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Women’s heart health - a patient safety priority In this blog Risa talks about her experience and the patient safety issues she's observed as a woman with a heart condition.

🆕What's it like being a woman with a heart condition? Patient advocate Risa Mallory tells us her experience… www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety

Top picks: Nine resources about hand hygiene Collation of hub resources on hand hygiene

(6/6) You can find further resources related to hand hygiene and patient safety in this Top Picks article on the hub⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/profes...

Hand hygiene acceleration framework tool (Hand Hygiene for All, 17 March 2023) The Hand Hygiene Acceleration Framework Tool (HHAFT) tracks the process that a government has undergone to develop and implement a plan of action for hand hygiene improvement

(5/6) The Hand Hygiene Acceleration Framework Tool, which tracks the process that a government has undergone to develop and implement a plan of action for hand hygiene improvement, and assesses the quality of that plan. www.pslhub.org/learn/profes...

Does campaigning work to prevent infections? A blog for World Hand Hygiene Day 2025 A blog for World Hand Hygiene Day 2025

(4/6) A blog published earlier this year for World Hand Hygiene Day where Claire Kilpatrick talks about campaigning to improve hand hygiene. www.pslhub.org/learn/profes...

Health Education for Scotland - Hand hygiene learning resources (24 March 2022)

(3/6) Hand hygiene learning resources shared by NHS Education for Scotland. www.pslhub.org/learn/profes...

Scientia potentia est—Why sharing knowledge about hand hygiene remains important Knowledge is power, so the saying goes. This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has made sharing knowledge the central theme for World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD). The 2024 campaign slogan poses a ...

(2/6) On the hub @patientsafetylearning.org have shared a number of resources about hand hygiene and patient safety, including this blog by Julie Storr looking at the question of why it is still so important to share knowledge about hand hygiene. www.pslhub.org/learn/profes...

🧵Today is #GlobalHandwashingDay🧵

(1/6) Good hand hygiene in healthcare is essential to reduce the spread of healthcare associated infections, a leading cause of patient safety incidents and avoidable harm in healthcare globally.

How one woman’s missed referrals exposed a systemic gap in hereditary cancer care: Why I'm campaigning for Rachel's Rule Stuart shares Rachel's story and tells us why he is campaigning for Rachel's Rule—a call for a system safeguard that ensures hereditary risks are not missed

🗨️Its aim is simple—introduce annual hereditary risk reviews for patients with multiple red-flag cancers or associated health issues.🗨️

A new blog featured on the hub today⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety

Investigating under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF): Patient Safety Learning’s response to HSSIB investigation Patient Safety Learning sets out its reflections on HSSIB's investigating under the PSIRF report

🗨️As HSSIB’s latest report highlights, although PSIRF has now been rolled out across the NHS in England its implementation is far from complete.🗨️

A new blog on the hub this month⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety

How one woman’s missed referrals exposed a systemic gap in hereditary cancer care: Why I'm campaigning for Rachel's Rule Stuart shares Rachel's story and tells us why he is campaigning for Rachel's Rule—a call for a system safeguard that ensures hereditary risks are not missed

🆕How one woman’s missed referrals exposed a systemic gap in hereditary cancer care: Why I'm campaigning for Rachel's Rule - a blog by Stuart Ball. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety

In the footsteps of giants - BBC News One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.

One of the world’s longest dinosaur trackways uncovered in Oxfordshire quarry. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Open Access Government October 2025 Welcome to the October 2025 edition of Open Access Government. Inside find a diverse selection of insightful articles from key industries and sectors

Our Senior Safety Investigator Nick Woodier has authored an article in the latest issue of Open Access Government, on the topic of patient safety in the age of digital healthcare.

Read the article online (p. 68-69): www.openaccessgovernment.org/publication/...

#PatientSafety #NHS #Healthcare

It's World Thrombosis Day
Did you know that a patient with active cancer has a 4 times higher risk of developing a blood clot?
Learn to recognise the signs and symptoms of VTE and seek early medical attention if you develop of them - VTE can be fatal if you delay seeking help

An image of the red and blue logo for World Thrombosis Day on the 13 October 2025.

Today is #WorldThrombosisDay. This Top Picks article pulls together resources, blogs and reports for patients and healthcare professionals, which focus on how to recognise venous thromboembolism and how to improve patient safety.

Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #WTDay25

A few local wildlife photos from a wander earlier today.

Jada Lewis also had a superb game, with 23 points and 6 rebounds. Easily the most entertaining Lions game (Mens or Womens) that I've been to this season so far.

London Lions Women 67-64 Leicester Riders. With two and a half minutes left we trailed 56-64, but an Annika Shah inspired late comeback ensures we pick up a hard fought win. #BritishBasketball

Lions 48-44 Riders at the end of the third. A quarter of two halves - had a disastrous start as Riders went on a 9-0 run, but then Lions reply with a 13-0 run in the last five minutes to re-take the lead.

All square at the half 33-33. Mya Proctor leads the scoring for the Lions on 13.

London Lions Women 15-12 Leicester Riders at the end of the first quarter. Started a bit slow and got into foul trouble in the first four minutes which was not ideal, but Lions significantly improved as the period went on so a solid start.

And a clip of her singing her new song Audrey Hepburn which has been very much stuck in my head since it was released on Thursday.

A few photos from seeing the always excellent Maisie Peters in Dalston last night.

Top picks: Mental health resources for patients and staff hub resources on mental health

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay.

On the hub below is a set of resources, blogs and reports focused on improving #patientsafety across different aspects of mental health services and also supporting staff with their own mental health & wellbeing. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

Investigating under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF): Patient Safety Learning’s response to HSSIB investigation Patient Safety Learning sets out its reflections on HSSIB's investigating under the PSIRF report

🗨️Ultimately this initiative must be judged on its implementation and effectiveness in reducing avoidable harm.🗨️

Investigating under the PSIRF: Our response to the Health Services Safety Investigations Body's latest report. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety

On a green background is a light green speech bubble that contains the following text "I didn't want him to think that I was the cause of the problem after all; that fed the narrative that the medical director was being spun from the other side... ". In the bottom right corner of the image is a small green logo that says "patient safety learning, the hub". In the bottom left corner of the image is the text: Michael Swinn, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Speaking up for patient safety series.

In a new interview on the hub, Michael Swinn speaks to Helen Hughes and Peter Duffy about how he and his colleagues became concerned about patient care and the struggles they encountered trying to persuade hospital managers to listen.

Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety

Much more needed for effective #psirf implementation. This matters. We need to learn why avoidable harm happens and act on it. Good report by #hssib and please see our response from Patient Safety Learning

Investigating under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF): Patient Safety Learning’s response to HSSIB investigation Patient Safety Learning sets out its reflections on HSSIB's investigating under the PSIRF report

🆕In this article we reflect on today's new report by the @hssib.bsky.social, which looks at patient safety incident investigation under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...

Beginning to look more like Autumn.

NHS Education for Scotland: Safety Culture Discussion Cards

Resource featured on the hub today from NHS Education for Scotland - Safety Culture Discussion Cards. www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety #safetyculture

‘Wild west’ of AI suppliers face new NHSE checks A new national registry for ambient voice technology providers to combat the “wild west” of suppliers is due to launch this week, England’s national chief clinical information officer has announced. A...

News article on the hub today - ‘Wild west’ of AI suppliers face new NHSE checks (via @hsj.co.uk). www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/... #patientsafety