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  1. Content Article
    This report by Bliss, the UK’s leading charity for babies born premature or sick, found that young parents are often underprepared and under-supported when their babies are in neonatal care. Research by Bliss found that more than half of young parents felt they were not as involved in caregiving or decision-making as they wanted to be when their baby was born premature or sick. It also highlighted contradictory messages that young mothers are given throughout their pregnancy that their youth will be a protective factor, despite an increased risk of prematurity and neonatal mortality for babies born to mothers aged under 20. This myth leaves many young parents feeling unprepared, enhancing their feelings of shock and disbelief if their babies are born unwell.
  2. Content Article
    The Child Health Clinical Outcome Review Programme has produced this review of the barriers and facilitators in transitioning children and young people with complex chronic health conditions into adult health services. Based on data on children and young people with one of 12 complex conditions identified from a sample period between 1st October 2019 and 31st March 2021, the report concludes that there is no clear pathway for the transition from healthcare services for children and young people to adult healthcare services. The report finds that the process of transition and subsequent transfer is often fragmented, both within and across specialties, and that adult services often sit only with primary care. It argues that developmentally appropriate healthcare should be everyone’s responsibility, with adequate resources needed to allow this to happen. The Inbetweeners also calls for services to: involve young people and parent/carers in transition planning and transition to adult services improve communication and coordination between all specialties be organised to enable young people to transfer to adult services effectively, and provide strong leadership at Board and specialty level at all stages of transition and transfer. The report’s recommendations highlight areas that are suitable for regular local clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives by those providing care to this group of patients. It suggests that the results of such work should be presented at quality or governance meetings, and action plans to improve care should be shared with executive boards.
  3. News Article
    Campaigners have called for a change in how epilepsy services are delivered after "alarming" new research revealed that nearly 80% cent of deaths in young adults could have been avoided. It comes as researchers behind the first ever national review into deaths linked to the condition warned that "little has improved in epilepsy care" despite previous findings of premature mortality. They describe the situation as a "major public health problem in Scotland", adding that deaths "are not reducing, people are dying young, and many deaths are potentially avoidable”. In particular, the Edinburgh University team found that adults aged 16 to 24 were five times more likely to die compared to the general population, a problem they said may be linked to the "vulnerable period of transition from paediatric to adult care". Overall, for adults with epilepsy aged 16 to 54, the mortality rate was more than double that for the age group as a whole, with as many as 76% of these deaths potentially preventable and the majority occurring among patients from the most deprived areas. Read full story Source: The Herald, 11 November 2021
  4. News Article
    Younger adults and those living in poorer neighbourhoods and black people have the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy, new survey data from the Office for National Statistics has shown. The vast majority of Britons back the COVID-19 vaccines and are keen to be inoculated, with more than 9 out 10 people being positive about the jab. But the ONS said data from a survey between 13 January and 7 February revealed reluctance among less than 10% of the population. It found more than 4 in 10 of black or black British adults reported vaccine hesitancy, the highest of all ethnic groups, while adults aged 16-29 were most likely to report hesitancy, at around 1 in 6 or 17%. Adults living in the most deprived areas of England were more likely to report vaccine hesitancy at 16%, compared with 7% of adults in the least deprived areas of England. This has been evident in the take up of the vaccine among some deprived areas of the country which have struggled to vaccinate everyone in priority groups. Even among NHS and social care staff there has been reported hesitancy over vaccines, particularly among BAME staff. Read full story Source: The Independent, 9 March 2021
  5. News Article
    A catalogue of failures among prison and health professionals has been highlighted in an investigation report into the death of a teenager’s baby after she gave birth alone in her cell at the largest women’s prison in Europe. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman published the devastating report into the events in September 2019 at HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Middlesex on Wednesday. The case was first revealed by the Guardian and the baby’s death triggered 11 separate inquiries. The report details a disturbing series of events that culminated with the young woman, who cannot be named, being in “constant pain” on the night of 26 September and eventually passing out while giving birth. According to the report the teenager "appeared to have been regarded as difficult and having a ‘bad attitude’ rather than as a vulnerable 18-year-old, frightened that her baby would be taken away”. Failings included: There was confusion among different health professionals about her due date. The day before her baby was born she told a prison nurse she would kill herself or someone else if the baby was taken away from her, but this information was not adequately shared. On 26 September she was put on extended observation, meaning she should have been regularly checked but this did not happen. She rang the bell twice at 8.07pm and 8.32pm that day. A call was connected then immediately disconnected at 8.45pm. She did not press the bell again. Checks by prison officers at 9.27pm and 4.19am revealed “nothing untoward”. It was left to two prisoners to alert staff to the fact that there was blood in her cell at 8.21am on 27 September. Prisons and Probation ombudsman Sue McAllister said: “Ms A gave birth alone in her cell overnight without medical assistance. This should never have happened. Overall, the healthcare offered to Ms A in Bronzefield was not equivalent to that she could have expected in the community.” The publication of the report has triggered multiple calls for an end to the imprisonment of pregnant women from the Royal College of Midwives, NGOs and academics in the field. Read full story Source: The Guardian, 22 September 2021
  6. News Article
    The UK's vaccine advisory body has decided not to recommend vaccines for healthy 12-15-year-olds, but it will offer vaccines to thousands more children with underlying health problems. Ministers will now seek more advice on extending the rollout based on factors such as school disruption. There is general agreement that this was a really tricky call to make. Bur The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has focused squarely on the health benefits of vaccination to children themselves - not on the impact to their schooling or other people. Children's risk from Covid isn't zero but the chances of them becoming seriously ill from Covid are incredibly small. Deaths among healthy children are extremely rare - most have life-limiting health conditions. That means there needs to be a clear and obvious advantage to giving them a jab. However, a very rare side-effect of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines has made that calculation a lot more complicated. Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at University of East Anglia, says there's been intense pressure on the JCVI and he can understand why they are being cautious. "I don't know what the answer is - I'm very close to the fence on this. There's not enough data to be absolutely certain." Read full story Source: BBC News, 4 September 2021
  7. Content Article
    Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. The risks are even greater for teenage girls who become pregnant, with up to one in ten dying in childbirth. In this blog, Lucy November, co-founder of 2YoungLives, a mentoring project for pregnant teenagers, describes the risks faced by teenage girls in Sierra Leone and the barriers they face to accessing maternity care. She talks about how 2YoungLives is making pregnancy and birth safer for this vulnerable group through mentoring, building community and equipping young mothers to support themselves and their babies.
  8. Content Article
    The Commission on Young Lives (COYL) was set up in September 2021, to propose a new settlement to prevent marginalised children and young people from falling into violence, exploitation and the criminal justice system, and to support them to thrive. Its national action plan will include ambitious practical, affordable proposals that government, councils, police, social services and communities can put into place. This detailed report by COYL examines the state of children and young people's mental health, describing the current situation as "a profound crisis." It examines the impact of the pandemic on young people's mental health, as well highlighting the lack of capacity and inequalities present in children and young people's mental health services. It then looks in detail at factors that contribute to mental health issues in children and young people and prevent marginalised groups from accessing mental health support.
  9. Content Article
    This storyboard poster explains the aims, methods and results of No Wrong Door, a project run by North Yorkshire County Council to ensure young people access the right services, at the right time and in the right place to meet their needs. Young people who enter care during their teenage years tend to spend considerable periods in residential care. They are more likely to have placement breakdowns and can follow a path of multiple placements, over time becoming distrusting of positive relationships, disengaging from education and training and falling into patterns of risky behaviour. No Wrong Door is an integrated service for complex and troubled young people. Their needs are addressed within a single team. Operating from two Hubs, No Wrong Door brings together a variety of accommodation options, a range of services and outreach support under one management umbrella. It is a partnership between seven district councils, nine housing providers, health services (including child and adolescent mental health services) and the police.
  10. Content Article
    Health services in college and university campuses are under pressure to respond to COVID-19 with patient safety in mind. This article  from Abelson et al. in The Seattle Times discusses weakness in university health services that undermine their ability to do so. It shares interviews with students that discuss misdiagnosis and diagnostic delays due to the impact of the pandemic.
  11. Content Article
    Homerton University Hospital describes how they have embedded the Redthread Youth Violence Intervention Programme into their A&E department.
  12. Content Article
    NHS England published an independent report into the deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and highlighted a system-wide response. The report was commissioned by NHS England (South) following the death of Connor Sparrowhawk in July 2013 in a unit in Oxford run by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Both Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that commission services from them have accepted the recommendations.
  13. Content Article
    A Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) report of an investigation that found that Averil Hart's tragic death from anorexia would have been avoided if the NHS had cared for her appropriately. Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients highlights five areas of focus to improve eating disorder services.
  14. Content Article
    A thought-provoking blog about what it's like nursing in the emergency department (ED) when there are no beds. 
  15. Content Article
    This blog has been written by a healthcare worker and demonstrates the reality of what it is like caring for patients and families while being chronically low on staff. They describe the impact this has on staff morale and the impact it has on patients, patients family members and the relationship between staff and patients.
  16. Content Article
    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has published a report following investigations into the deaths of two vulnerable young men. They found a series of significant failings in their mental health care and treatment.  The PHSO are publishing the report and recommendations to alert parliament to systemic problems in care and treatment of patients with acute mental health problems at former North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement has agreed to establish a review in line with our recommendations and will share any learning it identifies across the NHS as needed. The North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (now merged into the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust) has accepted the recommendations and are committed to continuing to work the PHSO to put things right. It is important the NHS understands why this happened and what lessons can be learned to prevent it happening again.
  17. Content Article
    Patient Safety Learning speaks to sepsis survivor, Dave Carson, and his wife, Margaret Carson, who tell us how things have improved and what more still needs to be done for sepsis.
  18. Content Article
    The preventable death of Connor Sparrowhawk in July 2013 led to a number of investigations and enquiries into practice at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust in whose care he died.
  19. Content Article
    Sepsis is the immune system’s overreaction to an infection. Normally, our immune system helps fight infections – but sometimes it attacks our body’s own organs and tissues. We do not yet know why the body reacts this way, which is what makes sepsis so dangerous; if Sepsis isn’t treated immediately, it can result in organ failure and death. Yet with early diagnosis, it can be treated with antibiotics.
  20. Content Article
    Dr Clare Dollery reflects on a retained swab 'never event' in Churchill Hospital theatres. Incidents, such as operating on the wrong body part or leaving instruments inside patients are categorised by the Department of Health as 'never events'. Dr Dollery is Oxford University Hospital's Deputy Medical Director. The Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at Oxford University, is the key educational meeting for consultants, juniors and medical students. Presentations revolve around clinical cases.
  21. Content Article
    The second blog from Claire, a Critical Care Outreach Sister, and Patient Safety Learning's Associate Director, on her visit to Rush University Hospital, Chicago.
  22. Content Article
    Age UK explain what Telecare is and how it could help you live independently and stay in control of your health and wellbeing. 
  23. Content Article
    This web page describes how NHS Leeds monitors safety and quality.
  24. Content Article
    NHS Improvement have published a number of case studies on appropriate use of clinical risk assessment tools, developing new evidence-based alerting systems and developing personalised risk management plans for people who use services, to manage risks positively.
  25. Content Article
    A candid discussion with photographer, father and patient safety campaigner, Scott Morrish, about how the NHS can create a just, learning culture and what the Ombudsman needs to do to improve its service.
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