Never Events are serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if healthcare providers have implemented existing national guidance or safety recommendations. The
The Eva team caught up with Jo Gillespie, former airline pilot and aviation safety expert, to discuss how understanding human factors has revolutionised the approach
In the late 1940s following WWII there were two significant influences on commercial cockpit culture. What followed changed aviation safety forever and would eventually inform
First let’s clear up the difference between human factors and human performance. Human performance is all about how and why people do what they do.
Firstly I should make it clear that I am not a psychologist nor in the truest sense of the word am I a scientist, although
The NHS Patient Safety Strategy, which aims to reduce avoidable patient harm, has three main themes: Insight Involvement Improvement Although these sound positive, Trusts are
