Improving patient safety
New blogs from across the hub
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Robbie: A homeless patient’s struggles with the system
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What could Appreciative Governance start to look like in the NHS? A blog by Katy Fisher
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New research reveals ‘trauma’ and ‘missed opportunity’ of inquests (The Justice Gap, 19 June 2024)
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Implementing National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs 2) at a national level: In conversation with Annie Hunningher and Claire Morgan
Patient engagement
Blogs on engaging patients for patient safety
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Enhancing patient safety through effective communication in clinical trials and cancer care: a blog by Tambre Leighn
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Self-advocacy and barriers for young people accessing health care in the Scottish Highlands (July 2024)
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Patient safety and lived experience, a blog by Anthony O'Connor
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Patient safety and co-production, a blog by Anthony O'Connor
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One year on: how can working in partnership with people living with chronic (persistent) pain improve care? (12 February 2024)
Stories from the frontline
Blogs written by doctors and nurses on the frontline
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Reflections on a clinical shift: "After 20 years of nursing, this is one of the worst shifts I have ever completed"
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A silent safety scandal: A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift
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Public satisfaction with A&E at an all-time low: reflections of an A&E doctor (4 May 2023)
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I fight every day to care for my patients – but junior doctors are at breaking point (12 April 2023)
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Helping patients get their lives back: the colorectal surgeon (BMJ, 31 January 2023)
Safety stories
Blogs and vlogs from patients and health and care staff
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"We were completely unprepared for the challenges and disruption that lay ahead" — A family share their experience of taking a loved one home for end of life care
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Trauma-informed care: Enhancing patient safety through understanding mental health histories
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The GP, the PA, their patient and her tragic death (7 August 2023)
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The sinister side of medicine: how the system is letting patients down and why we must aspire to keep future patients safe (a blog by Dr Freya Smith)
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Jenny, and why we must learn from her misdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism