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The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...out a stark reality. “Patient safety problems exist throughout the NHS, as with every other health care system throughout the world” (p4). The report is equally emphatic that the solution does not on the whole lie with blaming individuals, or rooting out incompetent or negligent staff. Sometimes, of course, individuals do need to be held transparently to account, when...
How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...out for more flexibility to cope with their studies. The crisis in part-time higher education is predominantly, but not exclusively, an English problem, set against changes to fee structures that have resulted in part-time fees tripling since 2012, and no maintenance grants for part-time study. [Somerville College accommodation block, Oxford] As universities compete to...
Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate
Society, Politics & Law

Refugees languish in camps on Lesvos as conditions deteriorate

...out from an anticipated eight weeks to six months or more. As one Syrian refugee I met told me: “We are in purgatory here.” Moria is an identification and registration centre with adjoining camp, a forbidding place surrounded by barbed wire and patrolling security guards. It’s the first place refugees are taken on arrival in Lesvos, and is where they’re assessed...
What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...out because Schiaparelli is not a science-focused lander. Although it carried a variety of instruments down to the martian surface, including a camera, its main purpose was to test a new Entry, Descent and Landing Module for the next phase of the mission: ExoMars 2020, which will aim to land a rover on the Red Planet. Fortunately, the telemetry data also give information...
Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...out banks to avoid the collapse of the global financial system. Since then, many of these governments have introduced austerity measures to reduce government debt. However, concern that cuts to welfare spending and public services disproportionately hit poorer households has caused many citizens to question whether austerity is really necessary or an opportunity to push...
Telephone bereavement support: does it work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Telephone bereavement support: does it work?

...out how to eventually ‘let go’ and ‘move on’. It’s more about working out how we can live with the loss, continue relating to the memories of the person who has died, and carry on functioning as friends, parents, partners, work colleagues, neighbours, and so on. Findings from research tell us that, when we experience bereavement, around 60% of us will benefit...
Do people need Peeple?
Digital & Computing

Do people need Peeple?

...out the hard way what a monster you have unleashed. Then you will be hypocritical and edit out negative stuff about you while leaving everybody else’s negative information, subscriber or no, up for the world to see. I do not give my consent for Peeple, or any user of its platform to use my name, photograph, likeness, or personal information including but not limited to...
Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...out my job) or a psychological impact (I feel out of my depth with the skills I need for my new job; I don’t know who to ask for help; I need to build new relationships with people). Change can cause a feeling of being ‘out of control’ as a new way of doing things emerges. One way of dealing with change is to gain back control, and there are resources in this hub...