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Andrew Rochford: World Patient Safety Day 2024
Patient safety should be at the heart of all that we do as clinicians and yet the ‘noise’ in the system makes it harder rather than easier, and we remain a long way from having a patient safety culture embedded within the NHS.
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Pharmacogenomics in the NHS: A user's guide
Our experts introduce key concepts in pharmacogenomics and describe the current evidence base.
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Sam Mauger: Improving diagnosis for patient safety
We have grown used to a “one item” GP appointment, and yet health is often not that conveniently pigeon-holed with many older adults in particular living with multiple conditions.
Video
Navigating Patient Safety: Innovations in learning from patient safety incidents
This webinar focusses on highlighting patient safety initiatives across the country that promote learning from and/or encourage compassionate engagement with patient safety incidents.
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Early promise for project helping mental health service users ‘wait as well as possible’
A pilot project in south Wales is aiming to improve support for people who are waiting for psychological therapies.
Case Study
Insight led care: Using routine data for clinical prioritisation
We demonstrated reduction in harm in high risk people and facilitated patient initiated follow up to increase clinical capacity.
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Pooja Dasani: The evolving role of a genetic counsellor in a genomic era
We interpret and explain complex genomic information to patients and their families whilst exploring the impact of a diagnosis within the family.
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Rhodri Smith: My Clinical Genetics training journey
I have not taken the most typical route into clinical genetics, but I am glad that I did.
Video
Encouraging patients to remain physically active at all stages of their cancer pathway
Isla Veal discusses her team's work on physical activity and exercise with cancer patients.
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Information prescriptions
Information prescriptions are personalised pieces of information provided by Diabetes UK to give people goals to help prevent diabetes health complications.
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Andy Broomhead and Dani Roe: Diabetes UK on stigma
Research we carried out showed that 89% of people living with or at risk of diabetes had experience stigma at some point in their lives.
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Joseph Hill: Medical misinformation
In many instances, celebrities, activists, and politicians convey false information evoking harm to individuals and society.
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Tackling misinformation in medicine
Our experts discuss the impact of misinformation and disinformation on clinical practice and what we can do to address this.
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Patricia Munn: A patient perspective on misinformation
I was surprised that I was very much left to my own devices, ongoing monitoring has been minimal and happened only through my own intervention.
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Michelle Gavin: Misinformation in healthcare
Distinguishing valid information from misinformation can be difficult, especially on social media platforms, where the two often circulate side-by-side.
Video
ICST respiratory toolkit
Our experts explore a respiratory digital toolkit which comprises a self-management app for patients, a wraparound toolkit for clinicians and data dashboard for commissioners.
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Self-referral: can we reimagine gatekeeping in health care by enabling self-directed care?
The potential benefits of self-referral, its effects on health inequalities and the factors which enable self-referral.
Reading
Promoting patient initiated follow-up appointments to patients and clinicians
PIFU allows a patient to request a follow up appointment when they need one, based on their symptoms and individual circumstances.
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Theresa Barnes: Managing risk in the modern outpatients and the effects on productivity
Changes to training have meant that over time trainees may have less exposure to risk management.
Blog
Debbie Adger: Putting orthopaedic patients in control with PIFU
This patient-centric approach not only enhances flexibility and convenience but also promotes self-management and personalised care.
Video
Improving MSK care with an integrated approach
Rachel Tattersall explores the creation of a co-designed a single front door integrated MSK service.
Video
Digital Care Management Solution: Hospital Specialist Palliative Care
Our expert panel explore how together they created an innovative data capture form and dashboard for the hospital specialist palliative care team.
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Modern outpatient care: redesigning planned speciality care for people and populations
Explore the collaborative work between RCP, NHSE and the Patients Association in developing a national outpatient strategy.
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Fredrik Vivian: Outpatient transformation and patient engagement portals
Outpatients services are particularly well placed to capitalise on transformation through innovative pathways and digital technologies.