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Total number of biases is not important. For more important to recognise that clinical bias is a Thing, and affects everyone’s decision making. Even yours.

Final day of @nasa study trip! Has been monumental, and so grateful to have been able to experience this. The Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship #sqsfcohort13

New on #pslhub today, a flow chart from Nigel Roberts which illustrates the sequential steps in the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures 2 combined with the World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist. Link🔗pslhub.org/learn/patient-… Centre for Perioperative Care Annie H

NEW: we need to talk about NHS staff retention. At a time when Britain’s healthcare system is acutely short of workers, *1 in 7* UK-trained doctors are practising overseas. No other developed country is like this, which immediately tells you there’s a problem. Let’s dig deeper:

Shocking but not surprising. We are not resourced or funded to run the health service of a developed nation

Gutted for Cav! Nightmare end to anyone’s TdF but such a shame to miss the stage win record bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/…

1. Please don’t waste your time with crappy meaningless audits! So many opportunities to do quick small projects that will make an actual difference 2. Agree that endless data collection is for the birds. Focus on changing something with minimal effort on data

Can you change culture in an organisation? Yes! Rewarding and cost effective? Yes! Quick or easy? No, BUT this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t tackle the elephant in the room

I’ve felt a sense of horror at recent NHS tragedies in the news, whether maternity, the response at Chester when staff tried to speak-up, the awful stories from female surgeons, or the death of Martha Mills, two things come to mind. Culture & the steep authority gradient 1/3

TL;DR: No difference in mortality, functional recovery or return to prior place of residence at up to 1y after surgery with spinal vs general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery. 2/2

In response to Audit Scotland's findings that there is significant risk that NHS Forth Valley is not financially sustainable in the short term and importantly these challenges are being felt by boards across Scotland BMA Scottish council chair Dr Iain Kennedy said... 🧵👇 1/4

Are you looking for something new this year? If you are a First5 GP you can apply for an exciting opportunity with NHS Borders. Dr Tommy Galliano shares more info below! Apply here 👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Thanks for highlighting Jeremy, we agree that low NHS productivity is a real problem A quick thread to explain the causes and why the strategies that led to productivity improvements during the 2010s likely contributed to some of the current problems 🧵👇

Can’t think of a better team in the world to work with. Well done everyone. Well deserved

Great opportunity to showcase and be inspired by improvement projects going on in NHS Borders Abstract deadline Friday 3rd May - Get them in 🤩 Jon Antrobus Laura Jones Sarah Horan💙 Education Team Philip Grieve Claire Grieve Louise McIntosh Rhona Morrison Julie Campbell 🌈Zeus83🌈

Most transformation efforts fail. Major new research from Bain & Company says only 12% of big change programmes produce lasting results. They identify six "good practices" for large scale change strategies that greatly increase the likelihood of success: 1) Treat transformation

Good for the cause: TED has published my TEDxArendal talk on ted.com 🙏🏿 #preeclampsia #women #cardiovascular #health ted.com/talks/meryam_s…

We're extremely honoured to announce Lynsey Russell, Senior Charge Nurse in Critical Care NHS Borders as RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year 2024. Colin Poolman Scotland Director says the judges were inspired by her passion, dedication, & outstanding contribution #BestOfNursing