Tracy Ward💙

Head of Patient Safety. Passionate about patient safety and candour with patients and staff. Supporter of a just culture and continuous learning.

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

Excellent to hear this progress and super to be reported as October draws to a close - Doncaster Rovers staff running 10k a day for the whole of October to raise money for @ProstateUK @drfc_official.
Link below to donate to my Son’s page:

https://t.co/3tu73rXAEs

[Patient Safety Learning @ptsafetylearn]

News article on the hub today - Prostate cancer drug that can halve death risk to be offered to thousands in England. https://t.co/Q18Q3IwPeE (via @guardian)

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

Yes thank you! I have always been impressed by the amazing skills of Paramedics to very quickly build rapport with patients and families 👏👏👏

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

Happy International Paramedics Day 💚

Thank you to our wonderful NHS paramedics across the country — you are often the first on the scene when patients need help and your quick judgement and expert skills save lives every day.

#InternationalParamedicsDay

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

This is really important work and requires us all to think differently

[Patient Safety Learning @ptsafetylearn]

🗨️Now more than ever we need to continue to make the case that persistence of avoidable harm at current levels is not acceptable🗨️

Reflections on patient safety developments in 2024 and looking forward to the year ahead: A blog by Helen Hughes https://t.co/xY3Go06r1F

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Important to be clear:

#SuicidePrevention is no less vital for mental health care & society more widely.

Having mental capacity is not a reason for services to say they cannot intervene with suicidal patients.

#AssistedDyingBill

[CIEHF @CIEHF]

2.Myth: No need for HF in testing; errors are obvious.
Truth: No errors ≠ perfect design. HF uncovers hidden issues & user workarounds. Details: https://t.co/eI6RaEDx1Q

[Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust @LPTnhs]

Happy Diwali! We would like to wish all those celebrating a bright and prosperous day

[Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych]

A successful health system must have the patient's voice and their needs at the heart of it.

The Patient Safety Commissioner has published a set of principles that all services should benchmark themselves against when considering how they meet the needs of patients.

The details of the principles and the College endorsement can be found here: https://t.co/KDXvd6vug6

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

Happy AHP day! Thanks for everything you do

[Deanne Rennie @rennie1d]

Wishing all AHPs, support workers and allies a happy AHPs’ day. Thank you for all you do everyday. We have some incredible people ⁦@LPTnhs⁩ and ⁦@NHFTNHS⁩ so enjoy the day and celebrate your amazing professions. #ahpsday #weahps

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

The language we use as leaders shapes workplace culture. It plays a critical role in psychological safety. Our words (& the way we communicate) can encourage the experimentation & risk-taking we want our teams to demonstrate for innovation & improvement. It can also stifle initiative. @tom_geraghty sets out "seven deadly sins of psychological safety" - the most common/damaging things leaders say that crush psychological safety in the workplace:
1) “That’s a terrible idea.”
2) “You should know that by now.”
3) “Whose fault is this?”
4)“Everyone is replaceable.”
5)“Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions.”
6)“Just get it done.”
7) “Not now, I’m too busy.”
https://t.co/vvre3VOAY0.
@tnvora has translated them into a brilliant graphic: https://t.co/rU7QLzznIg.

[WWLPatientExperience @WWLPatientExp]

Absolutely love this! True what they say “A picture speaks a thousand words!”

[Frances Healey @FrancesHealey]

This expert report from @MaryDixonWoods published today is an extraordinary summation of just about everything known on patient safety culture and systems, beautifully explained. A long but essential read for anyone working anywhere in the NHS https://t.co/zNIejZ8dFE

[National Guardian's Office 💙 @NatGuardianFTSU]

Culture is a patient safety issue.

Working environments effect quality and safety; they impact on staffing, on retention, and ways of working.

This World Patient Safety Day, speak up for safety.

#SpeakUpforSafety #WorldPatientSafetyDay #Culture

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

Excellent resource to support and invite patients to be part of the care

[Patient Safety Commissioner @PSCommissioner]

#WorldPatientSafetyDay Five tips for patients to help get an accurate diagnosis

[David Warriner @DrDavidWarriner]

Really sad to read of the loss of another NHS doctor to suicide. I had one of the best rotations of medical school in Stepping Hill A&E department in my 5th year in 2005. I was quite set on becoming an Emergency Medic. My experience there was so inspiring.

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

@MadHatterMurtha @LPTnhs You were very welcome Andy it was great to hear your experience and wisdom together with some humour too!

[Tracy Ward💙 @Wardtracyward]

Happy International Nurses day. Looking forward to helping LPT nurses to use SEIPS /Human Factors methodology to create a system where we can all do our best work! 👏👏 https://t.co/XqDe07ZTap

[CHFG @ClinicalHF]

The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) promotes a range of system-based approaches for learning from patient safety incidents. SEIPS is one of those approaches. Join us on 17th May for an introduction to SEIPS and how to apply it https://t.co/tDVS4OIymO
@DrRobgalloway @RuthODowd3 @pbnes @HFJane @ProfAndersonHF @JamesTitcombe @andycollen @SuzysShoes @rduggins @ClareCrowley17 @rwbrownhill @dr_alwilliamson @SusannaStanford @AmandaPike__ @doctoryoung @neilspenceley @neilljthompson @Baz_k @Mothers_Inst_UK @drjeffcott

[Patient Safety Learning @ptsafetylearn]

🗨️I couldn’t quite understand how we were going to learn as an organisation, if we weren’t going to acknowledge the mistakes we had made in the past🗨️

Blog: Digital storytelling: Learning opportunity or reputational risk? https://t.co/jT2lMTsd21

[Dr Joy Spiliopoulos @GeorgiaSpiliop1]

We're looking for research participants - please see below!

[Patient Safety Commissioner @PSCommissioner]

Martha's Rule strips power away from those who cling on to it at the centre and shares that power with patients and colleagues so we learn together in a just culture - addressing the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Chile today #patientvoice #MarthasRule