Susanna Stanford
@susannastanford.bsky.social
Healthcare safety advocate. Human factors. Obstetric anaesthesia. Maternity care.
All those involved in #patientsafety please fill in this survey re patient safety education by HSSIB.
Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)
We investigate patient safety concerns across England to improve NHS care at a national level.
hssib.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
All those involved in #patientsafety please fill in this survey re patient safety education by HSSIB.
Not my usual sort of post but it’s not everyday I get compared to Erin Brockovich…
Astute review of Susan Burton’s work in The Retrievals: open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
Astute review of Susan Burton’s work in The Retrievals: open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Not my usual sort of post but it’s not everyday I get compared to Erin Brockovich…
Astute review of Susan Burton’s work in The Retrievals: open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
Astute review of Susan Burton’s work in The Retrievals: open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
Reposted by Susanna Stanford
Writing like it's a television drama complete with instructions for a camera operator. That's an unusual maneuver for a podcast. One I'd never heard before. Neither had Susan Burton until she wrote that way herself for #TheRetrievals from Serial and @nytimes.com. @prx.org. @transom.bsky.social.
Writing Like TV in a Podcast
Writing Like TV in a Podcast - Transom
transom.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Writing like it's a television drama complete with instructions for a camera operator. That's an unusual maneuver for a podcast. One I'd never heard before. Neither had Susan Burton until she wrote that way herself for #TheRetrievals from Serial and @nytimes.com. @prx.org. @transom.bsky.social.
The @nytimes.com and @serialproductions.bsky.social have released the second series of The Retrievals. It is powerful, compelling listening from Susan Burton with Julie Snyder, Ben Phelan and team.
The 4 episodes are a solutions focused look at intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery.
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The 4 episodes are a solutions focused look at intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The @nytimes.com and @serialproductions.bsky.social have released the second series of The Retrievals. It is powerful, compelling listening from Susan Burton with Julie Snyder, Ben Phelan and team.
The 4 episodes are a solutions focused look at intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery.
1/
The 4 episodes are a solutions focused look at intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery.
1/
Reposted by Susanna Stanford
I've just listened to this series and it's both powerful and shocking - the "normalisation of deviance". But at least the situaiton appears to be changing. Well worth 3.5 hours of your life. @susannastanford.bsky.social
After Season 1 of "The Retrievals," hundreds of listeners wrote to us saying they "felt everything" during their C-sections.
Season 2 investigates how this happens—and who is trying to fix it.
Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10. lnk.to/akQAPD
Season 2 investigates how this happens—and who is trying to fix it.
Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10. lnk.to/akQAPD
The Retrievals
C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? Season 2 of the award-winning podcast “The Retrievals” is an investi...
lnk.to
July 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I've just listened to this series and it's both powerful and shocking - the "normalisation of deviance". But at least the situaiton appears to be changing. Well worth 3.5 hours of your life. @susannastanford.bsky.social
Reposted by Susanna Stanford
After Season 1 of "The Retrievals," hundreds of listeners wrote to us saying they "felt everything" during their C-sections.
Season 2 investigates how this happens—and who is trying to fix it.
Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10. lnk.to/akQAPD
Season 2 investigates how this happens—and who is trying to fix it.
Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10. lnk.to/akQAPD
The Retrievals
C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? Season 2 of the award-winning podcast “The Retrievals” is an investi...
lnk.to
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
After Season 1 of "The Retrievals," hundreds of listeners wrote to us saying they "felt everything" during their C-sections.
Season 2 investigates how this happens—and who is trying to fix it.
Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10. lnk.to/akQAPD
Season 2 investigates how this happens—and who is trying to fix it.
Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10. lnk.to/akQAPD
‘We found pain during cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia to be very common, affecting more than one in six patients.’
It is important to see this statement in print. 1/4
doi.org/10.1097/ALN....
Intraoperative pain during cesarean delivery under... : Anesthesiology
delivery under neuraxial anesthesia.
Methods:
A literature search of databases (PubMed MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Central Register of Cont...
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
‘We found pain during cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia to be very common, affecting more than one in six patients.’
It is important to see this statement in print. 1/4
doi.org/10.1097/ALN....
Heartbreaking to read the BBC article posted by @oaa-anaes.bsky.social below.
This simply should not still be happening.
If you work in #OBAnes, listen to women. If a woman says she’s in pain, believe her.
@rcoanews.bsky.social podcast on pain during CD here - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
This simply should not still be happening.
If you work in #OBAnes, listen to women. If a woman says she’s in pain, believe her.
@rcoanews.bsky.social podcast on pain during CD here - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
March 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Heartbreaking to read the BBC article posted by @oaa-anaes.bsky.social below.
This simply should not still be happening.
If you work in #OBAnes, listen to women. If a woman says she’s in pain, believe her.
@rcoanews.bsky.social podcast on pain during CD here - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
This simply should not still be happening.
If you work in #OBAnes, listen to women. If a woman says she’s in pain, believe her.
@rcoanews.bsky.social podcast on pain during CD here - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
The Snapshot Obstetric National Anaesthetics Research (SONAR) project investigating pain during Caesarean with neuraxial anaesthesia got underway this week.
This NIHR portfolio project is something I have been agitating for over almost 10 years. Why? 1/
This NIHR portfolio project is something I have been agitating for over almost 10 years. Why? 1/
March 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Snapshot Obstetric National Anaesthetics Research (SONAR) project investigating pain during Caesarean with neuraxial anaesthesia got underway this week.
This NIHR portfolio project is something I have been agitating for over almost 10 years. Why? 1/
This NIHR portfolio project is something I have been agitating for over almost 10 years. Why? 1/
This case study outlines ‘what good looks like’ in public and patient involvement in healthcare improvement.
A truly collaborative experience, thanks to the principled approach of the researchers. A privilege to work with this team.
@marydixonwoods.bsky.social @lisahinton.bsky.social
A truly collaborative experience, thanks to the principled approach of the researchers. A privilege to work with this team.
@marydixonwoods.bsky.social @lisahinton.bsky.social
How can patient and public involvement be integrated into co-design of healthcare improvement? Here's a case study link.springer.com/article/10.1...?
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This case study outlines ‘what good looks like’ in public and patient involvement in healthcare improvement.
A truly collaborative experience, thanks to the principled approach of the researchers. A privilege to work with this team.
@marydixonwoods.bsky.social @lisahinton.bsky.social
A truly collaborative experience, thanks to the principled approach of the researchers. A privilege to work with this team.
@marydixonwoods.bsky.social @lisahinton.bsky.social
Reposted by Susanna Stanford
✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lovely feedback for this podcast.
It was many years ago that the infinitely wise @martinbromiley.bsky.social encouraged me to think about how the messages from my experience of obstetric anaesthesia could be generalised.
It is great to see this still comes across.
It was many years ago that the infinitely wise @martinbromiley.bsky.social encouraged me to think about how the messages from my experience of obstetric anaesthesia could be generalised.
It is great to see this still comes across.
November 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Lovely feedback for this podcast.
It was many years ago that the infinitely wise @martinbromiley.bsky.social encouraged me to think about how the messages from my experience of obstetric anaesthesia could be generalised.
It is great to see this still comes across.
It was many years ago that the infinitely wise @martinbromiley.bsky.social encouraged me to think about how the messages from my experience of obstetric anaesthesia could be generalised.
It is great to see this still comes across.
It is often overlooked that patients who engage in research do so to try to prevent others suffering as they have themselves.
This insightful blog is spot on describing their grief as ‘an invisible weight they carry into every conversation, decision, and interaction.’
#patientsafety
This insightful blog is spot on describing their grief as ‘an invisible weight they carry into every conversation, decision, and interaction.’
#patientsafety
This is a really super blog about the 'grief' that patients and families bring when they engage in healthcare research, and what that means for everyone involved.
Interested to hear others thoughts on this?
#safetysky
#patientsafety
Thanks @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social for sharing!
Interested to hear others thoughts on this?
#safetysky
#patientsafety
Thanks @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social for sharing!
Patient engagement is often described as the process of involving patients in healthcare research, decision-making & co-design. But there’s a deeper layer we rarely discuss: patient engagement is actually grief work
•Linxi Mytkolli💭
tinyurl.com/3srhxdwm
#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #Health
November 17, 2024 at 4:26 PM
It is often overlooked that patients who engage in research do so to try to prevent others suffering as they have themselves.
This insightful blog is spot on describing their grief as ‘an invisible weight they carry into every conversation, decision, and interaction.’
#patientsafety
This insightful blog is spot on describing their grief as ‘an invisible weight they carry into every conversation, decision, and interaction.’
#patientsafety
For trainees in obstetric anaesthesia, the new NovPod series from the RCOA and OAA will be useful.
I had fun chatting with Eoin Dore and Rosie Grimes about testing neuraxial blocks and being prepared for those which fail. We covered a lot of ground!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
I had fun chatting with Eoin Dore and Rosie Grimes about testing neuraxial blocks and being prepared for those which fail. We covered a lot of ground!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
NovPod - Season 2, Episode 11: Prevention and management of pain during caesarean section
Podcast Episode · Anaesthesia on Air · 14/11/2024 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:07 PM
For trainees in obstetric anaesthesia, the new NovPod series from the RCOA and OAA will be useful.
I had fun chatting with Eoin Dore and Rosie Grimes about testing neuraxial blocks and being prepared for those which fail. We covered a lot of ground!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
I had fun chatting with Eoin Dore and Rosie Grimes about testing neuraxial blocks and being prepared for those which fail. We covered a lot of ground!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Reposted by Susanna Stanford
Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
November 7, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
Reposted by Susanna Stanford
Impact of safety incidents on staff can IMHO be a bit of a taboo subject. There are two givens in a medical career. 1) We will be involved in something going wrong. 2) We will need to say sorry to a patient or family. I don’t think we teach either well…
a man in a leather jacket says well
ALT: a man in a leather jacket says well
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Impact of safety incidents on staff can IMHO be a bit of a taboo subject. There are two givens in a medical career. 1) We will be involved in something going wrong. 2) We will need to say sorry to a patient or family. I don’t think we teach either well…
We do trainees a real disservice by not preparing them for the inevitability of being involved in adverse events.
A couple years ago Sarah Seddon and I made this film hoping to help:
bit.ly/ManagingAdve...
A couple years ago Sarah Seddon and I made this film hoping to help:
bit.ly/ManagingAdve...
November 11, 2024 at 10:33 AM
We do trainees a real disservice by not preparing them for the inevitability of being involved in adverse events.
A couple years ago Sarah Seddon and I made this film hoping to help:
bit.ly/ManagingAdve...
A couple years ago Sarah Seddon and I made this film hoping to help:
bit.ly/ManagingAdve...
Never the first to arrive and never the last to leave…
Moving over from X for a happier space and looking forward to continuing learning in the way I did in the best days of Twitter.
All views my own. Only answerable to Betsy…
Moving over from X for a happier space and looking forward to continuing learning in the way I did in the best days of Twitter.
All views my own. Only answerable to Betsy…
November 10, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Never the first to arrive and never the last to leave…
Moving over from X for a happier space and looking forward to continuing learning in the way I did in the best days of Twitter.
All views my own. Only answerable to Betsy…
Moving over from X for a happier space and looking forward to continuing learning in the way I did in the best days of Twitter.
All views my own. Only answerable to Betsy…