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    In an analysis published in the BMJ, Alan Fletcher and colleagues outline how the new medical examiner system could create a world leading mortality review system if implemented appropriately.
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    In recent years, it’s become clear that some staff don’t have the knowledge or confidence to raise concerns about patient safety. Health Education England has produced this short video explaining what type of concerns need to be raised, whether that be on individual practice or systemic problems.
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    Standards for the Dental Team sets out the standards of conduct, performance and ethics that govern you as a dental professional.
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    Identification of hospitalised patients with suddenly unfavorable clinical course remains challenging. Models using objective data elements from the electronic health record may miss important sources of information available to nurses.
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    Based on the testimony of eight families, this drama-documentary was commissioned in response to a series of investigations where poor carer experience was a particular feature.
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    In 2007, when Paul Richards was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, his family were stunned by the news. This powerful film from Patient Stories is based on the testimony of Lisa, Paul’s wife, who gives a moving account of the events that led to Paul’s death and explores the effects on their family.
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    Julie Carman was involved in a road traffic accident whilst on a cycling holiday, suffering injuries to her face, jaw and legs. After making a good initial recovery and expecting to be back at work within three months – three years later she is still having treatment having experienced two further emergency admissions to hospital due to acute cellulitis and sepsis.
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    A three-year programme launched in February 2017 to support improvement in the quality and safety of maternity and neonatal units across England - formerly known as the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative. NHS Improvement aim to: improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care by reducing unwarranted variation and provide a high quality healthcare experience for all women, babies and families across maternity and neonatal care settings in England contribute to the national ambition, set out in Better Birthsopens in a new window of reducing the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths, and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 20% by 2020.
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    A moving and challenging short film about the Bowen family following the tragic death of five year old Bethany during ‘routine’ surgery and subsequent sudden death of father Richard aged 31, following the trauma of his daughter’s death and the ‘torture’ of the inquest. 
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    Engaging with general practices during inspections gives valuable insight into their experiences. Feedback shows that although inspection reports highlight the areas of concern and risk that need to improve, practices want to know more about how to actually improve from a rating of 'requires improvement' or 'inadequate'. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) selected 10 practices throughout the country that had each made significant improvements from their initial inspection to their most recent, and whose overall rating had improved. These 10 case studies highlight some clear actions that other practices can use to help them learn and improve.
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    Human factors is an established body of science that is positioned to assist with the challenge of improving healthcare delivery and safety for patients. In this paper published in BMJ Quality & Safety, Russ et al. attempted to clarify the goals of human factors and pave the way for interdisciplinary collaborations that may yield new, sustainable solutions for healthcare quality and patient safety.
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    Delirium is among the most common of medical emergencies. Prevalence is around 20% in adult acute general medical patients and higher in particular clinical groups, such as patients in intensive care units. It affects up to 50% of those who have hip fracture and up to 75% in intensive care. Preventative measures can reduce the incidence of delirium.
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    Powerful bog written by Alison Cameron about her experiences as a patient on a mental health unit.
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    In Northern Ireland (NI), leg ulcer clinical guidelines were developed by CREST (Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Leg Ulceration) in 1998 and although never updated were superseded by NICE guidelines in 2006. Leg ulceration affects approximately 1% of the population of the UK, with a further 400,000 people experiencing recurrence.  The aim of this audit was to assess the standard of care provided to patients with lower leg ulceration and to understand who provides care and where this care is provided.
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    This short video by Dell explain how they are involved in the digital transformation of the NHS.
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    Together with 28 organisations from across the dental sector, the General Dental Council (GDC) has developed a set of universal principles for handling complaints about dental professionals. The six core principles provide a simple template for best practice, helping professionals and patients to get the most from feedback and complaints, for the benefit of all.
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    England’s 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) play an essential role in identifying and spreading safer care initiatives from within the NHS and industry, ensuring these are shared and implemented throughout the system. The PSC is a joint initiative, funded and nationally coordinated by NHS Improvement, with the regional PSCs organised and delivered locally by the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs).
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    There are 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) across England, established by NHS England in 2013 to spread innovation at pace and scale – improving health and generating economic growth. Each AHSN works across a distinct geography serving a different population in each region.
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    The Academic Health Science Network’s (AHSN) plan 'Patient safety in partnership' has been developed to support the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and sets out how England’s 15 AHSNs, and the Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) they host, will work more closely with their local health and care organisations to improve safety both in hospitals and community-based services such as care homes.
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    "It’s time to halt, take a break, and redraw the relationship between patient care and self-care. Self-care isn’t an optional luxury. It must sit at the heart of what we do, to ensure our teams can continue to rise to the challenges of working in the 21st century NHS, to give our patients the best of both ourselves, and the organisation so many of us are proud to be a part of."
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    The Care Quality Commission (CGC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They make sure that health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.  Independent acute hospitals play an important role in delivering healthcare services in England, providing a range of services, including surgery, diagnostics and medical care. As the independent regulator, the CQC, hold all providers of healthcare to the same standards, regardless of how they are funded. 
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    This evidence briefing from the Improvement Academy states what providers of care homes and commissioners of older peoples services should do to improve outcomes.
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    This issue of Effectiveness Matters has been produced by the Centres for Review and Dissemination in collaboration with the Yorkshire and Humber AHSN and the Improvement Academy and updates a previous issue published in January 2015. Frailty is a distinct health state related to reduced function across multiple physiological systems that develops as part of the ageing process. Frailty means that even minor events can trigger disproportionate changes in health status after which the patient fails to recover to their previous level of health.
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    Effectiveness Matters is a summary of reliable research evidence about the effects of important interventions for practitioners and decision makers in the NHS and public health. It is extensively peer reviewed. This issue focuses on reducing harm from polypharmacy (the use of multiple medicines) in older people.
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    Patient reporting and action for a safe environment (PRASE) is system for collecting patient feedback about how safe they feel whilst in hospital. It is designed to help staff identify things that are working well, and areas needing improvement. Feedback is collected using a patient safety questionnaire and a reporting tool. With the help of PRASE hospital volunteers, patient feedback is collected. Once enough information has been collected, a ward report is produced and guidance is provided to help make action plans and monitor their successes. 
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