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Reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead to 2026
In a series of blogs at the end of last year, the Patient Safety Learning team reflected on the past 12 months, including the charity's work, the growth of the patient safety networks and key patient safety developments. We also look to the year ahead, considering the forthcoming NHS Quality Strategy and new Patient Safety Learning projects:
Patient Safety Learning in collaboration with The UK Sepsis Trust has produced a sepsis awareness series. Featuring Dr Ron Daniels, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of The UK Sepsis Trust and Topic Leader for the hub, these videos include spotting the signs of sepsis in adults and young people, in school-aged children and in children under five years old, and sepsis risks in rural communities. You can view all the videos here.
Tackling corridor care
Corridor care is a term used to describe the practice of providing medical attention to patients in hallways or other non-designated clinical areas due to overcrowding or resource shortages. In a series of blogs on the hub, we have been highlighting some of the key patient safety issues surrounding corridor care.
the hub's Editor, Samantha Warne, reflects on our most popular pieces of original content published on the hub in 2025. These are a mix of our original blogs, interviews and resources shared by patients, frontline staff and leaders in patient safety. It shows the breadth of content we have on the hub, including collaborations we have with other organisations and people, patient stories, the challenges healthcare staff face and insights from an international perspective.
This blog highlights confusion and anxiety among NHS staff following the rollout of Microsoft Copilot, which many learned about only after gaining access.
In this blog, Patient Safety Learning's Associate Director Claire Cox shares how she adopted a systems approach using the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model to review pressure ulcers.
Elizabeth Wood, Editor at EIDO Healthcare, explains what an Easy Read is, and why accessible, written information is critical to fighting inequality. Elizabeth offers advice on where to find Easy Reads and who can support you to create them.
In partnership with the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) and the Centre for Mental Health, The Motherhood Group recently launched the UK's first dedicated Black Maternal Mental Health Report at a landmark parliamentary event. In this blog, Sandra Igwe, Founder and CEO of The Motherhood Group, reflects on this ground-breaking report.
In this two-minute video, Julie Smith, a hub topic leader, shares five things you should know about consent, including accessible information, your options and changing your mind.
Risa Mallory, a retired psychotherapist and patient advocate from Canada, explains why it is so important for research to include lived-experience partners at every stage.
Patient safety remains inconsistent as a priority and there is a need for a forum through which stakeholders can engage in collaborative, challenging and meaningful debate. The Patient Safety Forum aims to provide this platform by convening the patient safety community to discuss how to embed patient safety as a core purpose of health and care. This event is hosted by Public Policy Partnerships, in partnership with Patient Safety Learning.
The RiskReimagined 2026 Conference is a premier event for sharing best practice and innovation, designed to help NHS professionals move from awareness to applied implementation. Delegates will gain hands-on frameworks, tested delivery models, and peer-derived insights on embedding safe, equitable, and sustainable transformation within their organisations.
Recent PSMN meetings included: patient and public involvement and engaging people with lived experience as co-researchers; an example of an incident investigation and concerns relating to patient transfers to specialist tertiary centres; and a presentation about transformative simulation and how it could be positively used throughout healthcare.
The January meeting of the Patient Safety Partners (PSP) Network included insight sharing requests, getting senior leadership buy-in and ideas for discussions and speakers for 2026.
Claire Cox shared with Network members a short video and supporting materials designed to help you teach SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) in an engaging and hands-on way.
