Patient Safety Learning

Creating a Director of Patient Safety role: a valuable opportunity Deborah Dover is an NHS Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, a Topic leader for the hub, and a Director of Patient Safety. In this blog, she tells us more about the Patient Safety Director…

Creating a Director of Patient Safety role: a valuable opportunity - a new blog by Deborah Dover featured on the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/leader... #patientsafety

NHS England: Monitoring of patients taking corticosteroids (26 January 2026) This case study on corticosteroids is one in a set of patient safety ‘how we acted on patient safety issues you recorded’ case studies from NHSE

Monitoring of patients taking corticosteroids - an NHS England patient safety case study added to the hub. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety

NHSE expects to declare victory on number one target NHS England bosses are predicting they will get close enough to hitting 65% against the 18-week standard by March to declare victory against their main performance objective for this year, HSJ has…

News article on the hub today - NHS England expects to declare victory on number one target (via @hsj.co.uk).

Miscarriage in the UK: Still a ‘dismissive’ and ‘dehumanising’ experience (9 March 2026) The Miscarriage Association carried out a national survey exploring the experience of miscarriage across healthcare settings, workplaces and personal relationships

Miscarriage in the UK: Still a ‘dismissive’ and ‘dehumanising’ experience - a new report from the Miscarriage Association added to the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions How a ‘Trial without catheter using a structured approach' improved care for patients whilst saving money and carbon emissions

💬The projected annual saving is 42,156.40 CO2e, equivalent to driving 124,026 miles in an average car.💬

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions - a new blog on the hub this week.

AI monitoring: From model metrics to patient outcomes (IHI, 4 March 2026) This blog for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) addresses the practical work of monitoring AI in the real world.

AI monitoring: From model metrics to patient outcomes - a blog from @ihi.org added to the hub.

Creating a Director of Patient Safety role: a valuable opportunity Deborah Dover is an NHS Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, a Topic leader for the hub, and a Director of Patient Safety. In this blog, she tells us more about the Patient Safety Director…

💬Having a dedicated safety director is helping us bring clarity, focus and alignment to safety work across the trust.💬

In a new blog, Deborah Dover tells us more about the Patient Safety Director role and how it can be a powerful driver for safety improvement.

Missed recall warnings: A growing safety risk for home diabetes device users (ECRI, 17 February 2026) This ECRI article looks at why recall communication matters more than ever for home diabetes device users

Article added to the hub - Missed recall warnings: A growing safety risk for home diabetes device users (via ECRI). www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...

NHS is letting women down through ‘medical misogyny’, says Wes Streeting “Medical misogyny” in the UK is letting women down, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, has admitted, as a survey showed half of female patients felt they had been dismissed or ignored because of…

NHS is letting women down through ‘medical misogyny’, says Wes Streeting - an article via @theguardian.com added to the hub.

Patient Safety Incidence Response Framework (PSIRF): Implementation to Impact - Mind the Gap (4 March 2026)

Blog added to the hub today - Patient Safety Incidence Response Framework (PSIRF): Implementation to Impact - Mind the Gap. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety

Creating a Director of Patient Safety role: a valuable opportunity Deborah Dover is an NHS Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, a Topic leader for the hub, and a Director of Patient Safety. In this blog, she tells us more about the Patient Safety Director…

💬If safety is foundational, senior leadership for safety must be too. 💬

Creating a Director of Patient Safety role: a valuable opportunity. A new blog by Deborah Dover on the hub today. www.pslhub.org/learn/leader... #patientsafety

Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show More than 400 lives may have been saved as a result of Martha’s rule, which lets NHS patients request a review of their care, official figures reveal. Helplines received more than 10,000 calls in the…

News article on the hub - Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show (via @theguardian.com). www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/...

Women Driving Patient Safety Research: Meet Elizabeth Monaghan On International Women's Day 2026, we are celebrating the women who are driving innovation and shaping the future of patient safety research across our team. Their expertise, leadership, and lived exp...

Meet one of the women driving patient safety research within our team.

Elizabeth Monaghan is a public contributor with lived experience who collaborates with our preventing suicide and self-harm theme and the @ncish.bsky.social.

Read Liz’s story: psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/2026/03/09/w...

#IWD2026

The invisible safety checkpoint: diagnostics and patient safety in NHS-contracted independent ophthalmic care This article explores diagnostics as an often unseen safety checkpoint in ophthamology

The invisible safety checkpoint: diagnostics and #patientsafety in NHS-contracted independent ophthalmic care - a new blog by Khairen Nawaz featured on the hub this month.

NHS Race & Health Observatory: Have independent maternity service investigations taken an anti-racism or intersectional approach? (6 March 2026) The NHS Race & Health Observatory conducted a document analysis of the three major independent investigations published over the past 15 years: Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury & Telford, and East Kent.

Have independent maternity service investigations taken an anti-racism or intersectional approach? Analysis from @nhs-rho.bsky.social added to the hub.

Topic Leaders

Deborah is a topic leader for mental health on the hub, our platform to share learning for patient safety. If you are interested in becoming a voluntary topic leader, find out more about how to reply at the link below. www.pslhub.org/topic-leaders/

Creating a Director of Patient Safety role: a valuable opportunity Deborah Dover is an NHS Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, a Topic leader for the hub, and a Director of Patient Safety. In this blog, she tells us more about the Patient Safety Director…

In a new blog, Deborah Dover tells us about the Patient Safety Director role and how it can be a powerful driver for safety improvement. www.pslhub.org/learn/leader... #patientsafety

Top Picks: Women campaigning for patient safety In this blog we are celebrate women who campaign for patient safety

🗨️Often informed by lived experience, their insights, expertise and tenacity have helped shape conversation and change🗨️

Top Picks: Women campaigning for patient safety⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/leader... #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions How a ‘Trial without catheter using a structured approach' improved care for patients whilst saving money and carbon emissions

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions - a new blog featured on the hub this week.

Large-scale insulin overdoses from syringe-related errors: Analysis and insights across 47 hospitals (30 January 2026) Study identifying the contributing factors and develop strategies to reduce the risk of wrong dose errors related to the use or selection of syringes

Large-scale insulin overdoses from syringe-related errors: Analysis and insights across 47 hospitals - a study added to the hub this week. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety

Top picks: Women's health inequity Sex and gender-based inequities in health are widely recognised, with much work needed to improve care, treatment and outcomes for women. In this blog, we’ve selected 7 resources to highlight, and…

This 'Top Picks' article features 14 resources to highlight, and evidence, some of key patient safety issues related to women's health inequity. www.pslhub.org/learn/miscel... #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

Compassion is medicine: a patient safety perspective In this blog, Risa Mallory draws on personal experience, her advocacy knowledge, and research to explain why compassion is critical to patient safety.

"In a healthcare landscape increasingly defined by technology and efficiency metrics, compassion grounds us in what truly matters—the human relationship at the centre of healing."

Compassion is medicine: a patient safety perspective. A new blog by Risa Mallory.

Top Picks: Women campaigning for patient safety In this blog we are celebrate women who campaign for patient safety

Today is #InternationalWomensDay. Over the years, we have worked with many amazing women who share our aim of reducing avoidable harm in health and social care. In this blog, we celebrate women who campaign for patient safety. www.pslhub.org/learn/leader... #IWD2026 #patientsafety

NHS England: Insulin pen safety engineered needle devices (SENDs) (26 January 2026) This case study on insulin pen safety engineered needle devices is one in a set of patient safety ‘how we acted on patient safety issues you recorded’ case studies from NHSE

Added to the hub, a case study from NHS England related to delivery of insulin via insulin pen safety engineered needle devices (SENDs). www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety

The state of endometriosis care in the UK: A roadmap for driving down diagnosis times and improving access to care (2 March 2026) New data released by Endometriosis UK has revealed that the average time to receive a diagnosis of endometriosis in the UK has now reached 9 years and 4 months

New report added to the hub - The state of endometriosis care in the UK: A roadmap for driving down diagnosis times and improving access to care. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety

Priorities for artificial intelligence education: clinicians’ perspectives (5 January 2026) This study published in BMJ Digital Health & AI sought to identify clinicians' priorities for AI education

Article added to the hub this week - Priorities for artificial intelligence education: clinicians’ perspectives.

The invisible safety checkpoint: diagnostics and patient safety in NHS-contracted independent ophthalmic care This article explores diagnostics as an often unseen safety checkpoint in ophthamology

"Diagnostics is the first safety checkpoint in ophthalmic surgery."

New blog on the hub this week - The invisible safety checkpoint: diagnostics and patient safety in NHS-contracted independent ophthalmic care. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety

NHS has ‘hollowed out’ community care, says government adviser The NHS has “hollowed out” community and primary care and become a “national hospital service”, according to the influential lead of a government review of social care. Baroness Louise Casey, who is…

News article on the hub today - NHS has ‘hollowed out’ community care, says government adviser (via Health Service Journal).

Scottish Government: Polypharmacy guidance. Appropriate prescribing, making medicines safe, effective and sustainable 2026 - 2029 Updated polypharmacy prescribing guidance for Scotland

Guidance added to the hub - Scottish Government: Polypharmacy guidance. Appropriate prescribing, making medicines safe, effective and sustainable 2026 - 2029.

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions How a ‘Trial without catheter using a structured approach' improved care for patients whilst saving money and carbon emissions

💬Monthly figures were collected before and after the project and showed clear improvements💬

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions - a new blog on the hub this week.