HSIB National Learning Report

HSIB have produced their first National Learning Report.  Which summarises the first 22 investigations carried out.  These reports offer insight and learning about recurrent patient safety risks in NHS healthcare that have been identified through HSIB’s...

Managing Adverse Events A video made by Susanna Stanford & Sarah Seddon

Patient safety advocate and CHFG Ambassador Susanna Stanford and clinical pharmacist Sarah Seddon have created a film about managing adverse events in healthcare. Drawing together perspectives from patients and clinicians, they discuss how HCPs can prepare for things...

Editable checklist – Selecting, buying and assessing healthcare products

Specifying, buying and assessing healthcare products presents one of the best opportunities to control risks to patients (and staff) safety.2019 to 2020 saw 54,812 patient safety incidents identified as being related to medical devices and equipment.This figure is...

Protect yourself, protect the NHS

While everyone in healthcare across the UK is working tirelessly during this crisis there are others that want to take advantage of the pandemic via cyberspace, the online environment in which all of us now live and work.Criminals will be targeting both you and the...

Specifying, buying, assessing any healthcare products? Editable checklist

Specifying, buying and assessing healthcare products presents one of the best opportunities to control risks to patients (and staff) safety. 2019 to 2020 saw 54,812 patient safety incidents identified as being related to medical devices and equipment. This figure is...