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Content ArticleThis is the first in a series of podcasts NHS England has produced to mark World Patient Safety Day 2023, and celebrate its theme of ‘engaging patients for patient safety’. The series features some of the Patient Safety Partners that work with the National Patient Safety Team, who play a vital role in providing a patient’s perspective to support our work to improve patient safety. In this podcast, Graham, who became a patient safety partner in 2020, shares his insights on the benefits of involving patients and why he feels it is so important in supporting the NHS to improve patient safety, and talks about his experience as a patient safety partner, particularly working to co-design elements of the medical examiner and medicines safety improvement programmes.
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To mark this year’s World Patient Safety Day (WPSD), the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) will be running a series of blogs and Talking Heads on key surgical and dental topics in this area. These have been provided by patients, families and carers, alongside members of the College’s Patient Safety Group, College Council and the wider College fellowship. The College’s eleven Surgical Specialty Boards (SSBs) have been asked to provide blogs on how patient involvement in their individual specialty has helped to drive up standards of care. The blogs will provide examples of how patients and carers can play vital roles in making decisions about their own individual care and also how they can enhance the safety of the healthcare system as a whole by contributing to strategic decisions at organisational level. Two blogs will be released on each day of the College’s week-long WPSD campaign, starting on Monday 11 September and leading up to WPSD on Sunday 17 September. Members and Fellows will have access to these through the College website following the campaign. -
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In this video we hear from three people campaigning for patient safety improvements: Sandra Igwe – CEO of the Motherhood Group. Tim Edwards – campaigner for improvements in pulmonary embolism care and diagnosis. Soojin Jun – co-founder of Patients for Patient Safety US. They talk about their experiences of engaging with the system, the challenges they have faced and offer advice for others seeking to campaign for change in healthcare. The insights they share help evidence the need for healthcare organisations and frontline staff to work with patients, their families and campaigners in improving safety and reducing inequalities. -
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This 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. James talks to us about the value of patient feedback in boosting morale and enabling organisations to make real patient safety improvements. He also describes the power of the unique perspective patients have on safety, and asks how we can use this insight to shift culture and provide safer care. -
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In this blog, Patient Safety Learning looks ahead to World Patient Safety Day 2023 and the theme of this year’s event, ‘Engaging patients for patient safety’. -
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WHO survey: Your story for safer care
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in WHO
Patients, families and caregivers play a crucial role in the safety of healthcare, with the World Health Organization (WHO) stating that engaging and empowering patients is of the utmost importance for any health system to make sustainable progress towards universal health coverage. ‘Engaging Patients for Patient Safety’ is also the theme selected for World Patient Safety Day 2023. To both support World Patient Safety Day 2023, and create a mechanism to reflect patient voices for patient safety, the WHO is asking for patients to share their experiences with them through this survey. They are seeking stories about: avoidable harms near misses (patient safety incidents that had the potential to cause harm but were prevented, resulting in no harm) best practices in the delivery of safe care. The end date for submissions is Monday 14 August 2023 at 9.00am Central European Summer Time. Selected stories will be featured on the World Patient Safety Day 2023 campaign and the WHO Patient Safety Flagship website. A mention of the stories may also be included in the speeches of the Director-General of WHO and WHO’s senior management at various occasions, including international meetings, press conferences, or briefings. -
Content ArticleIn this guest blog for the Patient Safety Commissioner's Office, Rachel Power, Chief Executive of The Patients Association describes progress that has been made in engaging patients in healthcare since the publication of the Patient’s Charter in 1991. She highlights the results of various surveys and reports by The Patients Association that show a mixed picture of how well patients are being engaged in their care. She also looks at barriers to patient-centred care and shared decision making that need to be addressed. The blog ends with calls to the health system to: Enhance provision of information to facilitate patient/professional conversations Support patients to ask questions and participate in decisions Support patients to understand treatment options and consequences Promote consistency of care across different patient groups Strengthen accountability for treatment decisions and complaints Improve accessibility of medical records Provide resources to help patients understand medical language Provide comprehensive training in shared decision-making Support consistent shared decision-making practices among clinicians Create a culture of shared learning among healthcare staff.
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Content ArticlePatients’ perspectives and their active engagement are critical to make health systems safer and people-centred, and are key for co-designing health services and co-producing good health with healthcare professionals, and building trust in health systems. This report, which forms part of a series of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) papers on the economics of patient safety, looks (i) the economic impact of patient engagement for patient safety; (ii) the results of a pilot data collection to measure patient-reported experiences of safety and; (iii) the status of initiatives on patient engagement for patient safety taken in 21 countries, which responded to a snapshot survey.
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Content ArticleChloe, 24, was at high risk for aortic dissection due to her genetic history. Despite presenting alarming symptoms at the A&E department, her condition was misdiagnosed. A subsequent call to the hospital resulted in no further action, and Chloe tragically died four days later. Investigations confirmed that the hospital’s lack of correct diagnosis was a missed opportunity that could have saved her life. In this article, the Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust looks at the case of Chloe, within a framework of four key themes set out by Patient Safety Learning for World Patient Safety Day 2023: Elevating the voice of patients and families. Shared decision-making at the point of care. Engaging patients when things go wrong. Engaging patients for system improvement.
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Derek Richford’s grandson Harry died in November 2017 at just a week old. Since Harry’s death, Derek has worked tirelessly to uncover the truth about what happened at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) to cause Harry’s death. His efforts resulted in a three-week Article 2 inquest that found that Harry had died from neglect. In addition, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) successfully prosecuted the Trust for unsafe care and treatment and Derek’s work has contributed to a review into maternity and neonatal care services at EKHUFT. In this interview, we speak to Derek about how EKHUFT and other agencies engaged with his family following Harry’s death. As well as outlining how a culture of denial at the Trust affected his family, he talks about individuals and organisations that acted with respect and transparency. He highlights what still needs to be done to make sure bereaved families are treated with openness and dignity when a loved one dies due to avoidable harm.
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