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A surgical team wearing protective gowns, masks and caps performs an operation in a hospital operating theatre. Medical staff work around the patient under surgical lighting, with monitoring equipment visible in the background.

Improving surgical safety through reporting, monitoring and learning

This investigation will focus on current monitoring systems and how the information they collect is shared and effectively used to help identify potential issues and drive improvements in surgical safety.
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Launched

  • Theme:

    Acute, Hospital care, Surgical
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Placenta Accreta Spectrum: understanding the barriers to timely diagnosis and care

Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy where the placenta abnormally attaches, or grows into, the muscle wall of the womb. This makes delivery of the placenta at the time of birth very difficult. PAS can result in massive blood loss and is a cause of materna…
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  • Theme:

    Delayed diagnosis, Maternity, Medical tests
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Safety issues for people experiencing a mental health crisis who come into contact with urgent and emergency care services

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Mental health crisis describes when a person feels at breaking point and where they need urgent help. We have launched two investigations that explore the patient safety issues associated with care pathways for people experiencing a mental health crisis who come into contact with urgent and emergen…
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  • Theme:

    Mental health, Emergency care, Access to care

  • Awaiting safety recommendation responses

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Electronic patient record systems – electronic referrals for ongoing care

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We have launched an investigation that explores risks to patient safety where electronic patient record (EPR) systems, introduced to support referrals for patient care, have contributed to harm from missed or delayed care.
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  • Theme:

    Access to care, Follow-up care, Continuity of care
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Insulin: supporting safe self-administration in vulnerable patient groups in the community

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This series of reports explores risks to patient safety for patients in the community who self-administer insulin and who may be at increased risk of harm because of their circumstances.
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Published

  • Theme:

    Mental health, Medication, Learning disabilities

  • Awaiting safety recommendation responses

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The use of Ambient Voice Technology in hospitals

Adoption of Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) is accelerating while the safety implications are not fully understood. This investigation will focus on acute adult secondary care settings to understand how AVT may contribute to patient harm, associated patient safety risks and accountability.
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  • Theme:

    Acute, Hospital care, Medical devices
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Care of children waiting for access to child health community services

There is widespread concern about child health community services presenting some of the longest waits in the healthcare system and these delays contributing to lasting harm where interventions are critical to healthy childhood development.
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  • Theme:

    Delayed diagnosis, Long-term conditions, Access to care
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Mental health: investigating under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)

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These three investigations provide examples of mental health investigations under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). Currently, two of three investigation reports has been published.
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  • Theme:

    Mental health, Hospital care, Patient safety themes
Two people sit together at a table, raising their hands together during a shared activity, with an open notebook in the foreground. One of the people has a learning disability.

Deterioration in adults with a learning disability in the community

We have launched an investigation that explores the care adults with a learning disability receive in primary care when their health is deteriorating or they have new symptoms.
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  • Theme:

    Delayed diagnosis, Access to care, Learning disabilities
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Identifying and supporting mental health problems in children via general practice

We have launched an investigation exploring how mental health problems in children are identified and supported via general practice. This is due to widespread concern that there are limitations and wide variation in early identification and intervention for children with mental health problems.
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  • Theme:

    Mental health, Primary care, Patient and family
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