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New edition of The Journal of Patient Safety issued
Clive Flashman posted a news article in News
The latest edition of the Wolters Kluwer Journal of Patient Safety has just been published. Original studies include: Is There a Mismatch Between the Perspectives of Patients and Regulators on Healthcare Quality? A Survey Study The Ideal Hospital Discharge Summary: A Survey of U.S. Physicians Impact of an Original Methodological Tool on the Identification of Corrective and Preventive Actions After Root Cause Analysis of Adverse Events in Health Care Facilities: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Detach Yourself: The Positive Effect of Psychological Detachme -
Content Article"Many voices are not heard in British mental health care (and beyond), significant flaws are overlooked. If you are not satisfied with the status quo or just curious, follow us!" Here's a sample of some of the podcasts: Episode 33 - Basaglia's International Legacy: From Asylum to Community... review Episode 8 - Lived experience in Trieste, a mental health system without psychiatric hospitals, with Marilena and Arturo Episode 25 - Clinical Psychology vs Psychotherapy in Italy and the UK Episode 18 - The Trieste model cannot be exported to the UK because... let's un
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Content ArticleThis study highlights that people with complex concerns with a history of placement breakdowns and past institutionalisation can be settled successfully and safely in local communities. However, it is difficult for many of them to achieve a satisfactory quality of life long term. The obligation for this lies with service providers to provide adequate support to overcome that difficulty.
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Content ArticleThe study notes that long-term conditions are often not recorded on administrative data and the lack of recording may be worse for weekend admissions. Studies of the weekend effect that rely on administrative data might have underestimated the health burden of patients, particularly if admitted at the weekend.
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Chaos and panic': Lancet editor says NHS was left unprepared for Covid-19
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The NHS could have prevented “chaos and panic” had the system not been left wholly unprepared for the pandemic, the editor of the BMJ has said. Numerous warnings were issued but these were not heeded, Richard Horton wrote in the Lancet. He cited an example from his journal on 20 January, pointing to a global epidemic: “Preparedness plans should be readied for deployment at short notice, including securing supply chains of pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment, hospital supplies and the necessary human resources to deal with the consequences of a global outbreak of this magnitude. -
Content ArticleAll studies reviewed arose in high-income settings, demonstrating the need for studies on frontline clinical leadership development in low-and middle-income settings. Clinical leadership development is an ongoing process and must target both novice and veteran frontline healthcare providers. The content of clinical leadership development interventions must encompass a holistic conceptualization of clinical leadership, and should use work-based learning, and team-based approaches, to improve clinical leadership competencies of frontline healthcare providers, and overall service delivery.
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COVID symptom tracker app
Claire Cox posted an article in Good practice and useful resources
Take 1-minute to self-report daily, even if you are well. Help scientists identify: high-risk areas in the UK who is most at risk, by better understanding symptoms linked to underlying health conditions how fast the virus is spreading in your area. -
Content ArticleHighlights of the paper: Principles of mindful organising are operationalised in a Mindful Governance model. The model is grounded in two cases studies in contrasting aviation organisations. The case studies led to the development of three prototype web applications.
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How does the NHS in England work? An alternative guide (2017)
Claire Cox posted an article in Health care
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Content ArticleThe report concludes that rounds are a ‘slow intervention’ that develop their impact over time. They create a safe, reflective space for staff to talk together confidentially, and attending rounds increased staff’s empathy and compassion for colleagues and patients, supported them in their work and helped them to make changes in practice. The analysis highlights the necessary conditions for rounds to work.
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Content ArticleQuality of care before the pandemic The care that people received in 2019/20 was mostly of good quality However, while quality was largely maintained compared with the previous year, there was no improvement overall Before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, we remained concerned about a number of issues: the poorer quality of care that is harder to plan for the need for care to be delivered in a more joined-up way the continued fragility of adult social care provision the struggles of the poorest services to make any improvement
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News ArticleThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved convalescent plasma for emergency use in hospital patients with COVID-19. The announcement on 23 August said that the FDA had concluded that plasma from recovered patients “may be effective” in treating the virus and that the “potential benefits of the product outweigh the known and potential risks.” The move came despite the absence of results from randomised controlled trials, with only a preprint paper on the effects on hospitalised COVID-19 patients being published to date. Experts have warned that although these early findin
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Content ArticleThe evaluation concluded that after receiving integrated IAPT treatment patients with LTCs: reported fewer symptoms of anxiety/depression made less use of primary and secondary healthcare services will save the health system on average an estimated £1,870 per patient over a two-year period (taking into account IAPT treatment costs).
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Using online patient feedback to improve care
Claire Cox posted an article in How to engage for patient safety
This resource is a key output from an NIHR-funded research project called INQUIRE: improving NHS quality using internet ratings and experiences. It turns the research findings and key lessons into a practical output. It is designed to help healthcare staff interpret and respond appropriately to online feedback and use it to improve healthcare delivery. -
Content ArticleKey findings: Most of the care that we see across England is good quality and, overall, the quality is improving slightly. But people do not always have good experiences of care and they have told the CQC about the difficulties they face in trying to get care and support. Sometimes people don’t get the care they need until it’s too late and things have seriously worsened for them. This struggle to access care can affect anyone. Too many people find it hard to even get appointments, but the lack of access is especially worrying when it affects people who are less able to
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Impact of the new medical examiner role on patient safety
Claire Cox posted an article in Organisational
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Content ArticleThis document is a demonstration of Virgin Care’s commitment to providing the best quality community healthcare services to citizens in North Kent. Quality Accounts are an opportunity for an organisation to take stock of what has been achieved and to look ahead at what is planned for the coming year.
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Content ArticleThe report shows that mortality at 30 days is twice as high in IHF compared to non-IHF. Analysis of the 2018 NHFD data indicates that there is a delay in time to surgery, as well as worse outcomes relating to post-operative mobility, delirium and length of stay. The report also found high participation levels with full participation from Welsh health boards, very high participation from English acute trusts, and high engagement from English community trusts. An impressive proportion of English mental health trusts registered, despite no previous involvement with NAIF. The submission of ca
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News ArticleThe Health Research Authority has launched a new strategy to ensure information about all health and social care research – including COVID-19 research - is made publicly available to benefit patients, researchers and policy makers. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sharing details of research taking place - to understand the virus and find the tests, treatments and vaccines - so that results can inform best quality care and preventive measures. This also means researchers do not duplicate efforts and can build on each other’s work while the public can see what resea
