Susanna Stanford Thought piece on the Ockenden Report

People with an interest in patient safety read the interim Ockenden report with despair. It was immediately and starkly apparent that it repeated many of the common themes which have emerged in other patient safety investigations. Further, as the report comments,...

THIS Institute – Managing an obstetric emergency during Covid 19

The COVID-19 pandemic provides new challenges for the safety of people receiving and providing maternity care.THIS Institute, in collaboration with the PROMPT Maternity Foundation, undertook a rapid-response consultation exercise to understand what good looks like for...

Martin Bromiley – Lessons under pressure

“Not so long ago I finished 4 years of my life teaching aerobatics. If you ever wanted a time bound place to study humans under pressure this is probably one of the best places to be. And it wasn’t just the trainees under pressure! At the start of the COVID...

OECD report on the Economics of Patient Safety

The OECD has provided  this report for the Patient Safety Priority within the G20 Health Working Group.Key findings:1 in 10 patients continue to be harmed from safety lapses during their careUnsafe care results in well over 3 million deaths per yearThe direct costs of...

Behaviours to support psychological safety Opinion piece by Martin Bromiley OBE

“Feeling safe enough to express yourself in the workplace” – behaviours to support psychological safety In 2005 my late wife Elaine, mum to our two young children, died during an attempted operation. A skilled clinical team were overcome when an unexpected...