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    This book outlines important suggestions by international experts to improve the health of those in prison and to reduce both the health risks and risks to society of imprisonment. In particular, it aims to facilitate better prison health practices in the fields of: human rights and medical ethics communicable diseases noncommunicable diseases oral health risk factors vulnerable groups and prison health management. It is aimed at professional staff at all levels of responsibility for the health and well-being of detainees and at people with political responsibility.
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    Safety in aviation has often been compared with safety in healthcare. This article, published in JRSM Open, presents a comprehensive review of similarities and differences between aviation and healthcare and the application to healthcare of lessons learned in aviation.
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    The PatientSafe Network is a registered non for profit charity in Australia. It has been developed by front line healthcare staff and is for anyone who wants to improve patient safety. Their combined commitment is to improve patient safety through the transparent review of medical mistakes and the generation of transparent networked projects. Hundreds of patients die every year from avoidable central line related air emboli. This animation explains what air emboli are and how they may be avoided.
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    Hi Aine! Great to hear from you. We can put you in touch with @Joanne Hughes @Jono Broad @Douglas Findlay who may be able to help you. Its great to have you here on the hub!!
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    This amazing crafted wall was made by staff from Ward 1 at Clifton Hospital, Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It explains what is required to prevent patient falling.
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    what would they win?
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    @Jono Broad and @Joanne Hughes what a brilliant idea...... could any of you help?
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    Pharmaceutical companies use a variety of abbreviations to denote short- and long-acting medications. Errors involving the administration of these medications are frequently reported.
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    This short video from the Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation describes the importance of speaking up, what the process is and how speaking up will improve patient safety.
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    This is the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian job description. Use it for reference or for a template to advertise for a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian in you trust/sector.
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    The National Guardian’s Office is an independent, non-statutory body with the remit to lead culture change in the NHS so that speaking up becomes business as usual. The office is not a regulator, but is sponsored by the CQC, NHS England and NHS Improvement. 
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    David Cousins, a consultant in safe medication practice, discusses in a correspondence to The Pharmaceutical Journal how the NHS may have forgotten its safety memory in not addressing important medication risks. Since the introduction of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy for England in July 2019, Cousins states that the NHS is not transparent enough to identify medication risks and calls for safeguards to be put in place.
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    Hi - I was wondering if anyone has used the freedom to speak up (FTSU) guardian service where they work? It is FTSU month in October and I was wondering if anyone had used the service, would they like to answer a few questions. We can post this on the hub, so people can see how the system works and how it felt to raise concerns. This of course would be dealt with strict anonymity, as these issues may be sensitive. Please get in touch!
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    @Evelyn Prodger would you have any insights from working in a smaller organisation, like the Hopsice?
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    By posting anonymously speaks volumes to me. It is a reflection of the fear that is entrenched in speaking up in healthcare. Fear of putting your head above the parapet and fear of vilification. I wonder if their Trust knows that this is even a problem?
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    Pro Mukherjee, Emergency Department Consultant at Leicester Royal Infirmary, briefly defines the SBAR terms and explains how healthcare practitioners can use it to communicate effectively within the emergency department.
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    More than 30 years have passed since the near-fatal medication error but Michael Villeneuve recalls the moment with absolute clarity. Now the chief executive officer at the Canadian Nurses Association, Villeneuve frequently draws upon that experience in his day-to-day work to promote better care, better health and better nursing across Canada. Watch this short video, produced by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) to hear more about his experience. 
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    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) makes final decisions on complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS in England and UK government departments and other UK public organisations. They look into complaints where someone believes there has been injustice or hardship because an organisation has not acted properly or has given a poor service and not put things right. They look into complaints fairly and the service is free for everyone. This leaflet gives an overview in to how the PHSO looks into complaints.
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    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) make final decisions on complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS in England and UK government departments and other UK public organisations. Not all complaints that come to the PHSO go through their whole process. The PHSO have a three-step process for dealing with complaints. This webpage outlines what happens when they receive a complaint, how they decide if they can investigate it and what to expect if they do.
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    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) was set up by Parliament to provide an independent complaint handling service for complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS in England and UK government departments. This report look at how a man died after excessive wait for cancer treatment.
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    Drugs.com is the largest, most widely visited, independent medicine information website available on the internet. Their aim is to be the internet’s most trusted resource for drug and related health information. They are trying to achieve this aim by presenting independent, objective, comprehensive and up-to-date information in a clear and concise format for both consumers and healthcare professionals.
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    The Yellow Card Scheme helps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) monitor the safety of all healthcare products in the UK to ensure they are acceptably safe for patients and those who use them. On the Yellow Card Scheme website you can report a suspected incident or problem. 
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    The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is the only US nonprofit organisation devoted entirely to preventing medication errors.  In this short video, produced by ISMP in partnership with the Temple University School of Pharmacy, experts discuss current medication safety concerns and offer practical error prevention recommendations.
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    The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is the only nonprofit organisation in the US devoted entirely to preventing medication errors.  In this video, produced by ISMP in partnership with the Temple University School of Pharmacy, experts discuss medication safety concerns and offer practical error prevention recommendations. 
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    Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) cites evidence that when people move from one care setting to another, between 30% and 70% of patients have an error or unintentional change to their medicines. This presents a significant risk to their safety. Maintaining safe care as patients move across health and care services is a national priority for the NHS.
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