All healthcare work sometimes includes making truly difficult decisions, decisions that can have serious consequences for patients and their families, now, or in the future. This stretches from wards to Boards and into every part of the healthcare system. You only need…
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’Striking the right balance with antidepressant prescribing’
Antidepressant prescribing is at record levels in England, with around one in five adults receiving these medicines for a range of mental health conditions and chronic pain. Prescriptions have…
’Ask for something that is actionable’
I am the chief executive of Demos, a cross-party think tank that works to put people at the heart of policy making to improve how policy is developed as well as trust in politics. Think tanks sit outside government and are…
The New Zealand Experience
In 2016 the Health Quality Safety Commission (HQSC) in NZ launched a five-year programme that improved and standardised the way health care systems recognised and responded to deterioration. There were three main work streams…
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Martha's Rule blog series The following blogs are a collection of the experience and insights of our regional and global partners who have introduced patient escalation schemes. ’Ask for something that is actionable’ I am the chief executive of Demos, a cross-party think tank that works to put people at the heart of policy making [...]
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Patients must be part of the review into NHS performance The PSC is calling for patient voice to be included in the independent investigation into NHS performance, to be led by Lord Darzi, announced by the new Health Secretary Wes Streeting. Dr Henrietta Hughes said: ‘The unique views of patients and families are key to [...]