Together we’ll create the best environment for patient care
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. […]
Malcolm Gladwell presents an absolutely fascinating story about Wilt Chamberlain an NBA basketball star who managed to score 100 points himself in a game – yes 100. What was even more fascinating was the fact that Wilt made 28 of his 100 points from the free throw line. Why Gladwell […]
Why bother with an opinion piece – everyone is entitled to their own opinion yet where it disagrees with the opinion of others it creates annoyance. So perhaps best to keep ones opinion to oneself because we are all very comfortable with the status quo thank you very much. This […]
Welcome to the Australian Standardisation of the Hospital Emergency Number (ASHEN) web page. In 2006 the British NHS and private hospitals achieved standardisation of their hospital emergency number (crash call/cardiac arrest number) at 2222. The rest of Europe and several other countries internationally are working to follow suit with 2222. […]
After 6 reported deaths and over 400 reported incidents related to oxygen cylinder use the NHS released this patient safety alert (click on image for more details): These are only the reported cases – the number of true cases will be several magnitudes greater. Father of two, Roland Bull, […]
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 […]