How to avoid mistakes in surgery : BBC Horizon 21st March 2013 9pm

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TweetMake a date in your diaries.  Thursday 21st March 9pm BBC2 – Horizon Francis has presented an amazing opportunity for healthcare, if people are able to grasp it. Looking from just over the fence has allowed me to observe behaviours, especially over the last few weeks, and I’m not sure that everyone is able to [...]

Balancing Accountability & Learning …

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TweetThere has been a great deal of talk about the need for accountability and learning from the tragic events at Mid Staffordshire FT in recent weeks.  But what might that look like in practice and what do we need to do for the learning to have lasting impact?  Professor Sidney Dekker, a cognitive psychologist and [...]

4th Open Seminar: Healthcare needs more ‘great engineers’

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Tweet Just under two hundred healthcare professionals, academics and industry experts came together to share their knowledge and experience of human factors in healthcare at the 4th Open Seminar: Clinical Human Factors – Emerging Debates at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on 23 October 2012. The CHFG encouraged delegates to listen to one another and discuss ways [...]

Captain Chris Seal

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Retired pharmacist and pilot; Part-time Human Factors Consultant; Chair of UK Air Safety Group; Part-time financial consultant ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG:  Speaking at conferences / external meetings and events Briefing meetings with external agencies / key stakeholders Providing ad hoc advice to other CHFG supporters Coaching or mentoring for other CHFG supporters  MANIFESTO ALIGNMENT: Human factors [...]

Ms Nicola Davey

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Senior Associate, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement; Trustee, Clinical Human Factors Group; Faculty Lead for England, IHI Open School Regional Team ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG:  Providing ad hoc advice to other CHFG supporters Coaching or mentoring for other CHFG supporters  MANIFESTO ALIGNMENT: Human factors education and training Building high reliability organisations Intelligent regulation and independent investigation The [...]

Prof Harold Thimbleby

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Professor, Swansea University; CHFG Trustee   ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG: Speaking at conferences / external meetings and events Briefing meetings with external agencies / key stakeholders Providing ad hoc advice to other CHFG supporters MANIFESTO ALIGNMENT: Human factors education and training OTHER: Device design/health IT The Advocacy Network exists to support the CHFG manifesto goals.  For [...]

Dr Ian Curran

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Postgraduate Medical Dean, Head of Innovation, Dean of Educational Excellence for London; NHS London, Reader in Innovation & Excellence in Healthcare Education (see profile for full list of current posts)   ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG: Speaking at conferences / external meetings and events Briefing meetings with external agencies / key stakeholders Providing ad hoc advice to other [...]

Mrs Sue Mellor

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Director – SMM Coaching & Consultancy Ltd; Head of Patient Experience, The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG: Speaking at conferences / external meetings and events Briefing meetings with external agencies / key stakeholders Coaching or mentoring for other CHFG supporters MANIFESTO ALIGNMENT: Human factors education and training The Advocacy Network [...]

Mr Stephen Ramsden

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Independent consultant with experience as an NHS Trust CEO of 20 years and majoring on patient safety improvement from a leadership/Board perspective ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG: Speaking at conferences / external meetings and events Briefing meetings with external agencies / key stakeholders Providing ad hoc advice to other CHFG supporters Coaching or mentoring for other CHFG supporters [...]

Mr Denis Wilkins

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Tweet CURRENT POST/S: Surgeon. Retired from clinical practice 2007 and runs a medico-legal practice. Has recently joined the Trust Board post of Derriford Hospital, Plymouth ADVOCACY ROLES FOR CHFG: Speaking at conferences / external meetings and events  Briefing meetings with external agencies / key stakeholders Providing ad hoc advice to other CHFG supporters  Coaching or mentoring for other [...]