A just culture guide
This guide encourages managers to treat staff involved in a patient safety incident in a consistent, constructive and fair way. It supports a conversation about whether a staff member involved in a patient safety incident requires specific individual support or intervention to work safely.
See the guide at: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/just-culture-guide/
Showing posts with label surgical_staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surgical_staff. Show all posts
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
The state of medical education and practice in the UK 2017
This report from the General Medical Council, which analyses data on the medical workforce across the UK, warns that the UK’s medical profession is at ‘a crunch point’ and will suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years unless action is taken. It identifies a raft of challenges facing the medical profession today against a backdrop of an increasing and older population, and highlights four priorities for the UK’s governments and agencies responsible for medical training and workforce planning.
Friday, 1 December 2017
Framework of principles for mentoring
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has published 'Framework of principles for mentoring.' The aim of this document is to promote and ensure best practice for mentoring using a
framework of principles that are consistent in values yet flexible in adapting to local demand,
need and resources.
Monday, 20 November 2017
New training scheme for surgeons of the future opens for applications
The Royal College of Surgeons has announced that applications for the first Improving Surgical Training (IST) programme for trainee surgeons are open. The innovative pilot training programme will provide surgical trainees with a better balance between training and service provision and professionalise the role of the surgical trainer.
The programme will be piloted in general surgery, and from August 2019, will also be open to applicants to urology and vascular surgery. The programme will be open to all trainees applying for core-level surgical training posts through the 2017/2018 national selection process.
The programme will be piloted in general surgery, and from August 2019, will also be open to applicants to urology and vascular surgery. The programme will be open to all trainees applying for core-level surgical training posts through the 2017/2018 national selection process.
Surgeons asked to staff hospital front doors to head off emergency pressures this winter
The leaders of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) have written to surgeons in England, encouraging them to provide support at hospital front doors (e.g. rapid outpatient clinics and A&E) over the coming months as the NHS faces arguably its toughest winter in modern times. The surgeons have also called on government to make further funding available to the NHS in next week’s Budget.
The RCS says there is strong evidence that having more senior decision-makers at the front door of hospitals reduces unnecessary emergency admissions and delayed discharges, thereby freeing up beds for genuine emergencies and patients needing planned operations.
The RCS says there is strong evidence that having more senior decision-makers at the front door of hospitals reduces unnecessary emergency admissions and delayed discharges, thereby freeing up beds for genuine emergencies and patients needing planned operations.
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Protect trainee doctors to protect patient safety
Annual trainee quality panels can help address bullying and other cultural and safety issues within local hospitals and training posts, say Zoe Oliphant and Iona Thorne
The Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) has recently highlighted the widespread bullying of surgical trainees and its impact upon patient safety. RCSEd reported that around the time of an operation, disruptive behaviour contributes to 67 per cent adverse events, 71 per cent medical errors and 27 per cent perioperative deaths.
The Daily Telegraph has reported that trainee surgeons are being assaulted and that one in six surgical trainees suffer from post traumatic stress disorder.
To obtain this article copy and paste the post into an email and send to: libraryw@uhcw.nhs.uk
The Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) has recently highlighted the widespread bullying of surgical trainees and its impact upon patient safety. RCSEd reported that around the time of an operation, disruptive behaviour contributes to 67 per cent adverse events, 71 per cent medical errors and 27 per cent perioperative deaths.
The Daily Telegraph has reported that trainee surgeons are being assaulted and that one in six surgical trainees suffer from post traumatic stress disorder.
To obtain this article copy and paste the post into an email and send to: libraryw@uhcw.nhs.uk
Monday, 2 October 2017
New surgical training pilot expands to include urology and vascular surgery
The Improving Surgical Training project (IST), which has been developed by The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) and Health Education England (HEE), will be piloted in general surgery at likely more than 21 different trusts from August 2018, and from August 2019, will now include urology and vascular surgery.
The IST pilot will trial improvements in the quality of training, provide trainees with a better balance between service delivery and training, allow professionalised trainers to dedicate more time to training, and help develop skills of the full surgical team. The emphasis on developing the wider workforce and not solely surgeons aims to allow trainees more time to train, as well developing cross-professional and cross-speciality competencies.
The IST pilot will trial improvements in the quality of training, provide trainees with a better balance between service delivery and training, allow professionalised trainers to dedicate more time to training, and help develop skills of the full surgical team. The emphasis on developing the wider workforce and not solely surgeons aims to allow trainees more time to train, as well developing cross-professional and cross-speciality competencies.
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Ultrasound training recommendations for medical and surgical specialties - 3rd ed.
This document from the Royal College of Radiologists makes recommendations for ultrasound training in a broad range of areas to help ensure that ultrasound training is of the same high standard for both medical non-radiologists and radiologists.
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Reporting individual surgeon outcomes does not lead to risk aversion in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2017 Jan 10:1-5. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2017.0005. [Epub ahead of print]
Reporting surgeons' outcomes has recently been introduced in the UK. This has the potential to result in surgeons becoming risk averse. The aim of this study was to investigate whether reporting outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery impacts on the number and risk profile (level of fitness) of patients offered elective treatment.
UHCW Research: Shakespeare J and Imray C
Reporting surgeons' outcomes has recently been introduced in the UK. This has the potential to result in surgeons becoming risk averse. The aim of this study was to investigate whether reporting outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery impacts on the number and risk profile (level of fitness) of patients offered elective treatment.
UHCW Research: Shakespeare J and Imray C
Friday, 23 December 2016
Making the Best of Brexit for the NHS
Position statement form the Royal College of Surgeons.
Leading surgeons have urged government and the NHS to use Brexit to improve patient safety in the UK. The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) says giving job security to NHS staff from the European Union (EU), testing the language skills and competence of non-UK healthcare staff, enforcing more rigorous standards for medical devices and drugs, and relaxing training time restrictions for surgeons should now be a priority.
According to the RCS, the UK, like other EU countries, has often been required to accept the lowest common denominator of standards across Europe, sometimes putting patients at risk. A new position paper from the RCS,Making the Best of Brexit for the NHS, outlines areas of opportunity that could strengthen patient safety, as well as risks to the NHS, now that the UK has voted to leave the EU.
Leading surgeons have urged government and the NHS to use Brexit to improve patient safety in the UK. The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) says giving job security to NHS staff from the European Union (EU), testing the language skills and competence of non-UK healthcare staff, enforcing more rigorous standards for medical devices and drugs, and relaxing training time restrictions for surgeons should now be a priority.
According to the RCS, the UK, like other EU countries, has often been required to accept the lowest common denominator of standards across Europe, sometimes putting patients at risk. A new position paper from the RCS,Making the Best of Brexit for the NHS, outlines areas of opportunity that could strengthen patient safety, as well as risks to the NHS, now that the UK has voted to leave the EU.
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Lifelike model of child’s skull and brain created using 3D printing, heralding breakthrough in surgical training
Experts at the Royal College of Surgeons have used 3D printing and advanced modelling techniques to create a realistic model of a toddler’s skull and brain. The brain has been designed to simulate the dimensions, feel and consistency of an infant’s.
Trainees will be able to use the portable model paediatric heads to become skilled at a paediatric neurosurgery operation, before performing it for the first time. They will also be able to use it in the operating theatre, before an operation, to become familiar with a procedure and the correct instruments, under the supervision of their consultant surgeon trainer.
Trainees will be able to use the portable model paediatric heads to become skilled at a paediatric neurosurgery operation, before performing it for the first time. They will also be able to use it in the operating theatre, before an operation, to become familiar with a procedure and the correct instruments, under the supervision of their consultant surgeon trainer.
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