World Patient Safety Day 2026 focuses on safe care for non-communicable diseases, encouraging communities, health practitioners, organisational leaders and policymakers to work together to develop solutions that address patient safety challenges and reduce harm for...
World Patient Safety Day 2026 focuses on safe care for non-communicable diseases, encouraging communities, health practitioners, organisational leaders and policymakers to work together to develop solutions that address patient safety challenges and reduce harm for...
Despite national efforts to improve acute kidney injury (AKI) care, thousands of patients in England are missing vital follow-up care after leaving hospital, according to new research by The University of Manchester. The kidneys have a vital role in continuously...
Researchers from the NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC): Greater Manchester are contributing to a major national study investigating how Martha’s Rule is being implemented across NHS hospitals in England, drawing on qualitative and health economics...
A new study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has found that digital technologies used in GP practices can significantly improve patient safety by reducing medication errors, supporting earlier diagnosis and helping prevent patient harm. The research,...
Our funded PhD student, Gill Lever, has brought home an award from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Doctoral Training Camp, recognising an outstanding example of patient and public involvement embedded in research. Gill, a PhD student at The...
How safe is healthcare in prison and what happens when things go wrong? In this episode of Voices for Safety, our host Dr Louise Gorman speaks with researchers Dr Joy McFadzean, Dr Jake Hard, and Dr Verity Wainwright about a major NIHR-funded study examining avoidable...
People with a learning disability are at higher risk of developing bowel cancer, yet face significant barriers at nearly every stage of the care pathway, University of Manchester and Christie NHS Foundation Trust have found. The population-based study of more than two...
To mark Learning Disability Week 2026, this episode of Voices for Safety explores a critical patient safety issue: the inequalities people with a learning disability face when accessing cancer care. Host Dr Louise Gorman speaks with Dr Oliver Kennedy, an NIHR Clinical...
A new resource to support adults at risk of self‑harm or suicide was launched in May at The University of Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery, at an event hosted by the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration. Jay’s Personalised Safety Planning...
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