What a delight to be back in gorgeous #Melbourne for the 2024 Allocate Workforce Software (RLDatix) RLDatix #APAC People Summit. Two great days of conversation ahead. I'm looking forwards to speaking about harm in healthcare culture, and the fundamental need to trust in data when problems arise.

Identifying groups of migrating doctors: new research commissioned by GMC here: gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-…
Birds fly the nest for very predictable reasons. I think the same is basically true for doctors.

bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

Irrespective of demographics and other legitimate local factors, the fact remains that there is unwarranted variation across many core clinical services with like-for-like resources. Effective job planning and rostering are key here Allocate Workforce Software (RLDatix) RLDatix bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

2023 NHS Staff Survey published today. Patient safety results make interesting reading

33% had seen errors, incidents or near misses that could have hurt patients in month before completing survey

A long way to go to make healthcare safer

Recognising our fallibility is a start

2023 NHS Staff Survey published today

For 1st time questions about unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature in previous 12 mths

Shocking to see >8% had been targeted by patients/relatives/public

Nearly 4% targeted by staff/colleagues

We need ZERO tolerance to this across the NHS

An utterly unacceptable state of affairs. The peer-reviewed evidence of how unsafe it is for patients to be languishing in insufficiently-resourced EDs is overwhelming. A comprehensive overhaul of non-elective care provision is more necessary now than at any previous time.

If only the provision of safe and effective care was this simple. Beds don't help care for anyone. People do the caring - and we desperately need many more of them, across all health professions. There a few things more dangerous than an understaffed hospital - however many beds.

📢NEW: We have launched a new inquiry into NHS leadership, performance and patient safety.

Read more here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/h…

Nothing new in these headlines but what it does reinforce is the need for scrupulous and effective risk and governance processes to be in place. Nowhere is there greater clinical risk than in a system under operational pressure. Incident reporting is key. bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…

Wonder how we will report under our forthcoming regulatory approach? Read the latest guidance overview here buff.ly/469w0qo #CQCIsChanging

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📢 Calling all Whit Health staff 📢

Interested in joining the NCL collaborative bank?

Join the team and find out more:
👉 Wednesday 15 November
👉 N19, Whittington Hospital

Find out more about joining the bank here: ow.ly/SKeC50Q4zwb

Calling colleagues working at the Royal Free London 📣

Want to join our NCL Collaborative Bank or have any questions?

Next week, there will be a series of pop up events where you can find out more. Details are on our staff intranet, Freenet, and below 👇
allocatesoftware.co.uk/ncl-bank/

Read our most recent update on our ongoing transformation buff.ly/3PrRKaS #CQCIsChanging

A hospital at home place is not a virtual ward - they are totally different conceptually and operationally.

Read the latest updates for providers and professionals working in:

🏡 Adult social care buff.ly/3PYklpJ

🏥 Healthcare services buff.ly/3RImAi0

💉 Primary medical and dental services buff.ly/3RImAi0

How safe is the diagnostic process in healthcare? qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

RECRUITING: We are looking for two new and exceptional Non-Executive Directors to join our Trust Board. You'll have relevant academic or financial experience, a demonstrable commitment to the Nolan principles and be a strategic thinker. If this is you and you can commit to a

Sunak outlines long-term staffing plan for NHS bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p… via BBC News (UK)