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A male doctor wearing a white coat injects medication into the arm of a young boy.
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Weight-based medication errors in children

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Studies show that prescribing errors are the most frequent type of medication error in children’s inpatient settings. This investigation looks at the risks involved when prescribing, dispensing and administering medicine to children.
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  • Theme:

    Medication, Checking

  • Safety recommendation responses received

Ambulance parked outside Emergency Department.
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Local integrated investigation pilot 2: Incorrect patient details on handover

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Between April 2021 and April 2022 we undertook a pilot to evaluate our ability to carry out effective locality-based investigations. This investigation was undertaken as part of the pilot.
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  • Safety recommendation responses received

Emergency Department (A&E) sign.
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Recognition of the acutely ill infant

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We were notified of a three-month-old infant who was admitted to hospital and discharged four hours later. The infant was re-admitted less than four hours later and sadly died of Meningococcus (serogroup B).
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  • Theme:

    Emergency care, Communication and decision making

  • Safety recommendation responses received

The exterior front entrance of a hospital emergency department, with ambulances parked outside.
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Local integrated investigation pilot 1: Incorrect patient identification

published
Between April 2021 and April 2022 we undertook a pilot to evaluate our ability to carry out effective locality-based investigations. This investigation was undertaken as part of the pilot.
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Published

  • Theme:

    Analysis

  • Safety recommendation responses received

A male patient in a hospital bed wears a ventilator whilst he is treated for coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Treating Covid-19 patients using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) outside of a critical care unit

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This investigation looked into the safety risk of treating patients with coronavirus (COVID-19) with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation (CPAP) outside of critical care units.
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  • Theme:

    Respiratory, Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Two surgeons in an operating theatre
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Surgical care of NHS patients in independent hospitals

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This investigation looks at the delivery of safe care to NHS-funded patients undergoing surgery within independent (private) hospitals.
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  • Theme:

    Communication and decision making, Surgical

  • Safety recommendation responses received

Chest X-ray.
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Missed detection of lung cancer on chest X-rays of patients being seen in primary care

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This investigation looks into the safety risk of delayed diagnosis of lung cancer. Specifically, the investigation explores delays in patients being seen in primary care and who had a chest X-ray that had not detected cancer.
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  • Theme:

    Missed diagnosis

  • Safety recommendation responses received

Maternity ward sign in a hospital.
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Intrapartum stillbirth: learning from maternity safety investigations that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic 1 April to 30 June 2020

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The number of intrapartum stillbirths referred to the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) between April and the end of June 2020 increased compared to the same time in the previous year. The data initiated an HSIB national learning report which explored the findings from our maternity inv…
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  • Theme:

    Maternity, Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Safety recommendation responses received

Colleagues gathered around a laptop screen.
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A thematic analysis of HSIB's first 22 national investigations

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HSIB has analysed its first 22 HSIB national investigations to identify the recurring patient safety themes and to explore the impact so far of the 85 recommendations we have made to address them. The work was undertaken after it was recognised that similar issues were arising in our investigations…
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  • Theme:

    Analysis
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Timely detection and treatment of cauda equina syndrome

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We have identified a patient safety risk involving the timely detection and treatment of non-malignant spinal cord compression (cauda equina syndrome).
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  • Theme:

    Emergency care, Access to care

  • Safety recommendation responses received

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