Author: Peter-Marc Fortune

Solutions for Patient Safety have collated a fantastic collection of resources for Hospitals on there website.

These can be accessed here.

VERY IMPORTANT – YOUR OPINION MATTERS!

Following a successful first round survey of standard concentrations, your opinion is now needed on the revised proposals for a national standardised infusion consensus document. It is vital that you contribute to this process in preparation for the February Consensus Summit.

The survey can be located on the standardisation website which can be found at http://www.mist-collaborative.net/infusion-standardisation/standardisationsurvey.

We estimate that this second survey will take approximately TWO hours to complete and you can save your progress and return to it as you wish. However, completed questions cannot be changed once entered. This link is open from NOW until February 18th 2017.

The first MiST symposium will take place on 24 February 2017

Attendance at this meeting is essential for all those with significant interest in paediatric medication safety and/or responding to the deteriorating child.

The morning summit will facilitate discussion between delegates drawn from major paediatric centres. Those present will have the opportunity to review the results of the UK Delphi study of current/preferred practice and then discuss the results, and agree a UK standard, for the most common drug infusion concentrations.

The afternoon will examine the state of the art with respect to responding and reacting to the deteriorating child. Workshops will look toward the next steps in preparation to further developing this theme at the RCPCH spring meeting.

Full programme

Register for symposium here

Significant concerns are being raised about the introduction of the ISO standard ENFit devices into paediatric & neonatal practice.

Paediatricians and neonatologists, internationally, are raising questions about the appropriateness of this imposition: Does this system increase risk for our patients?

Our members strongly recommend that a full risk analysis is performed before accepting the introduction of these devices into your practice.

Further information and resources are available here.

Two new blogs have been added to the LfE website; “High fives, standardisation and emotions” & “Moon shooting”. Find them here.

Places still left for free training in Appreciative Enquiry on 14th & 15th November in Stoke on Trent. Details here.

LfE are hosting their third event on Worcester Rugby Club on Nov 28th. More info may be found here.

The first issue of Pediatric Quality & Safety has just been published on-line:

Volume 1, Issue 1, September 2016

It features the following articles:

Let the Journey Begin

Quality and Safety – The View from the Corner Office

Moving the Needle in Children’s Health with National Collaborative Networks – A CEO’s Perspective.

Make this just the start: Share your safety learning by submitting a paper to this new journal soon!

Our next meeting is being hosted by Leicester Children’s Hospital on 13th October.

Further details here

New LfE start up guide available on their website here.

The BBC, Guardian, Independent, Mail, Mirror & Telegraph have all published articles today highlighting the need for raised vigilance regarding insipient sepsis in response to NICE guidelines.

The articles urge the public to make sure their concerns are heard when speaking to medical services, especially where children are involved.

All the relevant web pages can be found by clicking on the links above.