CIEHF White Paper

The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF), launched their much-awaited White Paper setting out their vision for the integration of Human Factors in Health & Social Care to understand how human factors expertise can help and benefit...

The challenges and frustrations of a healthcare culture reluctant to change.

by Rachel Wood RGN Assumptions are often made based upon an individual’s job title rather than their skills and competence. As a Registered Nurse, it was often assumed that I wasn’t clever enough to make it to medical school and so my clinical view was second best. ...

Martin Bromiley OBE Interview How aviation responds to accidents

Martin Bromiley OBE was interviewed by BBC South West about learning from aviation in response to the second children’s cardiac disaster in Bristol. Click here for the full interview.

Article from Scott Morrish on Safe Space From the HSJ

Scott Morrish talks to the HSJ about safe space and HSIB, please click here to view the article by Scott...

Experience and learning from a never event Subtitle

In October 6th 2017, I was the scrub nurse in a never event at a UK Hospital Trust. The Trust could have punished us and taken an ‘archaic’ blame approach, instead of this they showed us respect and allowed myself, with the support at executive level, to introduce the...

CHFG statement on GMC ruling CHFG statement on the Court case and GMC ruling related to Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba

by Martin Bromiley OBE I’ve no doubt that our supporters will be aware of the tragic death of 6 year old Jack Adcock, the subsequent Court case and the more recent GMC ruling related to Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba. The CHFG have been looked to for our thoughts on the recent...