People with an interest in patient safety read the interim Ockenden report with despair. It was immediately and starkly apparent that it repeated many of the common themes which have emerged in other patient safety investigations. Further, as the report...
"Not so long ago I finished 4 years of my life teaching aerobatics. If you ever wanted a time bound place to study humans under pressure this is probably one of the best places to be. And it wasn’t just the trainees under pressure! At the start of the COVID pandemic...
“Feeling safe enough to express yourself in the workplace” - behaviours to support psychological safety In 2005 my late wife Elaine, mum to our two young children, died during an attempted operation. A skilled clinical team were overcome when an unexpected...
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...
Blog by: Susie Crowe Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist - Clinical Director for Women's Health Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust Background: The covid-19 pandemic has the potential to adversely affect the health of pregnant women and their...
We are delighted to respond to the consultation on the National Patient Safety Syllabus. Please find a copy of our response below. This response was prepared by the Clinical Human Factors Group using representatives from healthcare, human factors and ergonomics,...
Founder, Martin Bromiley recently presented the best attended webinar, in the popular Patient Safety series run by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Unlike the usual more general talks Martin delivers, this one focused on specific “how’s”, small evidenced...
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 (Qi member & Charity Trustee) presented a timeline for...
The latest Anesthesia Safety Network Newsletter has been launched, we were delighted the Frederic Martin and Francois Jaulin could join us in London at the Safer Healthcare by Design conference in June. If you would like to see the interview with Martin...
If a healthcare worker makes a mistake using a piece of medical equipment and it causes harm to a patient there is usually a call for that person to be retrained (or suspended or dismissed) If lots of different healthcare workers working in lots of different hospitals...