🆕REPORT: there is widespread discrimination against temporary staff in the NHS and this creates a culture of fear that stops them speaking up about patient safety. Read the report: https://t.co/v9sd23vYSG #PatientSafety #NHS #Healthcare #Discrimination

@MarkSujan & Ibrahim Habli discuss safety cases and how they can be used to improve transparency and learning.

There's a growing body of evidence about the importance of cultural readiness & social connection as foundations for change & improvement capability in organisations. It can be very hard to improve performance in organisations where this "relational" investment has not been

Building a sense of belonging is an act of leadership. It creates the conditions for people around us to feel supported & valued & to thrive. Even small moments of connection or reflection can have a big impact on people's sense of belonging. @GeoffCohen, author of "Belonging:

🗨️If we are to truly make speaking up business as usual in healthcare, we need to address the feeling that when people speak up, nothing happens as a result🗨️ Culture is a patient safety issue: A summary of speaking up to Freedom to Speak Up Guardians

Rayner. A woman who came from nothing and fought her way up to the role of Deputy PM and Secretary of State. What an inspiration. This will be the most working class government in British political history. No more old Etonians making decisions for us. This is hope.

Action bias. Football goalkeepers will jump to the left or right when facing penalties, even though statistically they'd be better off just staying in the middle. Action bias is the tendency to choose action over inaction, even where there's no indication that taking action will

Important for those implementing call for concern and Martha’s rule. Requires infrastructure and senior leadership support to normalise the everyday process of involving patients and families in escalation.

Just shared this poster on NHS Futures. Do tell us waht you think and how it could be improved. After Action Reviews are a simple way of better understanding patient safety incidents and what we do well! #PSIRF #AAR

There are so many benefits in sharing across sectors. A few months ago I had some great conversations with @steverollett of the Confederation of School Trusts @CSTVoice about approaches to improvement. Now they have published "The DNA of trust-led school improvement: a conceptual

I’m hanging up my NHS badge for a little while to join an amazing health & social care charity, as Head of Patient Safety & Improvement and to be their registered Patient Safety Specialist. It’s a bit scary, but I’m very excited ✨🦋

Last week the @WHO published its first ever global report on patient safety, aiming to present a broad perspective on the state of patient safety across the world. You can find a summary of this and a link to the full report on the hub below⬇️ https://t.co/CdsbaGnP28

Are we civil in our conversations at work? And when we are rude do we apologise? Enjoying dipping into this book again to prepare for the @civilitysavesday @LfEcommunity @orangedis @emmaplunkett

Three stories Reminding myself about the power of story telling! I was recently asked to talk at a conference for between 5 and 7 minutes as part of a panel of …

I've created this graphic to help explore how restorative practice enables #psychologicalsafety #patientsafety @AmyCEdmondson @tom_geraghty @ptsafetylearn @crisbergerot @NHSLeadership @DrNicolaBurgess @VM_Institute @DrNaeemAhmed

This is an attempt at telling a "SEIPS story" using thematic analysis: From vision to reality: how human factors can inform the design of car... https://t.co/OBJ74HiVIe open access with @combes_julie Emma Crumpton Vicki Finch @CIEHF @CfAA_York

🆕REPORT: Self-harm is one of the most common reasons that people go to hospital. We've found limited evidence that the current approach to continuous observation of patients at risk of self-harm when on hospitals wards is effective #PatientSafety #NHS

This week the National NatSSIPs Network hosted a webinar to discuss the NHS England consultation on the Never Events Framework and policy, which closes tomorrow. You can find a summary of the discussion below⬇️ https://t.co/OLH2XkT3u5 #pslhub #patientsafety #neverevents

We are looking for examples of improvement projects that aim to reduce diagnostic error and improve outcomes. Can you share your insights and learning? Get in touch with the Patient Safety Learning team at content@pslhub.org #diagnosis #patientsafety

I’ll be chairing this Big Debate with an amazing panel and I can tell you they don’t agree! We’ll be doing a pre and post vote … join me with @helenh49 @samantha_machen @safetynurse999 @IainMoppett @DeakinSue1 and let’s discuss with the clinical realities and the safety science