Resources

Elaine Bromiley’s report >> Read an anonymous version of Elaine’s report, the inquest verdict and corrected timeline based on the report and inquest data combined.

CHFG agrees future agenda >>Read more about the launch seminar of the CHFG, June 2007

First meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, September 2007 >>13 September 2007 – Action Points and Summary

Second meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, December 2007 >> 6 December 2007 – Action Points and Summary

Clinical Human Factors Group business plan 2007–2009 >>

Catchpole – Ergononics >>Systems failures in successful pediatric cardiac surgery

Catchpole – Pediatric Anestheisa >>Patient handover from surgery to intensive care

Catchpole – Surgery >>Improving patient safety by identifying latent failures in successful operations

Third meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, March 2008 >>6 March 2008 – Action Points and Summary

Draft WHO Surgical Checklist >>Draft surgical checklist and draft instructional manual

Draft letter for WHO >>

Risky Business >>An International Patient Safety Conference, 16 May 2008, The Landmark Hotel, Marylebone Road, London NW1. Hosted by Great Ormond Street NHS Hospital for Children.

Just a Routine Operation >>Click here to watch the film.
To order your copy on DVD please email your postal address to hugh.rogers@institute.nhs.uk

Article by Atul Gawande regarding the use of checklists in Intensive Care >>

Article by Fiona Godlee – Learning safety from other industries >>
Read this blog from the BMJ.

Minutes of the first meeting of the CHFG sub-group on ’HF Training‘, April 2008 >>

Fourth meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, June 2008 >>13 June 2008 – Action Points and Summary

Involuntary automaticity: a work-system induced risk to safe health care >>Brian Toft and Hugo Mascie-Taylory, Health Services Management Research

Evaluation of a Preoperative Checklist and Team Briefing Among Surgeons, Nurses, and Anesthesiologists to Reduce Failures in Communication >>Lorelei Lingard, PhD

Chief Nursing Officer’s Briefing for November 2008 >>
Article by Martin Bromiley

Fifth meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, October 2008 >>8 October 2008 – Action Points and Summary

CHFG’s written evidence >>Presented to the Parliamentary Health Committee on 22 September 2008

Presentation from the NHS III regarding HF work >>January 2009

Presentation from the NHS North East regarding HF work >>January 2009

Presentation from Imperial College regarding work ongoing >>January 2009

Article in the BMJ from Charles Vincent, 2008 “Is Healthcare getting safer?” >>

Sixth meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, January 2009 >>8 January 2009 – Action Points and Summary

Non-technical skills for Nurses >>Article from the Journal of Perioperative Practice by Lucy Mitchell, University of Aberdeen

Canadian Patient Safety Insititute document identifying competenices required in patient safety >>

Seventh meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, April 2009 >>22 April 2009 – Action Points and Summary

Saving lives in Surgery >>A Guide for Chief Executives in implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist

CHFG Accounts for Financial Year 2008-2009 >>

A surgical team’s view on the WHO Safer Surgery Checklist – how it can really work for you! >>

Minutes of the second meeting of the CHFG sub-group on ‘HF Training’, March 2009 >>

Minutes of the third meeting of the CHFG sub-group on ‘HF Training’, March 2009 >>

Agents for Change 1 June 2009, the BMJ’s view on the DH’s attempt to get Doc’s on board with safety >>

Eighth meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, July 2009 >>16 July 2009 – Action Points and Summary

BMJ article arguing for the study and examination of ‘human factors’ and non-technical skills at undergraduate level in the medical curricula >>
Published in Sep 2009 and authored by Prof Rhona Flin and Rona Patey

Ninth meeting of the CHFG Standing Group, March 2010 >>3 March 2010 – Action Points and Summary

No simple fix for fixation errors: cognitive processes and their clinical applications >>E. Fioratou, R. Flin and R. Glavin

Unmet Needs from the US National Patient Safety Forum >>

CHFG Strategy Document for 2010 onwards >>

Human Factors How to Guide >> The ‘How to Guide’ for Implementing Human Factors in Healthcare

WHO, Review of Human Factors in Patient Safety >>

CHFG Accounts for Financial Year 2009-2010 >>