CHFG Blog
Maintaining Patient Safety In Maternity During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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...
National Patient Safety Syllabus consultation response
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,...
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh Webinar with Martin Bromiley 4th February 2020
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...
Q Community Workshop Enhancing the science of improvement for patient safety
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...
Anesthesia Safety Network Newsletter July 2019
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...
Chris Frerk discusses design and patient safety The 'death switch'
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...
Anaesthesia Safety Network Newsletter April 2019
The latest Anaesthesia Safety Network Newsletter has been launched. Fredieric Martin talks to Rob Hackett who runs the PSNetwork plus there are some excellent case studies. Click here to view the Newsletter.
Insights from the sharp end of patient care Article by Chris White Rebus Medical
Rebus Medical spoke to Consultant Anaesthetist Professor Chris Frerk about his interest in Human Factors, its patient safety benefits and the power it may have to influence procurement decisions. Chris Frerk is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of the Medical...
Fixing the impact of poor usability on Patient safety
Could Human factors and ergonomics help provide the scientific evidence to determine what ‘high quality’ products are?
Introducing Human Factors to the GMC By Lauren Morgan
Lauren Morgan from the Patient Safety Academy discusses the new GMC Human Factors training programme