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Content ArticleTeamSTEPPS has a three-phased process aimed at creating and sustaining a culture of safety with: a pretraining assessment for site readiness. training for onsite trainers and health care staff. implementation and sustainment. The TeamSTEPPS curriculum is an easy-to-use comprehensive multimedia kit that contains: Fundamentals modules in text and presentation format. a pocket guide that corresponds with the essentials version of the course. video vignettes to illustrate key concepts. workshop materials on change management, coaching, and implem
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NHS in England facing worst staffing crisis in history, MPs warn
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies is posing a serious risk to patient safety, a report by MPs says. It found England is now short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives, calling this the worst workforce crisis in NHS history. It said a reluctance to decisively plug the staffing gap could threaten plans to tackle the Covid treatment backlog. The government said the workforce is growing and NHS England is drawing up long-term plans to recruit more staff. Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who chairs the Commons health and social car -
Content ArticleNICE Guidance NG5: Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes recommends sharing relevant information about medicines when people move from one care setting to another. Medicines reconciliation should be completed as soon as possible when people have been discharged from hospital or another care setting. Medicines errors can happen when people move between services. You should record a current list of medicine, including: prescribed over-the-counter complementary medicines. You should compare this list wit
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Implementing the Duty of Candour with empathy
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This masterclass will cover the new guidance and provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of what needs to be done to comply with the duty of candour; clarify ‘grey areas’ and provide advice on dealing with difficult situations which may arise. It will provide participants with an understanding of good practice in implementing the duty and, in particular doing so in a meaningful way with empathy, to not only comply, but to work with patients and loved ones in a way that puts the emotional experience at the heart of communication. Anyone with responsibility for implementing the duty -
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UK’s biggest GP chain replacing doctors with less qualified staff
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
The UK's biggest chain of GP practices lets less qualified staff see patients without adequate supervision, an undercover BBC Panorama investigation has found. Operose Health is putting patients at risk by prioritising profit, says a senior GP. The company, with almost 600,000 NHS patients, is owned by US healthcare giant Centene Corporation. BBC Panorama sent undercover reporter Jacqui Wakefield to work as a receptionist at one of the UK company's 51 London surgeries. A GP working at the practice said they were short of eight doctors. The practice manager said they hired -
Content ArticleTop tips for preparing a business case: Write in the template and style your audience requires; Keep it clear and concise — use correct language that minimises jargon; Communicate all the facts clearly — this provides evidence you have done your homework; Ensure the reader clearly understands your vision and what you want to achieve; Make your writing interesting as stakeholders will need to read it; Ensure the ask to the organisation is clear and aligns with the strategic direction of the trust; Demonstrate any benefits clearly — financial, quality,
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Masterclass: Developing your role as a Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)
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This masterclass will focus on developing your role as a SIRO (Senior Information Risk Owner) in health and social care. Key learning objectives: Understanding the role of the Senior Information Risk Owner Identifying Information Risks across the organisation Working with others to mitigate the risk to patients, staff and organisation. Confidence that all reasonable technical and organisation measure are in place Giving assurance to the Board that risks have been considered, mitigated or owned Understand the requirements of external confidence that po -
Content ArticleEveryone who works in health and social care should listen to this podcast in full. I've followed Will's search for justice and I am proud to know Will. A man of great integrity who is campaigning for an individual #dutyofcandour in #healthcare, for the benefit of us all. I remain shocked, when I teach on this, how few know Robbie's story. There has been so much lost learning, a failure of accountability, and a failure to deliver an effective statutory duty of candour. For me, this appalling story of failure and cover up highlights clearly why we have to recognise the value of w
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Being an anti-racist clinician (4 February 2022)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Health inequalities
Key learning aims Knowledge of how racism manifests in therapy, psychology and society. Understanding the difference between racial justice allyship versus saviourship. Increased awareness of microaggressions in therapy. Appreciation of the importance of combatting systemic racism. -
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BAPM Webinar: Sudden unexpected postnatal collapse
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untilThis free to attend webinar is being delivered by BAPM in partnership with the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) to support the launch of the revised framework for practice on newborn infants who suffer a sudden and unexpected postnatal collapse (SUPC). Speakers will provide an overview of the new framework, cover ways to support good practice and reduce the risk of SUPC. This webinar is aimed at perinatal professionals who care for babies in hospital in the first week after birth as well as parents. Programme: The Parent Story Introduction to the new framew -
Content ArticlePeople all over the world are facing multiple serious threats to their well-being. From global warming to the burden of chronic disease, there is a need for different disciplines and professionals to work together towards a common purpose of helping people to behave differently. On this course, you’ll be supported to think about problems in terms of behaviours and apply principles and practices that can enable change. Discover why behavioural science is important Using frameworks based on behavioural science, you’ll learn a systematic method for developing interventions. Yo
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Core skills in vascular surgery
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This one day course from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh will teach junior surgical trainees fundamental knowledge of vascular emergencies and investigations, as well as basic vascular suturing skills irrespective of their specialty. Through lectures, interactive discussion and practical skills stations, participants should be able to assess vascular emergencies, interpret vascular investigations and formulate possible treatment options, perform end-to-end, end-to-side anastomosis as well as vein patch and embolectomy by the end of the course. Register -
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Content ArticleReadiness toolkit The readiness Toolkit is designed to help regions, ICSs and employers to prepare for the implementation of HEE’s Allied Health Profession (AHP) Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework, and develop high-quality, innovative training, education and careers for support workers across AHP services. AHP support workforce – grow your own workforce strategies This Guide provides an overview of workforce strategies designed to attract, train and retain the allied health professions’ (AHP) support workforce. Making learning work for AHP
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Why should I take this course? We believe that every healthcare and social care organisation should have ‘in-house’ knowledge in Human Factors. However, rather than having to return to university to take a postgraduate degree, the Learning Pathway offers an online work-based route to accredited Technical Specialist (Healthcare) status with the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF). How is it structured? There are three levels, with Level 1 free to NHS staff in England and Wales via Health Education England (HEE) and in Scotland via NHS Education for Scotlan -
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