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Free Solo – Does 4 hours zero margin for error seem a short time?
Second attempt. The first time the movie was showing my car had problems and I didn’t get away early enough and it was sold out. The...

Chris Subbe
Jan 10, 20194 min read


Going live in 2019: Patient Powered Safety – good news x 2
A mere ten days to the end of 2018 and I am getting close to the end of year two of my fellowship with The Health Foundation with two...

Chris Subbe
Dec 20, 20184 min read


The key difference between designing a public building and a public service: let’s ask Renzo Piano!
Public buildings and public services are funded by … the public! But the underlying values and principles for their design could not be...

Chris Subbe
Dec 13, 20184 min read


Not enough seats on the plane from Dubrovnik
…. and other tough choices in health care We are on our way back from a short break in the Mediterranean. While sipping a coffee in the...

Chris Subbe
Oct 1, 20184 min read


Peerless peers – The Health Foundation is cooking up magic medicine in its new Lab!
The Health Foundation has just finished its first Q Improvement lab with a series of blogs illustrating the journey that led them to...

Chris Subbe
Sep 14, 20184 min read


Beware the worried well – they might have a point !
We all worry at times. We worry about the weather, rising interest rates or arguments with colleagues. And we worry about health. Being...

Chris Subbe
Aug 4, 20183 min read


Too cool to care? Drivers for developing safer systems for hospitalised patients
Stuart cares. When he used to return from his shift he would think over the day. Did he put anybody at risk? Was his practice safe? He...

Chris Subbe
Jul 24, 20184 min read


‘Surely we all have the right to save our own lives?’ Yes, even in hospital.
In a nutshell this is what the expert meeting convened by the International Society for Rapid Response Systems concluded this week in...

Chris Subbe
Jul 13, 20184 min read


Is 70 a bit late for learning how to read ?
Just in case you missed it between the headlines about beating Panama and ghosts of penalties past: The NHS is finally reached its 70th...

Chris Subbe
Jul 6, 20183 min read


We got the price for patient safety wrong!
The Patient Safety Congress is only two weeks away: Researchers, mangers and clinicians will descend into Manchester on the 9th and 10th...

Chris Subbe
Jun 24, 20184 min read


Cambridge Analytics – Where patient safety went next!
On Wednesday evening I am coming back up the coast while the sun goes down over Anglesey. Three days of learning and reflection with the...

Chris Subbe
Jun 11, 20183 min read


The James Reason Swiss Cheese Failure Model in 300 Seconds
And a great summary about systems approach to failure. What's the PONT This week I’m at the Cardiff pilot of Practical Strategies for...

Chris Subbe
May 30, 20181 min read


Patient representative? No need to be patient, these are navigation experts!
It happens that I am a patient today: I got up from sitting for hours on an office chair and immediately had excruciating pain down my...

Chris Subbe
May 30, 20185 min read


Top 3 lessons learnt from healthcare improvers worldwide: the International Forum 2018
Digested read of a BIG conference! And don’t forget to follow Sara Riggare on Twitter! NIHR CLAHRC Northwest London Blog The...

Chris Subbe
May 23, 20181 min read


Can the ‘third man’ of healthcare improvement emerge from the shadows?
‘For all the talk about quality healthcare, systems performance has frozen in time. Only 50-60% of care has been delivered in line with...

Chris Subbe
May 21, 20183 min read


How do we answer the questions that matter to patients ?
Amsterdam, International Quality Forum 2018, 2nd of May: The question above was the challenge that we were given for a panel discussion...

Chris Subbe
May 6, 20182 min read


The Government could solve the NHS staffing crisis – there are lots of people who would love to help
With the party conference season in full swing staffing levels are back on the agenda with discussions to remove the cap on salary...

Chris Subbe
Oct 5, 20174 min read
Patients’ online access to Electronic Health Records – current status and experiences from the imple
Learning from Sweden: Maria Hägglund blogg from #medinfo2017. Directions for others to follow! Source: Patients’ online access to...

Chris Subbe
Aug 24, 20171 min read
Say it with data ….
Mark Wardle is a fellow clinician with an interest in the usage of information technology to improve care and patient experience. Here is...

Chris Subbe
Aug 23, 20171 min read


Nursing documentation: Mind the gap?
Thanks for sharing the insights: documentation systems clearly need help, as need the teams that fill them and the patients that they...

Chris Subbe
Aug 17, 20171 min read
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