Key Human Factors messages when working under pressure

Key Human Factors messages when working under pressure Over the last few days we’ve been listening to frontline staff in the UK and abroad to assess how we might support people through the current emergency.  We have already connected clinicians with human factors...

Guidance to help design effective and usable work procedures for health and social care teams

The purpose of this document is to provide health and social care teams with much-needed advice and guidance on the human-centred design of work procedures such as written instructions, checklists or flow charts during this period of “crisis management” in response to...

Selecting safe and easier to use products for healthcare using Human Factors specification and checklists

This Guide is to help staff working in procurement or with medical devices and equipment, to use Human Factors to specify and select the best and safest products to use in healthcare. This is important because conformity with Regulations and Standards does not always...

HEE Human Factors Toolkit

Health Education England have produced a toolkit on Human Factors in Healthcare looking at example of training, simulation and speaking up. Download...

Persuading the Board to invest in Human Factors John Pickles - CHFG Trustee

John Pickles, Clinical Human Factors Trustee shares his experience of persuading the Board to invest in using Human Factors techniques. Further reading Getting to Grips with Boards Board Resource Safe SBAR checklist WHO Safer Surgery...

Emergency Prompt Cards

How does a consultant confirm all the initial steps in management have been completed? How does the doctor new to the emergency department learn how to deal with a condition they have never managed before? How does the team confirm all the safety critical points for a...