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World Health Organisation – 10 global facts on Patient Safety

Jul 30, 2018

Patient safety is a serious global public health concern. There is a 1 in a million chance of a person being harmed while travelling by plane. In comparison, there is a 1 in 300 chance of a patient being harmed during health care. Industries with a perceived higher risk such as the aviation and nuclear industries have a much better safety record than health care.

TED Time Escalation Decision Learning package

Jul 6, 2017

Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) occurs when the foetal brain does not receive enough oxygen. This can lead to severe impairment or death of the baby and is of course devastating for both families and staff.

Investigating for Improvement – building a national safety investigator for Healthcare

Mar 31, 2017

This thought paper explores how healthcare systems can develop a system-wide approach to investigating and learning from the most serious patient safety issues, and examines the organisational infrastructure that is needed to support this.

Patient Safety Collaboratives

Mar 21, 2017

England’s 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives play an essential role in identifying and spreading safer care initiatives from within the NHS and industry, ensuring these are shared and implemented throughout the system.

Circle of Care a model for Compassionate Human Factors in Healthcare

Oct 17, 2016

Circle of Care is a model for Compassionate Human Factors in Healthcare, created by the Simulation and Interactive Learning Centre (SaIL) at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) in collaboration with Clod Ensemble’s Performing Medicine programme. It helps us think about, practise and demonstrate the high quality compassionate care to which we all aspire to.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Patient Safety Annual Report

Jul 30, 2016

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Patient Safety Annual Report

Continuous Improvement of Patient Safety – The Health Foundation

Mar 9, 2016

The pursuit of safety is not for the timid. This Health Foundation report eloquently surveys the landscape of obstacles. But there are at least two inescapable facts that make improving safety especially difficult and frustrating.

Implementing Culture Change Within the NHS

Nov 6, 2014

The practical steps required to implement culture change in the NHS is the subject of a new report … by the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) Division of Occupational Psychology …

Introduction to Patient Safety

Mar 1, 2012

Professor Charles Vincent provides an summary of his recently published second edition on Patient Safety. This 61-page free pdf file…

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TED Time Escalation Decision Learning package

Investigating for Improvement – building a national safety investigator for Healthcare

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Patient Safety Annual Report

Introduction to Patient Safety

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