Saw this out on our (very wet) walk today. Hubby says it’s always a good day when you see a heron - every days a good day when you’re #lovingretirement 😁

Just love a frosty morning walk #lovingretirement

#Call4Concern mentioned in a Radio 4 broadcast today of harrowing account of an avoidable child death from sepsis. Let’s keep going to get C4C across all hospitals in the UK Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Int SRRS

Great to hear a #nurse speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today 📻 this morning about a nurse-led critical care outreach service for assessing and managing seriously ill patients, who also take referrals from carers, families, and friends who may have concerns about patients they’re with ✅

Pleased to have the support of The Times and The Sunday Times for Martha's Rule. I can't repeat enough: in the hospitals where there is a similar system in place, it is not overused. The Critical Care Outreach team at Royal Berkshire say it is just 0.5% of their workload thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…

Today’s ⁦Mail+⁩ editorial in support of #MarthasRule

How do you measure impact of #Call4Concern #MarthasRule ? We spoke with patients & staff. Here is our framework eirian edwards Filip Haegdorens Peter Walsh journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

This is a great explanation of how Ryan's Rule works and saves lives Australia, articulating clearly why we need #MarthasRule in the UK theguardian.com/australia-news…

Thoughts on the NHS….. Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But this is what is happening in the NHS right now; hoping things will improve when just giving the same failing medicine. As an A&E

No one cares more passionately about safety than patients and carers. They must be given more power so they can help make healthcare safer Patient Safety Learning The BMJ bmj.com/content/383/bm…

I have always been proud of this initiative and how it empowers the relatives to have a safety net 💖 Well done Mandy Odell & Karin Gerber RN 💙🇿🇦🇬🇧 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Martha’s Rule is happening. As the meetings are held about the nature and details of implementation, Merope thanks healthcare professionals for their support and calls on all doctors to embrace the initiative, in everybody’s interests. bmj.com/content/383/bm…

The Int SRRS and @ National Outreach Forum UK are co-hosting a webinar in Nov. The Int SRRS AGM will follow Members will be emailed the login details soon

Shifting power to patients is an obvious mechanism to increase safety & reliability of care. The mechanisms that work are not clear (yet). #PatientPoweredSafety needs robust research funding & infrastructure.

paul laity Ken Lownds Merope We have undertaken testing & studied implementation of #Call4Concern for over 12 months. We are live but still learning & will share our insights with all units in #NHSWales later this month.

After 18 years of sporadic global uptake of patient-activated rapid response, #Marthasrule seems poised to rise to the next level. Here are my thoughts on the criteria for an effective system. Int SRRS Chris Subbe Alison V Phillips 💙 Patient Safety Congress & Awards Prof Daryl Jones Mandy Odell JosieKingFoundation

Pls share Alison Fox-Robichaud, MD Chris Subbe Jibran Majeed @leldurham John Welch Anne Lippert Alex Psirides Mandy Odell Chris Hancock Alison V Phillips 💙 Lisa Weavind SG ANZICS ANZICS CICM SCCM Helen Haskell Geoffrey Lighthall LindsayGarcia @CCC_Outreach Jacinda Bunch Rinaldo Bellomo Clinical Excellence Commission ACSQHC Chris Nickson

Timely after todays ‘Worry&Concern’ working group. An important start. Thank you to Merope paul laity - the work has just begun but we would not be here without you! It is devastating that it took your suffering.

👉Matthew Taylor spoke to BBC Radio 4 Today about recommendations drawn up by Dr Henrietta Hughes on Martha's Rule. "I think it's important that she recognises the challenges of staffing in the health service..."👇

Latest offering: read our paper on the application of quality metrics of rapid response systems around the world. 🌍 doi.org/10.1016/j.resp… Chris Subbe eirian edwards