Patient Safety Learning

This week, we published the first interview in our new ‘Speaking up for patient safety’ interview series. In this blog by Peter Duffy and Helen Hughes introduce the series. Peter and Helen explain the concepts of speaking up and whistleblowing and outline why creating a safe environment for speaking up is vital for patient safety. They share why they decided to produce the interview series and outline the impact they hope giving people who have spoken up a platform to share their experiences and insights will have. https://lnkd.in/eC58NdVA #pslhub #patientsafety #speakingup #whistleblowing #psychologicalsafety #organisationalculture #accountability #transparency #healthcare #nhs

Today we publish the first interview in our new series ‘Speaking up for patient safety’, produced in collaboration with Peter Duffy, retired urology consultant, NHS whistleblower and Chair of the Healthcare Working Group at WhistleblowersUK: https://lnkd.in/eFRjmarc Our first guest is Helené Donnelly OBE, who spoke up about unsafe care she witnessed while working as a nurse at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Helené contributed as a witness to the inquiry led by Sir Robert Francis KC into failings at the trust and was also an advisor in the Freedom to Speak up Review in 2015, where she called for the creation Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in the NHS. In the interview, Helené speaks to Peter and Helen Hughes about why she decided to raise concerns about the quality of nursing care at Stafford Hospital A&E and describes the bullying and threats she received from other staff as a result. She discusses the barriers that still prevent staff speaking up today and what can be done to create a more open and responsive culture in teams and organisations. Helené highlights the need to reform how human resources departments respond to staff raising concerns and the vital role of embedding speaking up and organisational culture in the curriculum of all healthcare professional training courses. #pslhub #patientsafety #speakingup #whistleblowing #psychologicalsafety #organisationalculture #accountability #transparency #healthcare #nhs

"Encouraging students to report, reflect and learn from near-misses and mistakes fosters a mindset focused on continuous improvement rather than blame." Integrating patient safety into pre-registration education: A new blog by Ian Fearnley-Catchpole on the hub today https://lnkd.in/ebAfFhnR #pslhub #patientsafety #avoidableharm #nearmisses #incidentreporting #healtheducation #medicalstudents #medicaleducation

Psychological safety is when someone feels they are safe to speak up with ideas, questions, concerns or mistakes without fear of being punished or humiliated. In healthcare, developing a culture of psychological safety is essential to ensuring patient safety. It helps to create and maintain an environment where patient safety issues can be raised, discussed and resolved. A psychologically safe environment supports incidents of avoidable harm being responded to with empathy, respect, rigour and action for improvement. In this ‘Top picks’, we have pulled together resources, blogs and tools from the hub to support staff and organisations in developing a culture where everyone feels psychologically safe. https://lnkd.in/ex-52wTB #pslhub #patientsafety #psychologicalsafety #organisationalculture #safetyculture #staffsafety #justculture

We are looking for someone with expertise in women's health to join our team of volunteer hub Topic leaders: https://lnkd.in/edADYxX2 Our topic leaders are an integral part of ensuring the value of content on the hub. We want to ensure that quality content is published on the hub and that we have credible experts in specific topic areas to: ▶️ contribute personal blogs sharing expertise and insights ▶️ advise us on the validity of posted content ▶️ suggest areas to develop content in ▶️ lead and respond to discussions within our communities. If you'd like an informal chat about the role, you can contact the hub team at content@pslhub.org.

In this account for the hub, a patient shares her experience of an IUD procedure: https://lnkd.in/eJh_Wqfr (Please note some people may find this distressing to read) If you would like to share your experience, positive or negative, of a gynaecological procedure and what did or didn't help you feel safe as a patient, please visit the hub or contact our editorial team at content@pslhub.org.    We would also like to hear from healthcare workers involved in gynaecological procedures who are willing to share their insights and/or improvement projects in this area. #pslhub #patientsafety #womenshealth #IUD #informedconsent #gynaecology #contraception

Adverse event reporting and patient safety: The role of a just culture - a new blog by Augustine Kumah featured on the hub today https://lnkd.in/eVEix2Ff #pslhub #patientsafety #safetyculture #justculture #organisationalculture #transparency

Concerns about corridor care, patient safety investigation methods, electronic patient record systems... find out more about the most viewed articles on the hub in 2024: https://lnkd.in/egyuiudE #patientsafety

NHS England has recently commenced a review of two digital clinical safety standards: ▶️ DCB0129: This defines clinical risk management requirements for manufacturers of health IT systems. ▶️ DCB0160: This defines clinical risk management requirements for organisations that use health IT systems. The review will begin with a set of online focus groups canvassing opinion on the current sufficiency of the standard DCB0129. As part of this, NHS England are actively seeking input from a range of stakeholders, including NHS professionals, IT manufacturers and those involved in digital risk assessment. Find out more about this review, and how you can register your interest in participating in a focus group, on the hub below: https://lnkd.in/ebBKYPzT #pslhub #patientsafety #digitalhealth #clinicalsafety #digitalclinicalsafety

As 2024 comes to an end you can find out more about our work this year, and plans for 2025, in a short series of blogs we have published this month. ▶️ This blog by the hub’s Lead Editor, Samantha Warne, reflects on the e top 10 most popular pieces of content on the hub in 2024: https://lnkd.in/egyuiudE ▶️ Focusing on the importance of collaborating to improve patient safety, in this blog we reflect on some of this year’s activities and celebrate people who are working together for safer care and recognising the value of different perspectives: https://lnkd.in/ebAdU5Wt ▶️ In this blog our Chief Executive Helen Hughes reflects the past 12 months and looks ahead to the new year, considering the UK Government’s forthcoming 10-Year Health Plan and new Patient Safety Learning projects in 2025: https://lnkd.in/eMvhpfPT #pslhub #patientsafety #collaboration #avoidableharm #electronicpatientrecordsystems #safetyculture #nhspatientsafetystrategy #worldpatientsafetyday2024 #globalpatientsafetyactionplan