Human Factors Team Training – TeamSTEPPS pilot – good practice Barnsley NHS

Many incidents, claims and complaints involve poor communication and team working as a contributory factor or a root cause. Currently team training is not mandatory for NHS staff and many people assume staff already know how to work well as a team. TeamSTEPPS® (Team...

Circle of Care a model for Compassionate Human Factors in Healthcare

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...

Safer Clinical Systems – A proactive approach to building safe healthcare systems

A reference guide for Clinicians and Managers by the Safer Clinical Systems Team at Warwick Medical School. It’s time to do something different in patient safety. In healthcare, our approach to patient safety is almost entirely reactive. In other words, the first...

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch – Expert Advisory Group Report

The Government have published the Expert Advisory Group report which recommends how the new “Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch” in NHS England should be established. You’ll be aware that the CHFG have campaigned for many years for a robust independent...

Patient Safety 2030

FOREWORD by Ara Darzi, Professor, Lord Darzi of Denham Dear Secretary of State for Health, Ministers and distinguished experts, In the decade and a half since To Err is Human, safety has become embedded in the lexicon of policymakers, healthcare professionals and the...

Continuous Improvement of Patient Safety – The Health Foundation

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. Read & Download...