Evidence from NIHR CLAHRC West’s evaluation of the use of the Emergency Department (ED) Safety Checklist in hospitals in the West of England has been used to update the national toolkit. The toolkit, developed and hosted by the West of England AHSN, supports ED staff who are implementing the Safety Checklist. Hospital trusts have been…
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Nathalie Delaney, Patient Safety Programme Manager at the West of England AHSN introduces ‘psychological safety’, how it impacts on teamwork and, in healthcare settings, how it impacts on patient safety. When people talk about safety, it doesn’t take long for the topic of “safety culture” to come up. But what is safety culture? And why…
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Kevin Hunter, Associate Director for Patient Safety & Programme Delivery at the West of England AHSN shares his experience, and learning, regarding speaking up for safety in a clinical setting. I’m sure many reading this have one or more examples of a situation where you wanted to speak up against the behaviours or actions of…
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Ellie Wetz, Programme Manager for the National PReCePT Programme, and West of England Medicines Safety Programme, shares how PReCePT has grown over the last five years. In a world where the impact of our patient safety work may feel small, it is sometimes amazing and surprising to hear that a project you have worked on has…
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Joanna Garrett, Senior Project Manager, shares her experience and knowledge of medication errors, and how her projects are working to reduce these in the West of England region. I’m a healthcare professional and I’ve made a medication error. Mine occurred late at night whilst working as a Paramedic. I was at the end of a…
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Shomais Amedick, Project Support Officer, shares her observations on our Maternal and Neonatal Heath Safety Collaborative learning sessions. I love that the UK has a National Health Service for its citizens and values the dignity of human life. This strength shines through the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative (MNHSC) by improving the healthcare experience…
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Andrea Byles, Mental Health Collaborative Programme Lead, introduces the work of the collaborative. I first became involved with the South of England Mental Health Collaborative (MHC) in 2014 as the Programme Manager for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. After attending my first Learning Session I quickly became passionate about all things MHC. I couldn’t believe…
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Hannah Little, Patient Safety Improvement Lead and Senior Project Manager, reflects on the spread of NEWS across the country, and beyond. The National Early Warning Score (now NEWS2) saves lives. It provides a simple, objective overview of a person’s physiological condition by turning vital markers of deranged physiology into a score. The higher the score,…
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Melody Moxham, Project Support Officer, reflects on the collaborative and supportive work of our Mortality Reviews Steering Group. I’ve been supporting our Mortality Reviews Steering Group since summer 2018. I think it is a fantastic example of how collaborating across our region helps to improve patient safety. Since 2017 all of the acute trusts in…
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Greg Harris, Project Support Officer, reflects on the commitment of our Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative members, now recognised as a national improvement programme. Half a year ago I became the Project Lead for the Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (ELC). Conceived as a two-year quality improvement (QI) project between three Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs); the West of…
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