If you feel like every night is a bad night, it can have a big effect on your mood, pain and motivation to change. The LWwP sleep booklet looks at what can affect your sleep and importantly, how you can change it. livewellwithpain.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

Really honoured that my paper on thematic reviews for patient safety incidents is the most read paper for the BMJ Open Quality this year. Really enjoying adding to this under-researched area which has real impact on patient safety under PSIRF. Paper here: bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/12/2/e…

Looking forward to this, thank you Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. A joined-up national approach to health literacy will empower everybody with the knowledge, skills and confidence to be active partners for their care. An integrated approach across healthcare, education and in our communities.

HAPPY HOSPITAL PHARMACY DAY!

🤝We celebrate the dedication of all professionals in hospital pharmacies, from nurses to technicians, administrative staff, and beyond.

💚Your commitment to patient care and safety is invaluable. Thank you for all that you do!  #HospitalPharmacyDay

And Human Factors is Ergonomics - interchangeable terms; HF - European, E -American, hence why move to HF/E & HF is not only about non- technical skills, another myth buster!

Chris Elston Nannypod Ken Catchpole angela carrington MSO Network NI Medication Safety Team IMSN Paul Bowie Laura pickup Mark Sujan Steven Shorrock Patient Safety Learning I've drafted a chapter for WHO with Kathleen Mosier on decision-making in healthcare. I argue healthcare is fixated on the HF of frontline (operational) decision-making when I think the biggest bang for our buck is HF/E input into high level strategic healthcare planning.

Ken Catchpole Nannypod angela carrington MSO Network NI Medication Safety Team IMSN Paul Bowie Laura pickup Mark Sujan Steven Shorrock I agree, HF could transform hospitals and Trusts. They need to be involved in everything. The savings in so many fields could be huge. We need to get people to listen.

Root cause analysis is an obsolete method for incident investigation as it doesn't permit the identification of interactions between system factor, 👇 case study shows use of #SEiPS & #Accimaps to achieve that MSO Network NI Medication Safety Team IMSN

Register now for a wonderful #MedicationWithoutHarm knowledge exchange event in RCSI, Monday 22nd April. Great speakers sharing patient, research, policy and practice perspectives and initiatives. Please share HSE QPS UCC Ireland IMSN PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland
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‘Best leaders are out of office, talking to patients and staff, visibly welcoming what they hear & getting back to them.’ Sir Robert Francis at the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) conference on putting #patientsafety at the heart of healthcare

‘Listen to us’ presentation at the start of the ⁦Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO)⁩ conference about a #patientsafety centred healthcare system. ‘We’re not just a tin of beans on the supermarket shelf, we are human beings.’ Delighted to contribute to this fantastic collaboration and conference

NI Ministerial commitment to #patientsafety for a more patient centred healthcare system with a welcoming listening culture, to patients and staff, at the heart of healthcare system design and delivery - without fear - a culture change ⁦Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO)⁩ ⁦Patient Safety Learning⁩

This report highlights concerns about long term opioid use. We know opioids don’t provide benefit for the majority of people with chronic pain. The longer they continue, the less effective and more harmful they tend to become. There is another way - livewellwithpain.co.uk

Happy #InternationalWomensDay !

Since one of our first guests, Clare Howard shared her book choice - penguin.co.uk/books/435554/i… we have strived to share inspirational women’s stories and raise awareness that more needs to be done to achieve equality in the world of medicine .

🆕Women campaigning for patient safety🆕

In this blog, to mark #InternationalWomensDay2024 , we are celebrating some amazing women who campaign for patient safety pslhub.org/learn/leadersh… #IWD2024 #patientsafety

Delighted to join Robin Swann and Cathy Harrison at Knock Medical Practice this morning to launch “GPP NI 2030”, settings out our vision for maximizing the contribution of general practice pharmacists to patient and population health outcomes Department of Health

Do you have an interest in FRAM as a systems thinking tool in healthcare? Support us with this Q Community project proposal with feedback or join us. q.health.org.uk/idea/2024/syst… via The Q community

ismp.org/node/119273 interesting new medication errors being seen in USA with 'merch' medicinal products and potential for diversion. MHRA Meds Safety MSO Network IMSN Graeme Kirkpatrick Pauline Lockey