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Delivering quality in primary care: medical performers lists: language knowledge
Department of Health
February 2010
This interim guidance is issued to assist PCTs in England in making their decision about whether or not a doctor has sufficient knowledge of English to perform primary medical services in the PCTs area.

Improving the safety of oxygen therapy in hospitals: summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency
T Lamont, D Luettel, J Scarpello, BR O’Driscoll, S Connew
British Medical Journal, 2010, 26th January, 340:c187
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Using social media to improve patient safety
S Carr
Focus on Patient Safety: a newsletter from the National Patient Safety Foundation, 2009, 12(4), pp1-3

Collaborating to support those involved in adverse events
LK Kenney
Focus on Patient Safety: a newsletter from the National Patient Safety Foundation, 2009, 12(4), pp6-7

Medical errors education: a prospective study of a new educational tool
JH Paxton, IS Rubinfeld
American Journal of Medical Quality, 2010, online first (21st Jan-28th Jan)
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Patient safety: conversation to curriculum
D Blumenthal, I Ganguli
New York Times, 2010, 25th January

Safety and risk management in hospitals
M Duckers, M Faber, J Cruijsberg, R Grol, L Schoonhoven, M Wensing
The Health Foundation
December 2009

Being open: communicating patient safety incidents with patients, their families and carers
The National Reporting and Learning Service, part of the National Patient Safety Agency, has reviewed the guidance and developed a new "Being open" framework with supporting information.

To mark the relaunch of Being Open, on 19th November 2009, the NRLS presented a programme of short, hour-long webinars from expert speakers:

• The revised Being open: what it means for clinicians, PALS and other healthcare professionals
• A webinar for boards and chief executives on leading the implementation of Being open
• The facts about saying sorry: addressing barriers to being open for clinicians, legal and risk managers
• Embedding Being open: the role of senior clinical counsellors and how to identify them
• Around the world: international perspectives on implementing open disclosure