Effect of absorbent continence product design on handling time and caregiver physical posture: ergonomic evaluation

NHS patient safety and problems with communication

The crisis of corridor care and its impact on nursing and patient safety

The complex reality of corridor care in emergency departments

Poisoning and overdose at a glance

Accidental poisoning occurs frequently in children, particularly in those aged <6 years, who may unknowingly ingest harmful substances while exploring their environment (BMJ Best Practice, 2024)....

Data trends and duty of candour: patient safety challenges in 2025

‘Sussex Police started looking in 2023 into an initial 105 cases, but BBC File On 4 Investigates has learned that number is now more than 200.’ .

Theatre Safety Club 2024

Romaine Mitchell, Nurse/Midwife, Sussex and Hampshire.

The use of the MK5 Mobility Classes to improve safe patient handling: a reliability study

This research focused on a reliability study of the MK5. To establish inter- and intra-rater reliability as sensitively as possible authentic video material was collected, enabling assessments of...

Tackling some of the NHS patient safety problems in 2025

All the consultations touch on care quality and NHS patient safety. One will have a knock-on effect on another, so they should not be considered in isolation from each other. There all form part of a...

Big changes to the NHS patient safety landscape expected in 2025

Martha's Rule emerged from the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills from sepsis in 2021. The Coroner concluded that she would not have died had she been moved earlier...

Keeping up to date with patient safety reports: weathering the perfect storm?

We will never be able to stop the regular swathe of patient safety reports, policies, guidelines, recommendations etc – and nor should we. Health care is also everybody's business. We are all touched...

Untangling the complex web of NHS patient safety bodies

Confidence in the NHS patient safety, health regulatory and governance framework has been, in my view, seriously damaged by the performance shortcomings of the CQC, and only time will tell whether it...