Leading up to the day, we shared a series of guest blogs from healthcare professionals, patient campaigners, organisation leaders and safety experts, each exploring a different aspect of the theme:
We have also collated a selection of key tools and resources on patient safety for babies and children.
Patient safety and the role of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping healthcare in the NHS, but while its potential is vast we need to balance the promise with the risk. The advantages and patient safety challenges of AI are discussed in two new blogs on the hub.
How authentic patient stories can shift systems thinking
Aurora Todisco is one of our new hub Topic leaders for Patient Engagement. In her first blog for the hub, she explores how patient experiences can be a lever for change, and contribute to improvements in patient safety. Aurora provides guidance, suggestions and tangible examples to help encourage others to engage well with patient stories in order to have positive impact on care.
We are currently looking for more Topic leaders. Our Topic leaders are volunteers and act in an advisory role with the shared aim of creating a patient-safe future. If you are interested in getting involved, take a look at our Topic leaders page where you'll find out more about our current Topic leaders and the role.
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. To support this, we have pulled together 8 useful resources about sickle cell disease that have been shared on the hub. They include recommendations on tackling inequalities, recognising and managing sickle cell disease in hospital, and managing pain.
In this blog, Sunny Deo, a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, discusses the importance of communication between healthcare professionals and their patients.
Polly Rossetti, Policy Adviser at the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), shares insights from their recently published report: Barriers and enablers to making a complaint to a health or social care professional regulator.
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a progressive neurological disorder affecting mainly older adults. In this blog, charity Shine describes NPH and explains why it is often misdiagnosed. It shares a story from one of their members who has the condition.
This national patient safety alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety team. It instructs all organisations providing emergency departments and cancer services to take steps to reduce the risk of harm from delayed administration of rasburicase for tumour lysis syndrome (TLS).
Intrauterine procedures for outpatients, such as hysteroscopy, have attracted negative media and parliamentary attention for being poorly tolerated by some women, causing pain and even trauma. In this BMJ feature, Adele Waters reports on how doctors are tackling the problem.
Professor Sanjiv Sharma, Paediatric Intensive Care Consultant and Chief Medical Officer at Barts Health, talks about his leadership journey, challenges, and reflections on World Patient Safety Day.
This webinar will explore the different forms of neighbourhood working, with senior speakers leading different models across the country outlining the opportunities and challenges in improving care for people with a mental health need at a neighbourhood level.
This interactive and practical course will provide a structured approach to investigating falls. You will be guided through gathering the evidence, conducting a detailed analysis of the issues and production of the final report using a blame-free, systems-based approach.
Earlier in the summer the government released its 10 Year Health Plan, outlining bold ambitions that will have an impact on cancer care. The plan is clear on its vision for neighbourhood health services and putting technology and innovation at the forefront of care delivery – so what does this mean for people living with cancer? How can ambition now turn into action?
Recent PSMN meetings included a session from Helen Elliott-Mainwaring, a risk midwife, who gave an overview of her PhD which looked at maternity staff experiences of asking for help during digitalisation; Jo Murfin, a critical care outreach lead, gave a presentation on how she implemented Martha’s Rule in her trust; and Nicholas Bryden, Stephen Dewar and Jean Almond presented on 'A collaborative approach in utilising existing NHS systems to improve timely administrations of Parkinson’s medications in hospital’.
