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Black maternal mental health is a patient safety issue

Sandra Igwe draws on her own personal and professional experiences to illustrate why Black maternal mental health is a patient safety issue.

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NHS maternity data lost during routine IT work

Police are notified of the data incident and officers are assessing its impact.

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Martha’s rule to be expanded to every A&E in England

System gives patients, loved ones and health workers the right to ask for a second opinion on care

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“I just thought you were supposed to know”: bridging the gap between patient safety knowledge and practice

Nurses are expected to practise patient safety—to escalate, document, report and speak up—yet few are ever explicitly taught how.

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Martha’s Rule to be rolled out to all A&Es

Following a successful pilot, the NHS will roll out Martha’s Rule to all hospital accident and emergency departments and waiting rooms by March 2028.

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Martha's Rule implemented nationwide in all England A&E departments to improve patient safety

The NHS has announced the nationwide rollout of Martha's Rule across all emergency departments in England, following a successful trial at seven trusts. Named after Martha Mills, a 13-year-old who died in 2021 after developing sepsis following a bike accident, the rule allows patients, families, and staff to request an urgent review if they believe a patient's condition is deteriorating and concerns are not being addressed. The expansion, which began immediately and will be fully implemented by March 2028, follows an eight-month pilot where 69 calls were made to dedicated phone lines, resulting in immediate medical interventions including surgery and intensive care transfers in some cases. Professor Aidan Fowler, NHS England's national director of patient safety, described the rule as a 'critical new lifeline' that builds on existing systems already in place across inpatient wards, where thousands of calls have led to treatment changes and life-saving interventions. The initiative is part of broader efforts to prioritize patient safety within the NHS, with Health Minister Baroness Merron emphasizing its role in putting patient safety at the heart of healthcare. Scotland is beginning to adopt the rule, while Northern Ireland is considering it, and Wales has a similar scheme called Call4Concern. The rule was prompted by Martha Mills' case, where her family's concerns about her deteriorating condition were not heeded, leading to her death. A coroner later ruled that Martha would likely have survived if she had been transferred to intensive care earlier. The NHS has provided guidance for patients to check with their local hospital or NHS trust about availability of the rule, which can be accessed via dedicated phone numbers or by asking hospital staff. This expansion represents a significant step in empowering patients and families to challenge care decisions and seek second opinions when necessary, aiming to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

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MHRA Safety Alert for Patient Hoists | Advice | Independent Living

<p>MHRA issues national safety alert over risk of death and serious harm from patient hoists The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a National Patient Safety Alert…

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Greater than the individual: The anatomy of EPR workflow risk

Electronic Patient Records promise safer, faster care - but when systems fail, poorly configured software and fragmented governance can put patients at serious risk. Simon Bowgen from Maulin Group’s i...

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Logging the hazard: Training is the missing mitigation in clinical AI

As ambient AI scribes become routine in general practice, GP, Clinical Safety Officer and Clinical Director for UK & I at Heidi, Dr Tim Cooper says the missing safeguard isn’t regulation - it’s traini...