It’s not talent that is unevenly distributed in our society, it is opportunity. I’m determined to smash through the class ceiling in medicine, to make sure that working class kids from backgrounds like mine and Bridget Phillipson can achieve their dreams 👇🏻 thesun.co.uk/health/3563732…

This #BMJ paper provides a consensus view and a checklist on when and how to update #SystematicReviews (#SRs) #EBM #Medicine pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27443385/

Dr. Lucian Leape — a true pioneer and often called the father of the patient safety movement — has died at 94. His work transformed how we think about errors in healthcare. #PatientSafety nytimes.com/2025/07/01/hea…

"For senior leaders who let their profession and colleagues down - whether through dishonest behaviour, by silencing whistleblowers or covering up unsafe practice - we will legislate to establish a new system to disbar them from ever taking leadership roles in the NHS again."

This is an incisive must read Has Care Quality Improved? Dr Penny Dash publishes review nationalhealthexecutive.com/articles/has-c…

The government is to streamline the regulation of patient safety in England after a review concluded that there is “considerable duplication and overlap” between different organisations bmj.com/content/390/bm…

The NHS has more contact with victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse than any other service. The healthcare system needs a sustainably funded domestic abuse strategy, write Simon Opher and Cherryl Henry-Leach Standing Together bmj.com/content/390/bm…

The theme of this year's World Patient Safety Day on 17 September is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”. On this theme, in this blog Chris McQuitty talks about a new patient safety tool in maternity settings - COMPASS. pslhub.org/learn/investig…

‘Slash and burn’ increases poor health system decision-making: witness maternity and gynaecology otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/sla… Good to see more wives and OBs listened to

A third of women who died during or in the year after pregnancy were known to Children's Social Care, according to new research. Half of those women died by suicide or psychiatric causes. Kaat De Backer King's College London & Her Circle's Amy Van Zyl join anita rani ⬇️

European Respiratory Review: The immune response to Pneumocystis infection is different in different immune hosts, and this response may be favourable or unfavourable depending on the degree of immunosuppression. bit.ly/4kukdLA

Honoured to receive a lifetime achievement award

“It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.” theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

This important research project is researching the impact of #stillbirth on fathers in the 1st 12 months. For more information visit this website bit.ly/fathersgriefre…

When planning for a change initiative, detours aren’t just a possibility—they’re a reality... and that’s OKAY! It’s all part of the learning process, offering us a chance to pause, reflect, and rethink our approach. Visual by Virpi Oinonen / Business illustrator

Together we're co-designing and developing this community of nursing and midwifery leaders who have direct responsibility for or a background in quality improvement. #teamCNO Sign up to join the network here: bit.ly/3FQRGNy

Terms like ‘improvement’, ‘evaluation’ & ‘co-design’ can mean different things—even within teams. The SE London Improvement Collab worked with patients & public involvement members to create an accessible #qualityimprovement glossary. Download it here👇 kingsimprovementscience.org/cms-data/resou…

Don’t miss the #FIGO2025 President’s session on 5 Oct (09:45–10:45) tackling #PPH & #MaternalHealth. With expert speakers Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, H.E. Mutula Kilonzo Jr, Angela Nguku, and Prof. Ibrahima Teguete. Learn more: ow.ly/efsa50Wt6Ge

More than half (54%, 458) of black women had problems with healthcare professionals during their pregnancy, while 28% (237) reported being discriminated against, in a survey of maternity services in the UK by Fivexmore_ bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Making decisions about your care. This page looks at your right to make decisions, what you may want to consider when making a decision, and how to have your rights respected. aims.org.uk/information/it…