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@patientsafetywatch.bsky.social
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Patient Safety Watch researches avoidable harm in healthcare and advocates for changes to build safer healthcare systems - www.patient-safety-watch.com

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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Why HSSIB is too important to lose” Our latest #patientsafety newsletter is now available via @hsj.co.uk here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Why HSSIB is too important to lose
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"Baroness Amos’ interim report sparks a sense of déjà vu" Our latest #patientsafety newsletter - this edition from our chair @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social - now available via @hsj.co.uk here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Baroness Amos’ interim report sparks a sense of déjà vu
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Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) @hssib.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Yesterday the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social published their Global State of Patient Safety Report 2025 Read our response from our Interim Chief Executive, @rosiebe.bsky.social #PatientSafety #NHS #GlobalHealth
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Response to report that focuses on global collaboration to improve patient safety — HSSIB
<p data-block-key="rsbov">The Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and Patient Safety Watch have published their annual <a class="" href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories...
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our latest #PatientSafety newsletter from @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social is now available via @HSJnews here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Some progress but blame culture still persists
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Out latest #patientsafety newsletter, this edition from @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social is now available via @HSJnews here: www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Will league tables lead to hitting the target but missing the point?
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Our latest #patientsafety newsletter is now available via @hsj.co.uk here:- #patientsafety www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Details of maternity investigation revealed and ‘corridor care’ scrutinised
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
“Dash Review opens a crucial door” Our latest #patientsafety newsletter, this time from Jeremy Hunt is now available here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Dash Review opens a crucial door
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Thiscovery @thiscovery.org · 03/07/2025
🩺 Helped improve inpatient care in the NHS? We want to hear from you! Share your experiences with @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social via a short survey to help build a shared library of what works. 🗣️ @jamestitcombe.bsky.social 📅 Closes 3 Aug 📄 CPD certificate available Take part using the link 👇
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"The long wait for answers, the legalistic lens of criminal law, with its high thresholds for prosecution, often feels far removed from the level at which true accountability should rest. And all of this unfolds at a time when what is most needed is openness, reflection, and improvement."
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"Trend of police investigations has profound consequences" Our latest #PatientSafety newsletter is now available via HSJ here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Trend of police investigations has profound consequences
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Swinging a ‘wrecking ball’ through safety work Our latest #patientsafety newsletter from @jamestitcombe.bsky.social is now available via @HSJnews here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Swinging a ‘wrecking ball’ through safety work
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NIHR Yorkshire and Humber PSRC @yhpsrc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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...
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Our latest Patient Safety Newsletter is now available via @hsj.co.uk here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Don’t let NHS capital get stuck in the Whitehall queue, Rachel
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“The biggest area of risk – in terms of lives lost and cost – involves NHS maternity units. Organisation upheaval must not distract us from what matters most” An article from Patient Safety Watch Chair Jeremy Hunt in today’s Guardian ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thirty-seven patients die needlessly each day in the NHS. Change is good, but patient safety must come first | Jeremy Hunt
The biggest area of risk – in terms of lives lost and cost – involves NHS maternity units. Organisation upheaval must not distract us from what matters most, says former health secretary Jeremy Hunt
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The theme for World Patient Safety Day this year (17th September) has been announced:- "Safe care for every newborn and every child". Read more here:- www.who.int/news-room/ev...
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World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2025: "Safe care for every newborn and every child"
World Patient Safety Day 2025 theme is "Safe care for every newborn and every child" with the slogan "Patient safety from the start!"
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"If the Department of Health and Social Care takes on greater responsibility for running the NHS, strong, independent regulation will be more important than ever to ensure transparency and accountability – free from political interference." www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: The end of an era
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Patient Safety have written a submission making recommendations to ensure patient safety is at the heart of the 10 year plan for the NHS. The full submission is available here:- #patientsafety static1.squarespace.com/static/5dc54ed…
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
‘Barriers to learning’, our latest #PatientSafety newsletter from @jamestitcombe.bsky.social is a now available via @HSJnews here: www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Barriers to learning
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“Wake-up calls from winter” The latest copy of our #patientsafety newsletter (this edition from Jeremy Hunt), is now available via @HSJnews here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Wake-up calls from winter
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
“Winter returns with a vengeance” Our latest #patientsafety newsletter is now available via @HSJnews here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Winter returns with a vengeance
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Our latest #patientsafety newsletter from Jeremy Hunt is now available via @hsj.co.uk here. www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt on how we can save 13,500 lives
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Patients Association @patients-association.org.uk · 17/12/2024
“The success of these early numbers shows exactly why Martha’s rule needs to be rolled out across the entire NHS – because when we listen to patients and families and act on their concerns, lives can be saved.” @rachel-p.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Martha’s rule having ‘transformative effect’, NHS England data shows
Mother of girl who died in 2021 reveals figures on Today programme that are welcomed by national medical director
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Today, in partnership with Imperial College, we have published a major new report looking at the National State of Patient Safety (NSPS) in England in 2024. The report contains stark & urgent findings A quick🧵 highlighting some of the key messages:- 1/…
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Managers’ regulation long overdue but watch out for unintended consequences - our latest #patientsafety newsletter is now available via @hsj.co.uk here: www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Managers’ regulation long overdue but watch out for unintended consequences
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Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) @hssib.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🆕REPORT. Mental health inpatient settings: out of area placements. We explore what drives the need for out of area placements, and the impact on patients and families when they are placed far from their homes. Read the report: www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe... #PatientSafety #MentalHealth
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Investigation report: Mental health inpatient settings - out of area placements
Final report for the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) investigation 'Mental health inpatient settings: out of area placements'.
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Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) @hssib.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Do you undertake After Actions Reviews (AAR), or are you planning to do so? Join us for a highly practical webinar on 23 Jan 2025 (free of charge). It will be of particular interest to those using AAR as a learning response under #PSIRF. Register now: www.hssib.org.uk/education/we... #PatientSafety
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Webinars
Online events organised by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) education team.
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Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) @hssib.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🆕 REPORT. It examines the case of an 85 year old patient who did not receive time critical Parkinson’s medication. We explore the systems in place to support staff to recognise, prescribe and administer time critical medications in the ED. Read the report: buff.ly/4f2Fg4d #PatientSafety
Two ambulances parked outside an NHS hospital emergency department entrance.
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“The Department of Health and Social Care will also consult on whether to introduce a new professional duty of candour on managers, and in addition to make managers accountable for responding to patient safety concerns.” www.gov.uk/government/n...
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New protections for whistleblowers under NHS manager proposals
NHS managers who silence whistleblowers could be barred from working in the NHS, under proposals being announced this week.
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The latest edition of our #patientsafety newsletter is now available via @hsj.co.uk here. Written by our founder and Chair Jeremy Hunt www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt on why sacking managers is a bad idea
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hospital covered up baby's death, says senior coroner www.thetimes.com/article/adff...
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Hospital covered up baby’s death, says senior coroner
Elton Deutekom was pronounced dead 37 minutes after his birth at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We are very pleased to be able to announce the launch of a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on #PatientSafety. You can read more about the New APPG here:- patient-safety-watch.com/news 1/3
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"C difficile rates hit 13-year high" Concerning news reported by HSJ today. #patientsafety www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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C difficile rates hit 13-year high
C difficile cases rose to their highest level in more than a decade, official data published this month shows.
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
“The history of NHS inquiries is littered with recommendations that have simply gathered dust and been forgotten, while opportunities for learning and change continue to fall through the gaps as a consequence.” www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Falling through the gaps
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Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A few spaces left at THIS Space, @thisinstitute.bsky.social's annual online conference. Sign up (it's free) and enjoy a great programme on 26 November www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/this-...
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THIS Space 2024
THIS Space 2024 programme is now live. THIS Space is THIS Institute’s annual conference. We welcome anyone with an interest in the evidence for improving the quality and safety of healthcare.
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I am very pleased to see this place taking off...I am posting & engaging more here all the time. DMs open for anyone with health news tips. It takes a village to create a nice social media feed. Let's all play our part.
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are very pleased to confirm that Jeremy Hunt has rejoined the Patient Safety Watch board as Chairman. Jeremy founded our Charity in 2019, but had to step back when he became Chancellor in 2022. #patientsafety www.patient-safety-watch.com/ourteam
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Patient Safety Watch - Our Team — Patient Safety Watch
We research patient safety issues and campaign to reduce preventable harm. Find out more about our trustees.
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Patient Safety Watch @patientsafetywatch.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
‘Falling through the gaps’ Our latest #patientsafety newsletter is available via HSJ here:- www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
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Patient Safety Watch: Falling through the gaps
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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