Great news regarding Australian Standardisation of the Hospital Emergency Number After NSW Health Minister announced in August that the internal Hospital Emergency Number will be standardised across NSW it’s great to hear that 2 hospitals in ACT have also taken the step. Congratulations to both Canberra and University of Canberra […]

  The World Health Organisation published it’s 10 facts on patient safety this year (see here). Of note they indicate ‘There is a 1 in a million chance of a person being harmed while travelling by plane. In comparison, there is a 1 in 300 chance of a patient being […]

We’re looking to make the 23rd July a big day internationally to support the #hellomynameis campaign. We’re crowd sourcing ideas and will add them to this post. We’ve put a few in here along with some resources to share. Within the operating theatre tea room we’re looking to make a […]

Someone told Old Kurt that clearly displaying his name and role was better for communication, team work and ultimately patient safety and care. Old Kurt was offended having never done this before. He felt he was being told he hadn’t been doing his job to the best of his ability. […]

Dr Zoe Burton is an anaesthetist in the NHS and a true patient safety advocate. She’s already carried out lots of amazing work particularly in relation to reducing medication errors. I first came across Zoe on social media boldly wearing a theatre hat with her name & role emblazoned over […]