Skip ahead to an excerpt of my current work in progress set in Southern France! If you're not interested in motherly reflections and are just all about the books. Life without children in your home can be wonderful. So, this is my message to all of you who may be dreading the empty nest. And how even though those who live far away are not really far away at all because of modern technology. How much I would love my children's spouses and my grandchildren. I wish someone had told me how wonderful my life was going to be-even without children in my home. The last of my children leaving sent me into a dark depression. It's not much help being on first name terms if you are short staffed and exhausted."Įlaine Bromiley was admitted to hospital in Milton Keynes for what should have been a routine sinus operation in 2005.ĭuring the course of the procedure her airways became obstructed, which surgeons immediately worked to unblock.It's been almost ten years since my youngest daughters left for college. "Probably the biggest factor affecting teams currently is the pressure they are under. "The 'safer surgery checklist' has been shown to be effective at preventing mistakes through involving whole teams, but it is inconsistently applied and not properly regulated. Peter Walsh, Chief Executive Action against Medical Accidents, said: "Anything that helps better team working among health professionals is to be welcomed, but frankly we we expect more than just encouraging the use of first names. “The high use of agency nurses brings an unintended risk too, fewer mistakes are made when patients are cared for by staff who work permanently at that hospital and know its patients, equipment and procedures." "Short staffing and severe financial pressures create an environment where it's easier to make mistakes," said Janet Davies, chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing. However, some medical leaders have said low staffing levels are at the heart of preventable deaths. “In the operating theatre, if you’ve got a hierarchy, it means you’ve only got one pair of eyes spotting the mistake, whereas if you remove the hierarchy you can have eight or nine pairs of eyes spotting those potentially lethal mistakes,” he said. Mr Hunt gave the example of Elaine Bromiley, the wife of a British Airways pilot who died when a nurse realised she needed a life-saving tracheostomy but stayed silent due to fear of the surgeons. It is estimated that up to 9,000 hospital death a year are caused by NHS failings. Mr Hunt also accused some doctors of squandering the chance to improve because they are often “terrified” of admitting mistakes for fear of being struck off. In many hospitals, staff adhere to convention by using the formal titles "doctor" and, in the case of surgeons, "mister". He told an international conference on patient safety that health was one of the last professions yet to fully adopt the use of first names. The Health Secretary said medicine’s strict hierarchy was stopping junior staff speaking up when they notice disasters unfolding and that doing away with formality in operating theatres and other settings was crucial to saving more lives. Nurses must be allowed to address senior doctors by their first names in order to prevent fatal medical errors, Jeremy Hunt has said.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |