Stanley Thomas

NHS trusts hiring non-nurses for nursing roles

09/06/2021

Royal College of Nursing says recruiting people without the correct qualifications puts patients at risk. The RCN said the employment of non-nurses to work as nurses in hospitals and mental health facilities “should set alarm bells ringing with ministers” and… Read more

PPE guidance continues to put staff and patients at risk

08/06/2021

Dr David Tomlinson has written a piece today on the hub of Patient Safety Learning describing that approximately 1,000 healthcare and care workers died from COVID-19 in the UK and 122,000 workers are suffering from Long COVID. He argues… Read more

Safety put at risk by staff burnout in health and social care

08/06/2021

NHS and care staff in England are so burnt out that it has become an “emergency” and risks the future of the health service, MPs have warned. A highly critical report said workers were exhausted and overstretched because of staff… Read more

RCN publishes survey into sharps injuries and mucocutaneous exposures in 2020

28/05/2021

Sharps injuries (SI) and mucocutaneous exposures (MCE), collectively termed “blood and body fluid exposure” (BBFE), pose a diseases-transmission risk and a psychological stress to health care workers (HCW) and a responsibility on employers to prevent their occurrence. The RCN… Read more

How will NHS staff with Long Covid be supported?

27/05/2021

In a recent blog post, Patient Safety Learning interviewed Asad Khan, a doctor who has been suffering with persistent symptoms of Covid-19 for more than six months. This is also commonly referred to as Long Covid. Asad highlights the pressing… Read more

US Nurses to Picket Over Failure to Create Safer Patient Care Conditions

25/05/2021

Registered nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Falmouth Hospital will hold an informational picket on May 26 to call attention to Cape Cod Healthcare executives refusing to negotiate a new contract that creates safer patient care conditions. A contract agreement… Read more

UK Hospitals Accused of Burying Dozens of Patient Safety Reports

19/05/2021

UK hospitals have been accused of hiding nearly 100 secret reports written by expert doctors and investigating patient safety problems. BBC’s Panorama is to reveal on Wednesday that of the 111 ‘invited reviews’ requested from medical royal colleges by trusts,… Read more

COVID-19 vaccinations prompt CDC guidance on sharps disposal

05/05/2021

Two new fact sheets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are intended to help health care workers, managers and purchase agents ensure the safe handling and disposal of sharps during the nation’s COVID-19 mass vaccination effort. The agency defines a… Read more

Staff safety and wellbeing in the NHS: The difference between vision and reality

19/03/2021

very year, the NHS surveys its staff to find out about their experiences of working for their respective organisations. This week saw the publication of the 2020 NHS Staff Survey, which had almost 600,000 respondents representing 47% of NHS staff… Read more

Virtual Conference on Hospital Workers Wellbeing Matters

15/03/2021

On 23rd February 2021, the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQa) and the International Hospital Federation (IHF) held a virtual conference on hospital workers wellbeing matters. The event provided ISQa’s and IHF’s members and the wider community a global perspective… Read more