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Helen Hughes

@helenh49

Chief Executive of Patient Safety Learning. Passionate about patient safety (obvs) & social justice. Feminist. Love Wales & Penge. Views my own etc
Penge, London SE20 patientsafetylearning.org Joined October 2009
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Helen Hughes @helenh49
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.
Today 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”. pslhub.org/learn/patient-… #WorldPatientSafetyDay2025 #WPSD2025 #WPSD
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Helen Hughes @helenh49
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.
🆕In a new blog on the hub today, our Associate Director Claire Cox talks about the opportunities to improve patient safety and the risks associated with the use of barcode technology in healthcare. pslhub.org/learn/improvin… #patientsafety @psmn999
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Helen Hughes @helenh49
A must read short blog, highlighting the patient safety risk from a well intended change in policy not being designed, implemented or evaluated as a system change
🗨️... while I recognise that the ambulance trusts need to have their staff available and not tied up at hospitals, this is making the emergency department unsafe🗨️

New blog: My experience of the 'Wait 45' policy. pslhub.org/learn/improvin… #patientsafety
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Helen Hughes @helenh49
Just announced the topic for WHO World Patient Safely Day 2025. Please share widely
🆕The @WHO 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⬇️
pslhub.org/learn/organisa… #patientsafety
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