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In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NHS continues to operate under enormous pressure. It faces the challenge of responding to ongoing Covid infections alongside addressing a growing and complex backlog of care and treatment, with an over-stretched workforce. But this backlog is not limited to the much-covered issue of hospital-based surgical waiting lists. We are also increasingly hearing that GPs are struggling to ensure patients can access outpatient services. There is growing evidence that some hospitals are systematically rejecting new GP referrals to outpatient clinics. NHS Eng -
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Challenges to treatment limitation within critical care
Patient Safety Learning posted a calendar event in Community Calendar
untilAt this Bevan Brittan webinar, Dr Bell, a Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia will cover the following: 1. Background on scenarios in which consideration is given to treatment limitations. 2. Factors influencing decision-making. 3. The evolution of conflict. 4. Clinical perspective on the role of the courts. Register -
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Content ArticleThe toolkit includes chapters on: What is WMTY and why is it important? Patient experience Staff engagement Change management Using the toolkit Implementation framework Taking action It also includes resources such as posters, case studies and training materials.
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Informed consent: Sharing the decision (ICONS)
Patient Safety Learning posted a calendar event in Community Calendar
This innovative educational initiative from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was developed as a direct and constructive response to the communication inadequacies exposed by the Montgomery case, and subsequent legislation. While it is not difficult to give ‘more information’ it is harder for surgeons and patients to achieve a decision partnership. The ICONS workshop content has been informed by internationally recognised experts in Shared Decision Making, by consensus among senior practising surgeons, by patients and by professional experts in risk management and risk communicat -
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Informed consent: Sharing the decision (ICONS)
Patient Safety Learning posted a calendar event in Community Calendar
This innovative educational initiative from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was developed as a direct and constructive response to the communication inadequacies exposed by the Montgomery case, and subsequent legislation. While it is not difficult to give ‘more information’ it is harder for surgeons and patients to achieve a decision partnership. The ICONS workshop content has been informed by internationally recognised experts in Shared Decision Making, by consensus among senior practising surgeons, by patients and by professional experts in risk management and risk communicat -
Content ArticleThe guidance provides advice on the following subjects: making decisions with patients who have capacity what to do if your patient doesn’t have capacity assessing the overall benefit of treatment advanced care planning meeting a patients' nutrition and hydration needs cardiopulmonary resuscitation the role of relatives, partners and others close to the patient organ donation and care after death.
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Content ArticleInvestigation scope This national investigation: examined clinical decision making in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and the role of expertise (significant knowledge and skill that supports effective and practical decision making) using an Applied Cognitive Task Analysis (ACTA). identified factors in the wider healthcare system that support or inhibit diagnostic decision making when staff are seeing patients with non-specific symptoms and signs that may suggest PE. Findings Recognising that a person may have a PE is challenging, particular
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Communication is key to building patient trust in ‘the system’
Lotty posted an article in Patient-centred care
A few weeks ago, a painful and rapidly-swelling elbow forced me to pick up the phone and ask for help. I have rheumatoid arthritis, treated by immunosuppressive biologic drugs and complicated by other health issues. In ‘normal times' I am supposed to see my consultant every six months. But due to Covid-19, I had not seen her in two years and was muddling along by myself. So I wrote myself a script, made sure I had all the information I needed and psyched myself up to fight for an appointment with whoever I reached after navigating the hospital switchboard. Amazingly, I got through to my r- Posted
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EventuntilHealthwatch is hosting this event to launch the Your Care, Your Way campaign, which calls for improved accountability and implementation of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). Healthwatch England has joined forces with a coalition of user-led national organisations to highlight how the NHS and social care fail to support people's accessible communication needs. By law, all publicly funded health and social care providers must fully comply with the AIS and ensure people are given information about their health and care in accessible formats. New research by Healthwatch England
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The Health Literacy Place toolkit
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Health inequalities
This toolkit includes information on the five recommended techniques for good health literacy practice: Teach back Chunk and check Use simple language Use pictures Routinely offer help with paperwork It also includes information and training on these topics: Access to healthcare Communication strategies Encouraging patient questions Informed consent Long term conditions Medicine Management Self-management -
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A series of failures: a relative's story
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Keeping patients safe
Two years before Susan’s relative died, he was scanned for an unrelated condition that needed no treatment. This scan showed a small tumour which was recorded and identified as a red alert. The locum doctor reviewing the scan was 16 hours into his shift. No action was taken by the Trust and neither the patient nor his GP were alerted to the tumour and the need for immediate treatment. Eighteen months later, Susan’s relative presented with symptoms at his GP’s surgery and was referred for urgent assessment. He was diagnosed with cancer and a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy was undertake- Posted
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Electronic decision support ‘to be the norm for all clinicians’ under NHSE plan
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Electronic systems and clinical decision support software must become “the norm” for all NHS clinicians, under plans being drawn up by NHS England’s new transformation directorate, HSJ has revealed. The massive increase in clinicians’ use of technology forms a major part of the draft plans, seen by HSJ, with the new directorate set to launch ambitious targets for the health service. Other targets include every integrated care system creating virtual wards which are the equivalent size of a district general hospital — around 500 beds each — and installing electronic patient records at -
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