Out latest #patientsafety newsletter, this edition from Sir Jeremy Hunt MP is now available via Health Service Journal here: hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…

🧵 If you or your family have been involved in a Patient Safety Incident Investigation (PSII) with an NHS Trust in England since Jan 2024, there’s an important survey you can take part in. ⬇️ 1/4

Patient Safety Watch has written to Wes Streeting , alongside AvMA & CHFG about the transition of HSSIB to Care Quality Commission with recommendations around maintaining independence. Read more here:- #patientsafety hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

🌍 This #WPSD2025, we stand with families and healthcare teams worldwide to call for safer maternity and neonatal care. Every mother. Every baby. Every time. 💙 #BabyLifeline #SaferBirths #PatientSafety

It was lovely to speak with Liz and Darren from ⁦RLDatix UK & Ireland⁩ yesterday at ⁦Patient Safety Congress & Awards⁩ - an opportunity to talk about Joshua, maternity safety & the Amos investigation ahead of #WorldPatientSafetyDay today. youtu.be/R_dW1uJ1aYQ

When I launched the first #WorldPatientSafetyDay in 2019, my hope was for patient safety to become a truly global priority. Today, it’s inspiring to see that vision grow stronger each year. This year’s focus reminds us there is no higher duty than protecting the youngest lives.

Have you been involved in designing or implementing inpatient care improvements in NHS hospitals? 🗣️ Thiscovery & Patient Safety Watch want your views on whether those interventions have been effective or not. Complete their survey by 30 September 👉 ow.ly/sWqF50WV6gL

If you missed this fantastic webinar, you can now watch the recording here: youtu.be/GWTG5F48F7w

A reminder today from Sir Jeremy Hunt MP that progress has been made in maternity safety. 700 fewer baby deaths per year in England than would have been the case had perinatal mortality rates stayed at 2013 levels - that’s 2 babies every day. #matsafety2025

Patient Safety Watch: Maternity services need change now, not in 2030 | Expert Briefing | Health Service Journal hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…

In the NHS we need transparency not micromanagement and a return to “hitting the target but missing the point.” Read my HSJ article 👇 hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

I think this is one of the worst scandals I've uncovered and yet it remains somewhat under the radar. Wes Streeting has ordered an inquiry into the scandal. Camilla Kingdon has handed in her report to Department of Health and Social Care. Why hasn't it been published?

Our latest #PatientSafety newsletter from Sir Jeremy Hunt MP is now available via Health Service Journal here:- hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…

"This is an opportunity to embed candour, openness & honesty at the heart of public service." In her new blog, Ombudsman Paula Sussex welcomes today's #HillsboroughLaw debate and shares how it could change how public bodies respond when things go wrong. orlo.uk/5pSEx

“A midwife who worked at OUH until 2023…told me that even after the trust had changed its policy on MRCS in March 2021, a culture of promoting ‘natural’ births remained…” newstatesman.com/politics/healt…

The total liability for clinical negligence claims against the NHS has now reached £60bn. Framing patient safety failings as aberrations obscures the need for deeper systemic change, writes James Titcombe bmj.com/content/391/bm…

“Another round of inquiries alone won’t deliver safer care” hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…

🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever: READ: thetimes.com/article/b4fe11…

Why we must stop the dangerous culture of 'normal births' which is leading to babies dying unnecessarily - my article in today's Sunday Times thetimes.com/article/a3ff20…

Patient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt: I was told we had moved on from ‘normal birth’ ideology – I was misinformed | Expert Briefing | Health Service Journal hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…