CHFG Blog
Fatigue risk management in healthcare
Fatigue is widely accepted as a feature of working life across healthcare. Long hours, shift work and high workload mean that many staff regularly experience some degree of fatigue. Fatigue is associated with increased risk of error and reduced performance and therefore has negative impacts on both patient safety and staff wellbeing
CHFG: Keeping you out of prison since 2018
In the human factors world, the concept of no-blame culture is an article of faith. The vast majority of preventable harm is down to system design, and systems don’t get fixed by blaming or targeting individuals. … But is there a level of personal negligence so severe that it crosses a line into criminality? If so where should that line be drawn?
Ambasador Profile – Joe McCloud
A profile of CHFG Ambassador Joe McCloud who reflects on his journey into Human Factors.
“I Just Can’t Sit Back and Do Nothing”: A Conversation with Corinne Cope, Patient Safety Advocate
I first encountered Corinne at a SEIPS introductory session. What struck me immediately was the quality of her thinking, precise, forensic, relentless in the best possible way…
The Amos Interim Review: What Does It Tell Us, and Does It Change Anything?
The Amos Interim Review: What Does It Tell Us, and Does It Change Anything? March 2026When the interim report of the national maternity and neonatal investigation was published, we asked three CHFG ambassadors and one of our trustees to share their reflections. Dr...
Guest Blog: Human Factors in Healthcare: Still Misunderstood, Still Underused
Human factors (HF) has gained more visibility in healthcare over recent years, particularly through the introduction of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). That progress matters and should be celebrated. But visibility is not the same as understanding – and understanding is not the same as meaningful integration.
Westminster Patient Safety Symposium.
“Preventable death is not a cost of doing business”.
With these words, Sir Jeremy Hunt MP opened the first ever Patient Safety Symposium in the House of Commons.
Book Review: “Human Factors & Ergonomics in Health & Social Care”
Reading Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health and Social Care: An Applied Approach was, for me, a quietly reassuring experience. It articulated – clearly, carefully, and without hype – what many of us have been working towards for years.
NHS – Ten Year Plan
Hospital to community, analogue to digital, sickness to prevention – the NHS 10-year plan is certainly ambitious in its aims. But what are the implications for the patient safety landscape, and how can Human Factors and Ergonomics contribute to its success? Read the CHFG take on the government proposals.
2025 HSJ Patient Safety Congress Review – The Good, The Bad, and the Canine.
The Clinical Human Factors Group made a strong showing at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Congress in Manchester. Sessions were chaired by COO Dawn Benson, Trustee Lauren Morgan and Ambassadors Richard Duggins and Liz Williams. Speakers included Trustee Peter Hambly and Ambassadors Richard McMaster, Andy Collen and James Titcombe. Read our impressions of the event as a whole, and what we learned about the current state of Human Factors and patient safety.