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being human newsletter september 2024

Newsletter September 2024 – Being Human in Healthcare Ltd Network

  It’s the end of summer and hopefully most of you will have been somewhere warmer (and drier) over the holidays! Being Human in Healthcare Latest News  Congratulations! Our co-director Jess Wadsworth has completed her Chartered Institute for Ergonomics & Human Factors Technical Membership, giving her the post nominals TechCIEHF Spotlight on our Maternity Human…
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9th September 2024 0
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Being Human in Healthcare Network – Newsletter May 2024

  We can’t believe summer is nearly upon us and hope you will have a chance to take some well deserved rest & relaxation over the bank holiday. Latest Being Human News  We are delighted to announce that: Mr Alan Parbhoo FRCS(OMFS Gold Medal) MBBS BSc BDS has joined the Being Human Team as a…
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6th May 2024 0
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Being Human in Healthcare Newsletter Spring 2024

  Implementing Human Factors Training & Developing Healthcare Staff Spring is definitely here! We’ve been thinking about how we can spread the word about how central Human Factors are to patient safety and how we can help those of you implementing PSIRF to embed the systems-based approach. One answer is to invest in Frontline staff…
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28th March 2024 0
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Safety Culture: What is it and how can we build a Pro-active Safety Culture in the NHS?

  “If eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, then chronic unease is the price of safety.” Reason (1997) With hindsight it is almost always possible to identify warning signs which went unheeded. This article discusses how healthcare might implement a safety culture capable of predicting and avoiding accident risks. Introduction There are many different…
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10th December 2023 0
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TO ERR IS HUMAN: Human Error Time for a rethink? PSIRF & Human Error

  Have you ever added milk to someone’s tea, despite them asking for black tea just two minutes beforehand? Have you ever grabbed the wrong bunch of keys as you hurried out of the house, despite knowing that on this day you needed the other bunch? We’ve all done things like this… In practice, have…
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15th January 2023 0