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  • Exploring the feasibility of patient safety huddles in general practice

  • Hannah Panayiotou, Charlotte Higgs, Robbie Foy
  • Journal:
    Primary Health Care Research & Development / Volume 21 / 2020
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 July 2020, e24
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  • 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.