We are an independent campaign group (registered as a charitable trust) which aims to stimulate dialogue and demonstrate through concrete action how a better understanding of the role of human factors can have a significant impact on safety, quality and productivity in healthcare.

 

CHFG is a broad coalition of healthcare professionals, managers and users of services who have partnered with experts in human factors from healthcare and other high-risk industries to campaign for change in the NHS.

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Our vision is of a healthcare system that places an understanding of human factors at the heart of improving clinical, managerial and organisational practice leading to significant improvements in safety and efficiency.

 

To work towards achieving this vision, CHFG’s ‘Manifesto for change’ focuses on three crucial areas:

  • Human factors education and training
  • Building ‘high reliability’ organisations
  • Intelligent regulation and independent investigation

What are Clinical Human Factors?

Dr Ken Catchpole, a human factors expert who has done much work in healthcare has provided this brief definition: “Enhancing clinical performance through an understanding of the effects of teamwork, tasks, equipment, workspace, culture, organisation on human behaviour and abilities, and application of that knowledge in clinical settings.”

For more on discussions around the subject of defining clinical human factors, follow this link.

Events

International Conference: Disclosure of Medical Errors

May 17, 2012

Event Title: COME, Communicating Medical Error Target participants: scholars and practitioners working on the field of communication, medicine, public health and health policy, psychology, … [Read More...]

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Human Factors and Teamwork in the Operating Theatre: NEW DATES

May 17, 2012

Due to the popularity of the event run in April, Imperial College have put on two new dates for the above workshop in June 2012: Friday the 8th June, South Kensington Campus Friday the 22nd June, … [Read More...]

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2nd RCN Annual Patient Safety and Human Factors Conference 2012

April 30, 2012 Leave a Comment

The Royal College of Nursing hosts its 2nd Patient Safety and Human Factors Conference 2012  - 'Stimulating improvements in safety through a focus on nursing education and simulation training' on 23 … [Read More...]

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Risky Business 2012

April 27, 2012 Leave a Comment

Risky Business Paediatrics Day 23 May 2012 Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH Bringing together the very latest Patient Safety and Improvement Initiatives from some of … [Read More...]