📢 2 weeks left to feedback on the external consultation for draft guideline: Microbiological factors in the design, validation and verification of operating theatres. Further information and access the documents 👉ow.ly/51yZ50V4r89 Deadline 📅 5pm Friday 21 March

Seven elements in tackling complex problems in a work context (not necessarily in a linear order: all these elements are interconnected): 1. Step back to see the wider picture: we need to pull ourselves out of the details/specifics because of the interdependencies in big, complex problems: systems thinking, system mapping, soft systems &/or network analysis can help. 2. Get input from people with a wide range of experiences & expertise. 3. invest time & energy in external research: lessons learned in other organisations & the expertise of researchers, thought leaders & regulators. 4. Revisit our principles & values to help guide our approach as to how we are going to implement change. 5. Build our tolerance for uncertainty & risk: how can we learn, grow & more effectively navigate the increasing complexity of our world? 6. Create small scale tests of change to understand what might work. 7. Continuously learn, adapt & improve. plan.io/blog/solving-complex…. By @planio.

We have a very exciting opportunity @RWT_NHS @WalsallHcareNHS for an inspirational Nursing or Midwifery leader to be our Head of Nursing Quality. Please get in touch to discuss the role and meet our fabulous team 💙 walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk/wor…

There will be a lot of Crocodile tears in court.

This man in Leeds is setting fire to a bus. Let’s make sure he goes viral. @WestYorksPolice

Job advert for band 6 matron role causes outrage and frustration among nurses and leaders rcni.com/nursing-standard/ne…

Things I'm sick of hearing from my employees: - Can I leave early today - I'll be late in the morning - My child is sick, can I rush off - I've got a doctor's appointment tomorrow, is that okay - I'm going to be late back from lunch, I've got some things to sort I don't care.

I tweet quite a bit - but this one is different and perhaps the most important I’ve ever written I hope it gets shared as much as possible, so new parents don't make the same mistake I nearly made (even as a dad of five, having worked in A&E for 23 years and someone who teaches about not missing a diagnosis because of cognitive biases). Our 6 week old baby is getting discharged today from @TheAlexBrighton @UHSussex after receiving the best possible care for meningitis. She is doing really well and as a family we can't begin to express our gratitude to all involved. The day she came in, she was not herself but nothing which particularly worried us. But my wife did her temperature, and it was over 38C. As she was under 3 months, it meant she needed to be seen in A&E ASAP. By the time we got to A&E she was really quite sick even though it was only 30mins after taking her temperature. I initially dismissed her signs and initially even questioned why my wife did her temperature. I had a cognitive bias, twisting my thinking to believing she was ok because that is what I wanted her to be, when she wasn't- a positivity bias. Please if you are worried about your new baby - be like my wife and not me, check their temperature, use your gut instinct and don't delay getting the help your baby needs. @M_R_F

Excited to share a new and 🆓 journal club hosted by IPC Partners. 3rd July at 3 PM @jonotter and I will review a recent paper published in @jhieditor which looked at HCAIs caused by P aeruginosa 🦠and the transmission from sinks. Please share 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/e…

🦠With increased awareness of sinks as potential sources of outbreaks and transmission of multi-drug resistant bacteria in ICUs, there is growing interest in water-free systems 🏥New work reviews the evidence on effectiveness of sink removal in the ICU ow.ly/LjLS50Sk5oV

It takes 3.2 seconds to RT and help find jay Slater he is on holiday in Tenerife and has gone missing please call 116 000 with any information

Well that’s 1hr 10mins I’ll not get back. No clearer on what either of them are going to do except shout & interrupt each other 🤦‍♀️ #ITVdebate

Only watched the first 10 minutes. Rishi says he understands what a struggle it is & Kier is just moaning about what the conservatives have done. Neither have answered the question #ITVDebate

#MidlandsIPC it's World Hand Hygiene Day

Associate CNIO band 8c.

Could you be our next Lead #IPC Nurse for @IPCWalsall? We have an exciting opportunity to lead our excellent multi-disciplinary team:jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv… With a fabulous track record investment in your CPD, come join us in being #WalsallandProud

A new study has shown that Covid‐19 may have a small, but lasting impact on people’s cognitive and memory abilities, potentially for a year or more after infection ➡️ imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/new… @NHSEngland @imperialcollege @ImperialBRC [1/4]

The saddest story Roald Dahl ever wrote- on the death of his daughter Olivia from measles. This is a deadly, highly infectious disease- if you haven’t had your child appropriately vaccinated, please do so. We must not go backwards #VaccinesWork

1/3 #WalsallAndProud of our incredible hospital & community staff @WalsallHcareNHS : -Upper third nationally for 4hr EAS -Best ambulance handover (<30min) in the West Midlands, despite highest month of Intelligently conveyed ambulances received on record.