by admin | Jan 12, 2023 | All Resources, Human Factors & Ergonomics
Human factors is an evidence-based scientific discipline used in safety critical industries to improve safety andworker well-being. The implementation of human factors strategies in anaesthesia has the potential to reducethe reliance on exceptional personal and team...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | All Resources, Policy & Investigation
Keeping patients safe during their care and treatment should be at the heart of any health system, including the NHS. Yet avoidable harm still occurs every day, around the world. There have been major efforts to prioritise patient safety in England, but the pandemic...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | All Resources, How To Guides, Policy & Investigation
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety. For more information...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | All Resources, Secondary Care
While you are in hospital, keeping you safe and well is a priority for the staff looking after you. There are also some simple things you can do to help keep yourself safe during your hospital stay, such as asking for help when needed, protecting yourself from slips...
by admin | Nov 16, 2022 | All Resources, Improvement
White Paper written by Prof. Erik Hollnagel, Prof. Robert L Wears and Prof. Jeffrey Braithwaite looking at Safety 1 and Safety 2 principles. Looking at how we move from a system of ensuring that as few things as possible go wrong to a system where as many things as...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | All Resources, Policy & Investigation
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety.For NHS guidance on the...
