Patient Safety Syllabus

Health Education England has published the first NHS-wide Patient Safety Syllabus which applies to all NHS employees and will result in all NHS employees receiving enhanced patient safety training. Written by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and commissioned by...

Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management Open Access Textbook

Preface”Despite the extensive attention and public commitments towards patient safety over the last two decades, levels of avoidable harm in healthcare around the world remain unacceptably high. By creating a book with broad scope and clear descriptions of the...

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...

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...

Enhancing the science of improvement for patient safety – taking the next step with Human Factors in Healthcare

The Q community welcomed colleagues from Patient Safety and Human Factors & Ergonomics in a workshop presented by the Clinical Human Factors Group in collaboration with the Health Foundation.Nikki Davey (Q member, Charity Trustee and QI Coach, Quality Improvement...

BMJ Article on Human Factors and Design by Jane Feinmann

NHS Supply Chain has welcomed the CHFG guide to introduce Human Factors into procurement.  Jane Feinmann writes for the BMJ. There are increasing signs that the pandemic is forcing change—with the NHS  taking human factors and ergonomics seriously.The Clinical Human...