Exploring the feasibility of patient safety huddles in general practice.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Patient safety is a key priority for healthcare systems. Patient safety huddles have been advocated as a way to improve safety. We explored the feasibility of huddles in general practice.Methods
We invited all general practices in West Yorkshire to complete an online survey and interviewed practice staff.Results
Thirty-four out of 306 practices (11.1%) responded to our survey. Of these, 22 practices (64.7%) reported having breaks for staff to meet and eight (23.5%) reported no longer having breaks in their practices. Seven interviewees identified several barriers to safety huddles including time and current culture; individuals felt meetings or breaks would not be easily integrated into current primary care structure.Discussion
Despite their initial promise, there are major challenges to introducing patient safety huddles within the current context of UK general practice. General practice staff may need more convincing of potential benefits.
SUBMITTER: Panayiotou H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Exploring the feasibility of patient safety huddles in general practice.
Panayiotou Hannah H Higgs Charlotte C Foy Robbie R
Primary health care research & development 20200727
<h4>Background</h4>Patient safety is a key priority for healthcare systems. Patient safety huddles have been advocated as a way to improve safety. We explored the feasibility of huddles in general practice.<h4>Methods</h4>We invited all general practices in West Yorkshire to complete an online survey and interviewed practice staff.<h4>Results</h4>Thirty-four out of 306 practices (11.1%) responded to our survey. Of these, 22 practices (64.7%) reported having breaks for staff to meet and eight (23 ...[more]
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