CEC in the News
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April Falls Day, 2010 - Martin Place
Martin Place played host to the April Falls Day 2010 spectacular when the NSW Health Minister, Carmel Tebbutt came by to lend her support and endorsement. Here she talks to Professor Cliff Hughes.
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Not drowning, waving
Professor Cliff Hughes talks to Stewart Prins about the new Between the Flags program for responding to deteriorating patients in The NSW Doctor magazine. - Published, March 2010
- Read the feature - PDF ~835kb
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ABC News Radio
Doctors having difficulty keeping their hands clean - and are muddying their reputation in the process... Dr Annette Pantle talks to Cathy Bell from ABC News Radio. - Published, October 19 2009
- Read the transcript - PDF ~16kb
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Hand Hygiene Day, 2009
Professor Cliff Hughes AO, CEO of the Clinical Excellence Commission gives his simple message to mark Global Call for Action on Hand Hygiene Day, 2009. - Published, May 5 2009
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the(top 100), Sydney's most influential people
Fairfax Media's the(sydney)magazine names the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission CEO, Professor Cliff Hughes in their top 100, Sydney's most influential people. "All 100 people had to be renowned within their field and have changed our city in some way," says the magazine's editor, Kirsten Galliott. See how Professor Hughes fits this prestigious mould and breaths life into Sydney's health and medical arena. - Published, January 2008
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Clinician Connect Guest Editorial by Cliff Hughes
There are many myths in medicine about blood component therapy - or blood transfusions. We commonly hear statements such as, "blood helps my patient get out of hospital sooner" or "blood improves healing". It is also a myth that blood is free. There is a perception that blood is safer than ever, and whilst this might be the case in regard to transmissible viruses such as HIV, Hepatitis or vCJD (see insert below), the rate of adverse events from human error, incompatibility reactions, and bacterial contaminations1 are significant. There is now increasing evidence for immunomodulatory effects following transfusion. There is a pressing need to focus attention on patient blood management, the appropriate use of blood products and strategies to reduce, or provide alternatives to, transfusions. - Published, July 2007
- Blood Watch - seeking excellence in transfusion - PDF ~617kb
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Cliff Hughes on ABC Radio National's Background Briefing
The 11 March edition of ABC Radio National's Background Briefing focused on new approaches to national health. Journalist Sharona Coutts painted a picture - with assistance from health experts - of people being urged to take responsibility for self-care, in an attempt to stay out of hospital. The program concluded with an interview with Cliff Hughes about improvements underway in the NSW health system.
- Transcript: Patient responsibility and self care - PDF ~40kb
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System error reports ring early alarm bells
Cliff Hughes often sums up what the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) is trying to achieve simply as "doing the work better and safer". He's referring to the work of thousands of health professionals who deliver health care to people across NSW. Professor Hughes and his CEC team are working to achieve change from a culture of blame to one of open, transparent and co-ordinated reporting of errors and near-misses throughout the NSW health system. They're making progress.
The changes include the formation of the Incident Information Management System (IIMS). It encourages the 100,000 people who work in NSW Health to report errors so that lessons can be learned and shared openly. Open reporting sets the framework for an accountable and pro-active workforce. We're grateful to News Limited for approval to reproduce an article from the Weekend Australian of 26-27 August 2006. It provides an excellent insight into one facet of the CEC ethic of "doing the work better and safer". - Reprinted with permission from The Weekend Australian, 26-27 August 2006
- System error reports ring early alarm bells - PDF ~1.14mb
