Alongside concern about avoidable mortality, one of the key findings of the public enquiry into failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust,1 which ran Stafford Hospital in England, was the ...

Medication-related problems remain one of the leading causes of patient harm.1 Studies show that advances in electronic ...

One of us was shown a letter received by a hospital infection control leader from the CEO congratulating her on an excellent monthly performance—for the previous month MRSA infections had decreased ...

Background Differences in contexts (eg, policies, healthcare organisation characteristics) may explain variations in the effects of patient safety practice (PSP) implementations. However, knowledge of ...

Since the 18th century, bedside rounds have been a fundamental component of clinical care, serving as a setting where clinical information is gathered, processed and shared.1 This tradition highlights ...

Purpose Misgendering of transgender and non-binary (TGNB) individuals in healthcare settings can lead to worsened mental and physical health outcomes and decreased utilisation of care. Few studies ...

More than 20 years since a landmark study1 documented hospitalised patients were more likely to die when their nurse cared for too many patients at a time, hundreds of rigorously conducted studies in ...

Background Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Victoria, Australia, is governed by a stringent legislative framework, designed and enforced by the state, as well as other forms of regulation. However, ...

Footnotes Contributors All authors have seen and approved the content and contributed significantly to the work. This is the first time we submit the report and it is not under consideration for ...

Who has not attended an organisational meeting focused on some quality problem and not groaned in response to a suggestion of the type ‘We should just …have a new policy’, ‘…send out performance ...

‘We need bold, fundamental change that gets at the roots of the burnout crisis.’ - US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA. Well-being was brought into clearer focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...