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Patient Safety Watch researches avoidable harm in healthcare and advocates for changes to build safer healthcare systems - https://www.patient-safety-watch.com
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Out latest #patientsafety newsletter, this edition from @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social is now available via @HSJnews here:
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βDash Review opens a crucial doorβ
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"The long wait for answers, the legalistic lens of criminal law, with its high thresholds for prosecution, often feels far removed from the level at which true accountability should rest. And all of this unfolds at a time when what is most needed is openness, reflection, and improvement."
06.06.2025 15:23 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"Trend of police investigations has profound consequences"
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Swinging a βwrecking ballβ through safety work
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Weβre thrilled to launch our new podcast series; Stories of Safety!
Join us for exclusive conversations with leading figures on what #patientsafety means, how itβs been shaped, & what the future holds.
ποΈListen now to Episode 1 with @shaunlintern.bsky.social :
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βThe biggest area of risk β in terms of lives lost and cost β involves NHS maternity units. Organisation upheaval must not distract us from what matters mostβ
An article from Patient Safety Watch Chair Jeremy Hunt in todayβs Guardian β¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈ
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The theme for World Patient Safety Day this year (17th September) has been announced:- "Safe care for every newborn and every child".
Read more here:-
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
"If the Department of Health and Social Care takes on greater responsibility for running the NHS, strong, independent regulation will be more important than ever to ensure transparency and accountability β free from political interference."
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Patient Safety have written a submission making recommendations to ensure patient safety is at the heart of the 10 year plan for the NHS. The full submission is available here:-
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βBarriers to learningβ, our latest #PatientSafety newsletter from @jamestitcombe.bsky.social is a now available via @HSJnews here:
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βWake-up calls from winterβ
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βWinter returns with a vengeanceβ
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βThe success of these early numbers shows exactly why Marthaβs rule needs to be rolled out across the entire NHS β because when we listen to patients and families and act on their concerns, lives can be saved.β @rachel-p.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
The full report - βNational State of Patient Safety 2024:
Prioritising improvement efforts in a system under stressβ is available here:-
www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/Nati...
#PatientSafety #NSPS2024
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James Titcombe, PSW Chief Exec said:
βThis report delivers a stark & urgent message: since 2022, patient safety in the NHS has deteriorated in far too many areas. Its findings & recommendations must contribute to urgent & meaningful discussion about the changes needed.β
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The report finds a complex picture of national patient safety priorities and bodies, and evidence that the health system cannot keep pace with the number of recommendations made to it. 2 recommendations are made:-
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Other key findings of the report are summarised below:
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The report also highlights a stark divide between the North and South of England: Harmful, unintended effects of medical treatment are twice as high in the North East than in Greater London.
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In a poll of the public conducted for the report with YouGov, people from Black ethnic backgrounds were more concerned about safety in maternity services than people from any other group.
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Rates of maternal and neonatal deaths have risen for the first time in a decade while mothers from Black ethnic backgrounds are almost three times more likely to die from causes linked to their pregnancy than White women.
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Analysis of publicly available data shows that since our last NSPS report in 2022, there has been a marked deterioration across key patient safety indicators. The table below provides a summary of changes in the data since 2022.
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Today, in partnership with Imperial College, we have published a major new report looking at the National State of Patient Safety (NSPS) in England in 2024.
The report contains stark & urgent findings
A quickπ§΅ highlighting some of the key messages:-
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Managersβ regulation long overdue but watch out for unintended consequences -
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