Top tips to keep you safe during a hospital stay

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...

CIEHF Bedside guide routine tracheostomy care

This bedside guide is intended for the use of all healthcare staff who are looking after adult patients with tracheostomies. The tasks described should NOT be attempted by those who have not received training or been deemed as competent in tracheostomy care and...

Resilience – One Team’s Trauma

This is a film made by a HEMS team to normalise and educate on the psychological responses clinicians can have to trauma and how to cope.

The Human Factor – Learning from Gina’s story

Joint Committee published report on Health Service Safety Investigations Bill

The House of Lords and House of Commons created a Joint Select Committee to review the draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill.  This Committee was appointed to gather evidence and give feedback on the draft Bill.  CHFG consulted with experts to provide...

World Health Organisation – 10 global facts on Patient Safety

According to research by the World Health Organisation, 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...