@jonback

healthcare safety investigator @theHSSIB & visiting fellow @LboroDesign. Improving the management of systemic risks and understanding inequalities. *own views*

 United Kingdom
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Joined February 2009
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Health Service Journal@HSJnewsOct 23
Patient Safety Watch: HSSIB saved – now let it get on with the job ift.tt/5HQ0gdh

Patient Safety Watch: HSSIB saved – now let it get on with the job

HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe

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James Titcombe
@JamesTitcombeOct 23
“Losing an independent HSSIB would have been a tragic step backwards. Now it’s time for HSSIB to crack on with its world-leading work – and for the system to make sure its recommendations are owned and acted on.”
Patient Safety Watch@WatchPatientOct 23
“HSSIB saved – now let it get on with the job” Our latest #patientsafety newsletter is now available via @HSJnews here: hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/pat…

Patient Safety Watch: HSSIB saved – now let it get on with the job

HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe

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James Titcombe
@JamesTitcombeOct 21
Fantastic news for patient safety. The government has abandoned plans to abolish HSSIB and transfer its functions to CQC. The u-turn follows a relentless campaign from @bernardjenkin & interventions from @Jeremy_Hunt & the APPG for Patient Safety. hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulat…

Exclusive: Ministers drop plan to scrap investigations body

The government has U-turned on its plan to abolish an independent health service investigations body after opposition in the House of Lords, HSJ has learned.

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James Titcombe
@JamesTitcombeOct 22
Really buoyed by the Government's U-turn on abolishing HSSIB 🙏 HSSIB was created by politicians, patients, academics & clinicians coming together. Now those same groups have worked together again to protect its future. It shows what can be done when people work together for #patientsafety
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
@Jeremy_HuntOct 22
Hugely welcome news for patient safety that plans to abolish HSSIB have been dropped. The APPG for Patient Safety has worked hard to oppose these proposals. Particular thanks to @bernardjenkin for his tireless efforts to protect independent patient safety investigations.
Health Service Journal@HSJnewsOct 21
Exclusive: Ministers drop plan to scrap investigations body ift.tt/14g6vLH

Exclusive: Ministers drop plan to scrap investigations body

The government has U-turned on its plan to abolish an independent health service investigations body after opposition in the House of Lords, HSJ has learned.

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#HSSIB REPORT ➡️ Action is needed to improve access to specialist diabetes care for adults who self-administer insulin and live with a mental health problem. Gaps between services are putting vulnerable patients at risk. 🔗Read the report: hssib.org.uk/patient-safety-…

Insulin: supporting safe self-administration for patients in the community with a mental health...

This investigation explores risks to patient safety for patients in the community who self-administer insulin and who may be at increased risk of harm because of their circumstances. We have also...

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Lorin Hochstein@norootcauseFeb 7
Some thoughts on variability in both humans and LLMs: surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/…

On variability

I was listening to Todd Conklin’s Pre-Accident Investigation Podcast the other day, to the episode titled When Normal Variability Breaks: The ReDonda Story. The name ReDonda in the title refe…

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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
@Jeremy_HuntJan 29
Today my charity Patient Safety Watch and Imperial publish our biannual ranking of patient safety globally: the UK is a disappointing 21st out of 38 OECD countries. Why does Norway come top despite spending a lower proprotion of GDP? hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/nor…

Norway provides safer AND cheaper healthcare than the UK – we ...

Jeremy Hunt argues that closing the UK's patient safety gap must become a core national priority, with new data showing tens of thousands of deaths could be prevented by matching the performance of...

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Shaun Lintern@ShaunLinternJan 25
Are there more rogue surgeons in specialised areas? GOSH CEO Matt Shaw tells me the metrics did not flag Yaser Jabbar and its an area of weakness for other hospitals, he says.
Shaun Lintern@ShaunLinternJan 25
🚨 Exclusive: A dangerous surgeon at @GreatOrmondSt harmed more than a quarter of the children he operated on, a new report is expected to say this week. Now the trust chief tells @thetimes he is "deeply sorry" but there is no evidence of cover-up... thetimes.com/article/352ea8b…
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The BMJ
@bmj_latest28 Nov 2025
Electronic patient record systems can contribute to “serious harm” when patient information is missed, delayed, or recorded incorrectly, a national safety watchdog has warned bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r251…

Electronic patient records pose “persistent” risk to patient safety, watchdog warns

Electronic patient record (EPR) systems can contribute to “serious harm” when patient information is missed, delayed, or recorded incorrectly, a national safety watchdog has warned. The Health...

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Adrian Boyle@RCEMPolicyVP13 Nov 2025
NHSE and DHSC deserve a lot of credit for this candour 👏👏👏👏 Any improvement driven by data must have meaningful and honest metrics. Aggregating performance from multiple sites hides struggling departments.
𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic@sib31313 Nov 2025
In a completely unheralded but praiseworthy move, NHSE has released site-level data for A&E performance: england.nhs.uk/statistics/st…...
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In their editorial, Denham Phipps emphasises the importance of enhancing medication safety through effective system and tool design, rather than relying on individuals to adapt to suboptimal environments. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4eIPQij
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Shaun Lintern@ShaunLintern5 Oct 2025
I think this is one of the worst scandals I've uncovered and yet it remains somewhat under the radar. @wesstreeting has ordered an inquiry into the scandal. @CamillaKingdon has handed in her report to @DHSCgovuk. Why hasn't it been published?
Shaun Lintern@ShaunLintern5 Oct 2025
🚨 Exclusive: New leaked document proves @NHSEngland was warned a decade ago about failures in child hearing test centres across England. Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems: ▶️ thetimes.com/article/294ce4c…
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Patient Safety Watch has written to @wesstreeting , alongside @AvMAuk & @ClinicalHF about the transition of HSSIB to @CareQualityComm with recommendations around maintaining independence. Read more here:- #patientsafety hsj.co.uk/quality-and-perfor…

Merged agency must keep board, Streeting told

Three patient safety groups - one chaired by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt - are calling for the patient safety watchdog to retain its independence when it is absorbed into the Care Quality...

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Gareth Owens@Icarus105419 Sep 2025
For Aortic Dissection Awareness Day, @theHSSIB invited me to write a guest blog reviewing the life-saving impact of their investigation & reports about acute Aortic Dissection, produced in collaboration with @AorticDissectUK & @THINK__AORTA. Pls read & RT. hssib.org.uk/news-events-blo…

HSSIB impact: life-saving difference for acute aortic dissection patients

To mark Global Aortic Dissection Awareness Day, Gareth Owens from the national patient charity blogs about the impact two HSSIB reports have had, with hundreds more people now receiving life-saving...

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Professor Leng has now completed her review into the safety and effectiveness of the physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles. The following conclusions have been made. gov.uk/government/publicatio…

Independent review of the physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles: final report

Independent report by Professor Gillian Leng CBE looking at the safety and effectiveness of physician associates and anaesthesia associates.

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Great work from HSSIB - it’s incredibly useful for NHS trusts implementing PSIRF to have examples of exemplar PSII’s. Hopefully these will be read and shared widely. #patientsafety hssib.org.uk/patient-safety-…

Sepsis: investigating under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)

Three reports that model investigation of sepsis under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), to boost local learning and help improve investigation quality in the NHS.

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The emphasis on data driven transparency & restoring confidence & trust in the CQC will be crucial. We must guard against politicising NHS performance - as we know from history that a ‘no bad news’ culture is a route to catastrophe. #PatientSafety
Shaun Lintern@ShaunLintern6 Jul 2025
She will roll back many changes made since the Mid Staffs scandal, returning power to managers & DHSC Challenged she was giving back control to bodies numerous inquiries had shown had failed, she said: “No, I'm giving back the accountability to them". Right? Or dangerously naive?
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Georgina Cosma@gcosma15 Jul 2025
Just tested a serious #AI vulnerability: hidden white-text prompts in a doc were executed without detection by both ChatGPT(@OpenAI) and Claude(@AnthropicAI). No resistance, no safeguards. #LLMs remain highly susceptible to doc-based prompt injection. This needs urgent attention.
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