Good luck from me and Ruth May 💙 to all our colleagues running parkrun UK today for International Day of the Midwife #IDM2024 💙

It’s great to come together today to celebrate midwives' achievements, and support our physical and mental health and wellbeing.

On this lovely Friday I wanted to write a little something about giving back and recognising all those ppl & projects that make such a difference

So here's little something about why you should nominate, how to do so & some suggestions about where

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Last year Ramona Marincas was awarded #IPS Honorary Membership

📢Hear from Ramona Marincas on what being nominated meant to her: buff.ly/4bmRSSp

Nominations open for the #IPS Honorary Awards 2024 buff.ly/3F3WDAY

#IPS awards #InfectionPrevention #IPC

Digital nurses and midwives are invited to join Florence Nightingale Foundation scholars at the sixth CHIME Digital Health Leadership Academy 1-4 July, Breadsall Priory Derbyshire. Details & reg chimeinternational.org

I’m probably biased, but this is an excellent book! We’re very excited about the impact it will have in the ‘how to’ implementation of safety science in healthcare. Especially so in the context of #PSIRF

Patient Safety Learning Patient Safety Management Network Claire (she/her) Jordan Nicholls

Well done to you all! We couldn’t agree more. Contextualising #InfectionPrevention #SSIPrevention Thank you World Health Organization (WHO) annual #HandHygiene campaign Team. #PatientSafety #KnowledgeIsPower #MotivatingAction #InThisTogether 🙌🏼🙌🏼

One of the best weekly newsletters I subscribe to is the Psychological Safety newsletter from Tom Geraghty. It always has excellent (relevant & useable) content. This week's topic is 'graded assertiveness' (when we need to communicate an important message to someone who is much…

The problems:

1. Blame culture
2. System needs over-ride staff well-being
3. Unintended personal costs of upholding values at work
4. Interventions don’t recognise cumulative chronic stressors
5. It is hard to design, identify & implement interventions. qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

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The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) promotes a range of system-based approaches for learning from patient safety incidents. SEIPS is one of those approaches. Join us on 17th May for an introduction to SEIPs and how to apply it eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction…

Don’t miss the early bird rate for IPC leaders’ course (formerly DIPC day) on 5 June. This online course will cover aspects of managing services and infrastructure that are relevant to all those in an #IPC #leadership role.

Early bird rate until 13 May: ow.ly/RR3H50Rr1vS

The programme is now live for the “What Goes Around Comes Around” Conference held by IPS South West Branch! Check it out and make sure to secure your space: buff.ly/3xYCayi

#IPS #IPS SW24 #IPS Event IPS_SouthWestBranch

If only I knew back then what I know now... God, you didn't forsake me, & I know you never will. There is beauty in the ashes! #ForMyGood #ThankYouJesus 🙌🙌youtube.com/watch?v=lnHfNb…

Psychological safety: Feeing confident to speak up & use your voice without fear of retribution or judgement

We learn most from mistakes, failures, honest conversations & being vulnerable

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“Hospitals are meant to make us better🏥. But they can also make us sick.”

If buildings aren’t designed and built correctly, patient impact can be severe and life threatening.

Join our webinar to find a solution.

📅 9 May 1-2pm
💰 FREE
Register👉 ow.ly/HcrJ50R1Z3p

An epic #SSI Prevention conference on an important element of the #SSI Prevention Bundle coming up featuring top #SSI #IPC experts/ speakers. Please register 4 this free event #StopSSI healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-ma… cc: Melissa Rochon Jude Robinson 💙 Jon Otter & many others #InThisTogrther