It’s hard to believe that this time last year we hadn’t heard the word COVID-19. And most of us hadn’t heard of Zoom or Teams. The Improvement Cymru team were working hard on our new brand launch and getting excited about the year to come. Then the pandemic hit. As
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This year’s theme for World Patient Safety Day is the welfare and safety of healthcare workers. It recognises that working in stressful environments can make health workers more prone to errors, which can lead to patient harm. Quality and Safety is a theme running through all the DU’s work; this
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Today is WHO World Patient Safety Day. At the present time patient safety is gaining perhaps more attention than ever given the need for us to protect patients from the harms of COVID-19. Highlighting World Patient Safety, therefore, seems timely. The theme of this year’s WHO World Patient Safety Day
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In celebration of World Patient Safety Day, Iain Roberts, Head of Programmes at Improvement Cymru, shares a personal reflection on patient safety. For any parent reading this you are probably aware of ‘Operation Ouch’ on CBeebies. It’s a medical show for kids hosted by two doctors, Dr Chris and Dr Xand
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Mark Griffiths started in this new role for Public Health Wales working closely with our Director Dr John Boulton just as the Covid-19 Lockdown began. Here he shares his insights on the impact of the pandemic and what this means for research, innovation and improvement across health and social care
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Earlier this month, on the 3 June 2020 the Welsh Government announced that The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill had received royal assent, with the expectation that the Bill will be implemented within the coming two years. This is great news for Wales in ensuring that
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