Patient Safety Lead at EKHUFT. Passionate supporter of the NHS. Undertaking Human Factors and Patient Safety MSC at Edinburgh Uni. All views are my own.

Joined November 2009
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Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9–15 October) a time to remember our precious babies and raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss. With maternity safety under scrutiny, we must do more to prevent avoidable losses and make care safer. #BabyLossAwarenessWeek
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Happy Emergency Nurses Day to our teams ⁦@EKHUFT⁩ and thank you for all that you do every day #proudCNMO
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23 Sep 2025
Patient Safety SWARM session with excellent input from our staff striving to keep our patients safe
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Join 150,000 people trying out the free 10-day science-backed program proven to boost wellbeing 10daysofhappiness.org
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#Fallsawarenessweek #deconditioning prevention Kennington patients encouraged to become mobility stars
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Talk a little nicer to yourself. Like you would to a friend Image: instagram.com/naturallife
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Help protect your child from measles, whooping cough and other serious illnesses. To check if your child has missed any vaccines, look in their red book or speak to your GP practice. 📖👩‍⚕️ 🔗 Find out more at nhs.uk/childhoodvaccinations #GetVaccinated
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This #WorldPatientSafetyDay, we're proud of progress keeping our youngest patients safe. NEWTT2 protects newborns in 50 sites, MEWS keeps mothers safe in 44 sites. Early warning systems save lives. NEWTT2 bapm.org/resources/deteriora… MEWS nihr.ac.uk/news/new-maternit… #PatientSafety #NHS
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Next Monday, we are inviting local birth workers to come and learn about the services we provide: 📆 Monday 22nd September ⏰ 11am - 1pm 📍 Broadstairs Library If you are planning to attend please book a space at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/east-kent… We look forward to seeing you there!
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17 Sep 2025
It was such a joy to be out together celebrating #worldpatientsafetyday2025 as a full @EKHUFTPSafety team. And to get a picture all together is rare! #PatientSafety #PatientSafetyFromTheStart @EKHUFT
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17 Sep 2025
Some amazing work from our Infant Feeding team presented at our WPSD event @EKHUFT! @EKHUFTPSafety #worldpatientsafetyday2025
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17 Sep 2025
It was great to celebrate World Patient Safety Day with our wonderful colleagues from Child Health & Infant Feeding team. Some inspiring work being done @EKHUFT to keep babies and children safe in hospital. #worldpatientsafetyday2025 #safercareforbabiesandchikdren @EKHUFTPSafety
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17 Sep 2025
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Our play team work with children to reduce anxiety - helping with scans and individualising care for children at EKHUFT #worldpatientsafetyday2025 @EKHUFT
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17 Sep 2025
Great to be able to spend time on World Patient Safety Day sharing the work we are doing on implementing the Baby Friendly Standards to support and improve patient safety. @EKHUFT @EKHUFTPSafety @EKMaternity @babyfriendly
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Every child deserves a healthy start in life — and that begins with safe, quality care from day one. 🌱👶 👶 Ensure safe childbirth practices 🤝 Empower families as partners in care 🌍 Reduce preventable harm to newborns and children
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Today is World Patient Safety Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Safe care for every newborn and every child’. So, we wanted to highlight the signs of #sepsis in children. If you think your child is seriously ill, trust your instincts and call 999. #SepsisSigns #SepsisAwareness
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Look at the Lego and doll scanner - how fantastic - demonstrable reduction in the requirement for sedation for MRI scanner #worldpatientsafetyday2025 @EKHUFT
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13 Jan 2025
Our next introduction to SEIPS in healthcare workshop is at 9.30 on the 24th January. Here are some comments from our recent attendees: “The content was clear and sequenced logically with great examples and stories to support it” “The worked healthcare example was really useful, along with the ability to discuss this in small breakouts with other participants” “I now feel more confident applying SEIPS within my organisation and plan to give it a go next week” To book your place go to chfg.org/chfg-events/ @DrRobgalloway @RuthODowd3 @HFJane @ProfAndersonHF @JamesTitcombe @andycollen @SuzysShoes @RDiggins @ClareCrowley17 @rwbrownhill @SusannaStanford @doctoryoung @neilspenceley @neilljthompson @Baz_k @drjeffcott
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