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Key issues raised include: lack of communication and collaboration between primary and secondary care. the need for appreciation for the wider determinants of health and wellbeing that extend to the community and social care. poor transport links in the area. Participants were grateful for the opportunity to discuss broader system level challenges and opportunities, rather than focus on segments of quality or performance data. The conversation benefited from the inclusion and participation of broad health and social care groups in addition to GPs.- Posted
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The guidance is based on the following key principles: All healthcare workers have a right to work in an environment free from abuse, harassment, and unlawful discrimination. Employers should take active and explicit steps to protect their staff from abuse, harassment, and unlawful discrimination. This should involve the police and social services where appropriate. The impact of discrimination on doctors should be acknowledged and appropriate support including wellbeing interventions provided for those who are on the receiving end of abuse and discriminatory behaviours. -
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Patient safety and the right of the sick to reject care from unvaccinated staff
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The question of whether to impose a policy requiring mandatory vaccination for NHS staff has raised countless ethical and practical considerations, but with many healthcare workers still unvaccinated and the Government set for a U-turn over mandatory Covid jabs for NHS staff in England, has enough thought been given to the perspective of patients? Various legal experts and health groups have argued that while doctors and nurses can reject the offer of vaccination, patients should also have the right to refuse treatment from a healthcare worker who is not jabbed, instead requesting that th -
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Number of patients 'medically fit' to leave hospital increases
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The number of patients in hospitals who are ‘medically fit’ to leave has increased in January, despite NHS England targets for trusts to dramatically reduce the numbers. Internal data seen by HSJ suggests there were an average of 12,819 patients who no longer met the ‘criteria to reside’ in NHS hospitals in the week to January 23 – up from around 10,500 before the Christmas period. Last month, NHS England told local systems to dramatically reduce their numbers of medically fit patients who remained in hospital, as they aimed to free up beds amid a surge in covid-19 admissions fuelled- Posted
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Using evidence to design cancer care facilities (2020)
Becky T posted an article in Facilities
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Key findings Improving patient safety culture (PSC) is a significant priority for OECD countries as they work to improve healthcare quality and safety—a goal that has increased in importance as countries have faced new safety concerns connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from benchmarking work in PSC show that there is significant room for improvement. Across included survey findings from OECD countries, only 46% of surveyed health workers believe that important patient care information is transferred across hospital units and during shift changes. Just two-in-- Posted
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The report discovered: people living in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods were 46% more likely to die from COVID-19 than those in the rest of England and 7% more likely to have died of the virus than those living in deprived non-LBN areas. in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods men live 3.7 years fewer than average and women 3 years fewer. People in these neighbourhoods can both expect to live 7.5 fewer years in good health than their counterparts in the rest of England. people living in local authorities that contain ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods work more hours on average than those e- Posted
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Background In 2018, SIM was selected for national scaling and spread across the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs). The High Intensity Network (HIN) has been working with the three south London Secondary Mental Health Trusts: The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, and the Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service, A&E, CCG commissioners, and the innovator and Network Director of the High Intensity Network. The model can be summarised as: A more integrated, infor- Posted
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The report found large variations between organisations. National trends show: Overall there is a considerably greater volume of positive feedback compared with negative feedback from patients on the care they received from providers. A decrease in patient satisfaction across most quality domains throughout the autumn of 2019 into early 2020. Distinct improvements in reported experiences of acute care as the Covid crisis took hold. Signs of plateauing and possible declines emerging in late summer / early autumn 2020.- Posted
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The Benchmarking Network is the in-house benchmarking service of the NHS. The Network is hosted by East London NHS Foundation Trust.- Posted
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The film follows the Oxford Health and Biomedical Research Centre's publication of the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Strategy, which sets out their vision to embed involvement into their research themes.- Posted
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ThinkSAFE: 'Whose Leg is it Anyway'
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ThinkSAFE Logbook and guide to safer care
Claire Cox posted an article in Keeping patients safe
The ThinkSAFE Logbook has four sections: Information about you. How you can help enhance your safety in hospital. Information and notes about your care. Other useful information for patients and families. The Logbook also includes a number of useful tools, tips and prompts to help you and the healthcare staff caring for you to share information. This will help you to be involved and informed about your care and treatment. The pages are ordered so that when they are printed double-sided they create an A5 booklet. Once printed, the pages can be folded and then either- Posted
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