infection. The three most common symptoms are fatigue, shortness of breath and muscle or joint pain. Eight of the studies in the review looked at the effect of vaccinations administered before infection. Most of these studies suggest that vaccinated people (1 or 2 doses) were less likely to develop symptoms of long COVID following infection compared with unvaccinated people – in the short term and long term (4 weeks up until 6 months after infection).
