Voices for Safety | Improving Patient Safety, Reducing Health Inequalities
Voices for Safety | Improving Patient Safety, Reducing Health Inequalities
Podcast Description
Welcome to Voices for Safety, a patient safety podcast brought to you by the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration. Here, we delve into the latest issues and breakthroughs in patient safety research in England, UK. In each episode, we’ll explore key topics ranging from medication safety and safety culture, to designing safer health and care systems and preventing suicide and self-harm. Join us as we hear from the leading researchers driving these advancements and learn how their work is transforming patient care.
www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk
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The podcast focuses on critical topics in patient safety research including medication safety, safety culture, and systematic improvements within healthcare settings. Episodes dive deeply into specific issues such as diagnostic errors and acute kidney injury, exemplified by the premier episode discussing the importance of diagnosis improvements in primary care in conjunction with World Patient Safety Day.
Welcome to Voices for Safety, a patient safety podcast brought to you by the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration. Here, we delve into the latest issues and breakthroughs in patient safety research in England, UK. In each episode, we’ll explore key topics ranging from medication safety and safety culture, to designing safer health and care systems and preventing suicide and self-harm. Join us as we hear from the leading researchers driving these advancements and learn how their work is transforming patient care.
www.psrc-gm.nihr.ac.uk
How safe is healthcare in prison and what happens when things go wrong?
In this episode of Voices for Safety, our host Dr Louise Gorman speaks with researchers Dr Joy McFadzean, Dr Jake Hard, and Dr Verity Wainwright about a major study examining avoidable healthcare-associated harm in English prisons. Drawing on the review of more than 15,000 prisoner health records, the team discusses how delays in treatment, communication challenges, prison transfers, staffing pressures, and gaps between healthcare and security systems can affect patient safety.
The conversation explores the complex healthcare needs of people in prison, the barriers they face in accessing care, and why prisoners may be significantly more likely to experience avoidable harm than people receiving healthcare in the community. The guests share real-world examples from the research, discuss the impact of these findings on health inequalities, and consider what changes are needed to improve safety and continuity of care both within prisons and during transitions between prison and community healthcare services.
This episode shines a light on an often-overlooked area of healthcare and highlights why improving patient safety in prisons is an important public health priority.
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