Helen Hughes
@helenh49.bsky.social
Passionate about patient safety, social justice and democracy. And cats. And trains Check out Patient Safety Learning’s free learning platform for patient safety - resources, networks and more www.pslhub.org
"These experiences are not isolated incidents. They are recurring patterns that expose women to preventable harm." Excellent contribution to World Patient Safety Day 2026 ⬇️ www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... @patientsafetylearning.org
Women’s heart health is a patient safety issue
In this blog for World Patient Safety Day, Risa Mallory and Karen Padilla discuss women’s heart health inequities from both an individual advocate’s and advocacy organisation’s perspective
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In this new blog I talk about some of the themes, challenges and opportunities that emerged across the our Patient Safety Forum earlier this year, hosted by Public Policy Projects in partnership with @patientsafetylearning.org. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
Continuing the conversation: Insights from the Patient Safety Forum 2026
Helen Hughes, Chief Executive of Patient Safety Learning, reflects on this year’s Patient Safety Forum that shed light on some of the key challenges in patient safety today.
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Much more needed for effective #psirf implementation. This matters. We need to learn why avoidable harm happens and act on it. Good report by #hssib and please see our response from Patient Safety Learning
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · 10mo ago🆕In this article we reflect on today's new report by the @hssib.bsky.social, which looks at patient safety incident investigation under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
In our World Patient Safety Day blog we call for action to address the persistence of avoidable harm and share resources specific to this year’s theme “Safe care for every newborn and child”. Please review and share widely.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · 11mo agoToday is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! In a new blog on the hub, we set out the need for a transformation in our approach to patient safety and consider this year’s theme, “Safe care for every newborn and every child”. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #WorldPatientSafetyDay2025 #WPSD2025 #WPSD
In our World Patienr Safety Day blog we call for action to address the persistence of avoidable harm and share resources specific to this year’s theme “Safe care for every newborn and child”. Please review and share widely.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · 11mo agoToday is #WorldPatientSafetyDay! In a new blog on the hub, we set out the need for a transformation in our approach to patient safety and consider this year’s theme, “Safe care for every newborn and every child”. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #WorldPatientSafetyDay2025 #WPSD2025 #WPSD
‘By involving frontline staff in the design, testing and implementation phases of introducing a new electronic system—or any new procedure, policy or tool—you may uncover these workarounds much sooner and be able to design them out.’
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · 12mo ago🆕In a new blog on the hub today, our Associate Director @safetynurse999.bsky.social talks about the opportunities to improve patient safety and the risks associated with the use of barcode technology in healthcare. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety
Great to be able to collaborate and support this important #patientsafety issue
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.(5/5) You can find out more about the work of @thereforme.bsky.social over the past year, and their plans for the future, in the blog below⬇️ www.thereforme.uk/p/thereforme...
A Trust in Cornwall said to their board that cyber security of health systems underwrites #patientsafety. Absolutely and an avoidable death sadly proves that 😥
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.Featured on the hub today, an interview on BBC London yesterday with our Chief Executive @helenh49.bsky.social, in the wake of the news that a patient’s death was contributed to by a cyber attack on NHS pathology provider last year. www.pslhub.org/learn/commis... #patientsafety
In this she talks about collaborating with the Patient Safety Partners Network, hosted on our patient safety platform the hub, in the past year. Read more about this in the blog below⬇️ www.pslhub.org/learn/leader...
Championing the patient voice: a recent discussion with the Patient Safety Commissioner at the Patient Safety Partners Network
This blog provides an overview of a Patient Safety Partners Network where the Patient Safety Commissioner presented
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Is there a playbook of tactics used by Trusts to ‘manage’ whistleblowers? Yes, say the interviewees from our speaking up series.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.The whistleblower playbook: Commons tactics that some organisations use when dealing with people who speak up or blow the whistle. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety
Impressive networking and sharing on all things #patientsafety. If you’re UK based, do join!
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕The Patient Safety Management Network 4 years on: "Not just a network but a movement"🆕 A new blog by @safetynurse999.bsky.social featured on the hub today. www.pslhub.org/learn/profes... #patientsafety
News article on the hub today - Pennsylvania’s patient safety database tops 300,000 reports, a first in 2024. www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/... (via Betsy Lehman Center)
Pennsylvania’s patient safety database tops 300,000 reports, a first in 2024
With more than 300,000 patient safety incidents and serious events reported, Pennsylvania’s patient safety database reached a new milestone in 2024. Analysis by the state’s Patient Safety Authority (P...
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(1/4) Corridor care is increasingly being used in the NHS as demand for emergency care grows and hospital departments struggle with patient numbers. On the hub you can find a series of blogs highlighting key #patientsafety concerns relating to corridor care. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...
Corridor care and patient safety
Corridor care is increasingly being used in the NHS as demand for emergency care grows and hospital departments struggle with patient numbers. In a series of blogs for the hub, we shine a light on som...
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Excellent interview with a leading ergonomics, culture and healthcare leader
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕NHS non-executive director and ergonomist Beatrice Fraenkel speaks to @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy about how fear affects behaviour and why it's important to understand the factors leading to poor culture and harm in healthcare. 🔗 www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety
We’re thrilled to launch our new podcast series; Stories of Safety! Join us for exclusive conversations with leading figures on what #patientsafety means, how it’s been shaped, & what the future holds. 🎙️Listen now to Episode 1 with @shaunlintern.bsky.social : psrc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/latest/podca...
🆕In this report we analyse a sample of 13 Patient Safety Incident Response Plans, reflecting on what these tell us about the implementation of new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) in the NHS. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
What do Patient Safety Incident Response Plans tell us about how the NHS is approaching safety investigations?
Patient Safety Learning analysis of Patient Safety Incident Response Plans
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Powerful and often shocking ‘must view/read’ whistleblowing testimony in the NHS. This led to Bernie’s career change and the most fulfilling work of her life—supporting others to speak up and be heard. For this she has received an MBE and a Churchill Fellowship award.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕Bernie Rochford MBE talks to @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy about how speaking up about anomalies in health records destroyed her career but led her to become a Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian and research international approaches to whistleblowing. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...
Powerful and often shocking ‘must view/read’ whistleblowing testimony in the NHS. This led to Bernie’s career change and the most fulfilling work of her life—supporting others to speak up and be heard. For this she has received an MBE and a Churchill Fellowship award.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕Bernie Rochford MBE talks to @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy about how speaking up about anomalies in health records destroyed her career but led her to become a Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian and research international approaches to whistleblowing. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...
Just announced. Please share widely
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕The @who.int has announced that the theme of World Patient Safety Day 2025 will be “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, emphasising the need for stronger measures to protect children from preventable harm. Read more below⬇️ www.pslhub.org/learn/organi... #patientsafety
It is difficult to imagine that this type of results in other safety-critical industries—where the consequences of incidents may also be serious injury or loss of life—would be considered acceptable.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.What NHS staff think about patient safety—it’s still not safe: Our response to the NHS Staff Survey Results 2024 www.pslhub.org/learn/patien...
There still remains a significant gap between what NHS organisations say to employees about speaking up and creating the actual conditions where they feel safe to follow this advice. No significant improvement this year. As previous years. This matters
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🧵NHS Staff Survey Results 2024🧵 (1/6) Today's latest staff survey results show no significant change from recent years in responses to questions on reporting incidents, clinical safety and speaking up on #patientsafety issues www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...
It was a fantastic event. Planning 2026 already!
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.Featured on the hub, a new blog by our Chief Executive Helen Hughes and Director Clare Wade reflecting on last week's Patient Safety Forum 2025, part of our patient safety policy programme with Public Policy Projects www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... @helenh49.bsky.social
Valuable local-level learning prompts for acute hospitals. A complex set of factors that could apply broadly. Could they affect your organisation, your patients?
Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)@hssib.bsky.social · last yr.🆕 REPORT. Medication not given: anticoagulation before and after a procedure. We’ve published a report that examines a patient safety event involving an 87-year-old man on anticoagulation medication and outlines learning prompts for NHS trusts. Read the report: buff.ly/CPIeFQC
This blog highlights the challenges that patients have in raising concerns about what makes them safe
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕Laura Evans discusses the lack of protection against Covid for vulnerable patients when going for a GP appointment or into hospital and shares her personal experience of being dismissed when asking for basic patient safety measures to be put in place. www.pslhub.org/learn/corona... #patientsafety
Why policies, procedures and training in isolation will not change culture or employment relations. Much of HR needs a rethink bmjleader.bmj.com/content/7/4/...
Paradigm lost? Reflections on the effectiveness of NHS approaches to improving employment relations
The National Health Service in England has largely relied on a human resources trilogy of policies, procedures and training to improve organisational culture. Evidence from four interventions using th...
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Are you a patient, relative or carer frustrated with navigating the healthcare system? Or is your GP practice or Trust doing something innovative to make it easier for patients? Share your experience with us on the hub. www.pslhub.org/forums/topic... #patientsafety
The challenges of navigating the healthcare system
In a new series of blogs on the hub, patients and their relatives describe the challenges and barriers they have faced when trying to navigate the healthcare system. What has been your experience of n...
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Upcoming Safety For All webinar featured on the hub: ▶️The Invisible Hazard: Tackling Surgical Smoke for Healthcare Worker and Patient Safety 🗓️Wednesday 2 April 2025 ⏰12:00 - 13:00 BST More details below⬇️ www.pslhub.org/events/event...
Safety For All webinar - The Invisible Hazard: Tackling Surgical Smoke for Healthcare Worker and Patient Safety
The Invisible Hazard: Tackling Surgical Smoke for Healthcare Worker and Patient Safety will delve into the risks posed by surgical smoke, its impact on both healthcare professionals and patients, and ...
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The conversation also explores how target-led approaches and financial incentives have led to cultural changes in healthcare organisations over the past few decades.
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.🆕Retired consultant @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social speaks to @helenh49.bsky.social and Peter Duffy about how raising patient safety concerns led to his decision to retire early and how NHS culture has changed during his 40 year career. Link: www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...
‘The needs of patients should be central to improving health and care services, actively listening and acting on their experiences and insights when things go wrong for safety improvement.’
Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.Our new series of blogs highlights the challenges people face when navigating the healthcare system. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #patientsafety
We hope this blog has shone a spotlight on some of the challenges people with ME and Long Covid face when accessing care. If you have ME or Long Covid, or care for someone who does, we’re keen to hear about your experiences
ThereForME@thereforme.bsky.social · 2y ago📣 New blog from @karenlhargrave.bsky.social with @patientsafetylearning.org - exploring accessibility issues in NHS care for people with ME and Long Covid We want to hear from you! Read on to the next post for how you can share your experiences. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...