🆕NHS non-executive director and ergonomist Beatrice Fraenkel speaks to @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy about how fear affects behaviour and why it's important to understand the factors leading to poor culture and harm in healthcare. 🔗 www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety

Featured on the hub today, eight articles and resources on Swarm, one of the learning tools that can be used as part of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety

🗨️Poorly coordinated care is not only confusing and frustrating for patients but also creates safety risks that can result in serious avoidable harm🗨️ Care co-ordination for people with long-term conditions: Our response to the latest @hssib.bsky.social investigation www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...

"Collaboration between ambulance services and midwifery teams is essential for improving outcomes in maternal and neonatal emergencies." The role of UK ambulance services in supporting safe maternity and newborn care - a new blog on the hub today www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety

This year’s World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2025 is focused on the theme “Safe care for every newborn and every child”. This article explains the aims of the event and the topics it will cover. pslhub.org/learn/organi... #WorldPatientSafetyDay #patientsafety

🆕The @who.int has announced that the theme of World Patient Safety Day 2025 will be “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, emphasising the need for stronger measures to protect children from preventable harm. Read more below⬇️ www.pslhub.org/learn/organi... #patientsafety

🆕Bernie Rochford MBE talks to @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy about how speaking up about anomalies in health records destroyed her career but led her to become a Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian and research international approaches to whistleblowing. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...

🧵NHS Staff Survey Results 2024🧵 (1/6) Today's latest staff survey results show no significant change from recent years in responses to questions on reporting incidents, clinical safety and speaking up on #patientsafety issues www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...

🗨️Women’s health needs to urgently be prioritised and invested in to address the worsening wait times for gynaecological care🗨️ New blog - Women's health and patient safety: accelerating action in four key areas www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

🆕In this blog, we explore 4 key areas of patient safety relating to women’s health, where we believe action needs to be accelerated: pain, gynaecology waiting lists, redress & disparities in maternal outcomes. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #InternationalWomensDay #PatientSafety

The conversation also explores how target-led approaches and financial incentives have led to cultural changes in healthcare organisations over the past few decades.

🆕In this interview @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy speak to Dr Jayne Chidgey-Clark, the National Guardian for the NHS, about how to create organisational cultures where staff are safe, and feel safe, to speak up about concerns. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...

🆕The crisis of corridor care in the NHS: patient safety concerns and incident reporting🆕 A new blog by our Director Clare Wade featured on the hub today www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

🆕For healthcare to be safe it needs to be accessible. But what does this look like for people with ME and Long Covid? This blog from @thereforme.bsky.social explores the barriers that impact access to NHS care for people with ME and Long Covid www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #ThereForME

In a new interview on the hub today, Martyn Pitman speaks to Helen Hughes and Peter Duffy about his whistleblowing experience. He shares his story, the impact his whistleblowing had on his mental health and career and why the NHS needs to regulate managers www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...

🆕In this interview @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy speak to former consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Martyn Pitman. He shares his whistleblowing story, the impact this had on his mental health and career and why the NHS needs to regulate managers. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...

Really important new report out today from the APPG on eating disorders. @hopevirgo.bsky.social talks about why these recommendations are so important to save people with EDs from dying avoidably

This week is #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek. Featured on the hub, in this 'Top Picks' article we highlight six useful resources about how to improve access and overcome barriers to cervical screening www.pslhub.org/learn/miscel... #patientsafety

Today's report from the RCN makes for some v distressing reading. Please know we are here to support NHS staff that are affected. Below from @patientsafetylearning.org is some powerful testimony on the subject of 'Corridor Care' from a nurse working in the system. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...

Today we launch our new interview series 'Speaking up for patient safety' with a brilliant conversation with Helené Donnelly OBE, who shares why she decided to raise concerns about the quality of nursing care at Stafford Hospital A&E. Well worth a watch!

In a new ‘Top picks’ article on the hub, our platform to share learning for patient safety, we have pulled together resources, blogs & tools to support staff and organisations in developing a culture where everyone feels psychologically safe www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety

Our paper on the impact of living with multiple long-term conditions on everyday life: a qualitative evidence synthesis. The 'work' is not only around medications and healthcare use, it is also emotional & financial with lots of learning & adaptation bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Martha’s rule having ‘transformative effect’, NHS England data shows

NHS England is reviewing its digital clinical safety standards and is looking for healthcare professionals, IT manufacturers and digital safety experts to participate in focus groups in February 2025. Find out more on the hub below⬇️ www.pslhub.org/learn/profes... #patientsafety #digitalhealth

Featured on the hub this afternoon, new interim guidance from the Royal College of Physicians (@rcphysicians.bsky.social) on the scope, supervision and employment of physician associates working in medical specialties www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety

🆕The Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance (CATA) and the Covid-19 Inquiry🆕 In a new interview on the hub we speak to David Osborn about CATA, the Covid Inquiry, and what he hopes will be done to ensure the UK is better prepared for future pandemics www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety

Established in September 2023, the Patient Safety Education Network, hosted on the hub, is for everyone working in #patientsafety education and training in the UK. In this blog, Chris Elston reflects on the growth and development of the network www.pslhub.org/learn/profes...

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. In this Top Picks article we highlight a number of useful resources about diabetes featured on the hub, our platform to share learning for patient safety www.pslhub.org/learn/miscel...

💙It's World Diabetes Day!💙 Here's some helpful reads on the hub relating to diabetes and patient safety 🧵 @ptsafetylearn.bsky.social