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Editorial

Locums: threat or opportunity
Richard Lilford

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2024, bmjqs-2023-016951; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016951
Understanding linguistic inequities in healthcare: moving from the technical to the social
Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, Shail Rawal

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2023-016873; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016873
Variation in quality of care between hospitals: how to identify learning opportunities
Alex Bottle, Pia Kjær Kristensen

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2024, bmjqs-2024-017071; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017071
Can virtual reality simulations improve macrocognition?
Michelle Aebersold, Laura Gonzalez

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2024, bmjqs-2023-016858; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016858
Pragmatic trials are needed to assess the effectiveness of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols on patient safety
Antoine Duclos

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2024, bmjqs-2023-016966; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016966
Routine versus prompted clinical debriefing: aligning aims, mechanisms and implementation
Emma Claire Phillips, Victoria Tallentire

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2024, bmjqs-2023-016836; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016836
It is up to healthcare professionals to talk to us in a way that we can understand: informed consent processes in people with an intellectual disability
Jonathon Ding, Richard Keagan-Bull, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2024, bmjqs-2023-016830; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016830

Original research

General practitioners’ risk literacy and real-world prescribing of potentially hazardous drugs: a cross-sectional study
Odette Wegwarth, Tammy C Hoffmann, Ben Goldacre, Claudia Spies, Helge A Giese

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2023-016979; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016979
Locum doctor working and quality and safety: a qualitative study in English primary and secondary care
Jane Ferguson, Gemma Stringer, Kieran Walshe, Thomas Allen, Christos Grigoroglou, Darren M Ashcroft, Evangelos Kontopantelis

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2024, bmjqs-2023-016699; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016699
Paediatric medication incident reporting: a multicentre comparison study of medication errors identified at audit, detected by staff and reported to an incident system
Ling Li, Tim Badgery-Parker, Alison Merchant, Erin Fitzpatrick, Magdalena Z Raban, Virginia Mumford, Najwa-Joelle Metri, Peter Damian Hibbert, Cheryl Mccullagh, Michael Dickinson, Johanna I Westbrook

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2023-016711; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016711
Estimating the impact on patient safety of enabling the digital transfer of patients’ prescription information in the English NHS
Elizabeth M Camacho, Sean Gavan, Richard Neil Keers, Antony Chuter, Rachel Ann Elliott

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2024, bmjqs-2023-016675; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016675
Crowdsourcing a diagnosis? Exploring the accuracy of the size and type of group diagnosis: an experimental study
Jonathan Sherbino, Matt Sibbald, Geoffrey Norman, Andrew LoGiudice, Amy Keuhl, Mark Lee, Sandra Monteiro

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2024, bmjqs-2023-016695; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016695
Connecting pathogen transmission and healthcare worker cognition: a cognitive task analysis of infection prevention and control practices during simulated patient care
Joel M Mumma, Bradley W Weaver, Jill S Morgan, Golpar Ghassemian, Paige R Gannon, Kylie B Burke, Brandon A Berryhill, Rebecca E MacKay, Lindsay Lee, Colleen S Kraft

BMJ Quality & Safety Nov 2023, bmjqs-2023-016230; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016230
Implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for colorectal cancer in a regional hospital network supported by audit and feedback: a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial
Eva Pagano, Luca Pellegrino, Manuela Robella, Anna Castiglione, Francesco Brunetti, Lisa Giacometti, Monica Rolfo, Alessio Rizzo, Sarah Palmisano, Maurizio Meineri, Ilaria Bachini, Mario Morino, Marco Ettore Allaix, Alfredo Mellano, Paolo Massucco, Paola Bellomo, Roberto Polastri, Giovannino Ciccone, Felice Borghi

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2024, bmjqs-2023-016594; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016594
Role of knowledge and reasoning processes as predictors of resident physicians’ susceptibility to anchoring bias in diagnostic reasoning: a randomised controlled experiment
Sílvia Mamede, Adrienne Zandbergen, Marco Antonio de Carvalho-Filho, Goda Choi, Marco Goeijenbier, Joost van Ginkel, Laura Zwaan, Fred Paas, Henk G Schmidt

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2024, bmjqs-2023-016621; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016621
Quality and reporting of large-scale improvement programmes: a review of maternity initiatives in the English NHS, 2010–2023
James McGowan, Bothaina Attal, Isla Kuhn, Lisa Hinton, Tim Draycott, Graham P Martin, Mary Dixon-Woods

BMJ Quality & Safety Nov 2023, bmjqs-2023-016606; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016606
Patient safety in remote primary care encounters: multimethod qualitative study combining Safety I and Safety II analysis
Rebecca Payne, Aileen Clarke, Nadia Swann, Jackie van Dael, Natassia Brenman, Rebecca Rosen, Adam Mackridge, Lucy Moore, Asli Kalin, Emma Ladds, Nina Hemmings, Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt, Stuart Faulkner, Isabel Hanson, Sophie Spitters, Sietse Wieringa, Francesca H Dakin, Sara E Shaw, Joseph Wherton, Richard Byng, Laiba Husain, Trisha Greenhalgh

BMJ Quality & Safety Nov 2023, bmjqs-2023-016674; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016674
Patient and family contributions to improve the diagnostic process through the OurDX electronic health record tool: a mixed method analysis
Sigall K Bell, Kendall Harcourt, Joe Dong, Catherine DesRoches, Nicholas J Hart, Stephen K Liu, Long Ngo, Eric J Thomas, Fabienne C. Bourgeois

BMJ Quality & Safety Aug 2023, bmjqs-2022-015793; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015793
Quality of care for secondary cardiovascular disease prevention in 2009–2017: population-wide cohort study of antiplatelet therapy use in Scotland
Inna Thalmann, David Preiss, Iryna Schlackow, Alastair Gray, Borislava Mihaylova

BMJ Quality & Safety Sep 2023, bmjqs-2023-016520; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016520
Comparing secondary prevention for patients with coronary heart disease and stroke attending Australian general practices: a cross-sectional study using nationwide electronic database
Jason Yue, Samia Kazi, Tu Nguyen, Clara Kayei Chow

BMJ Quality & Safety Jul 2023, bmjqs-2022-015699; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015699
Common contributing factors of diagnostic error: A retrospective analysis of 109 serious adverse event reports from Dutch hospitals
Jacky Hooftman, Aart Cornelis Dijkstra, Ilse Suurmeijer, Akke van der Bij, Ellen Paap, Laura Zwaan

BMJ Quality & Safety Aug 2023, bmjqs-2022-015876; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015876
Economic analysis of surgical outcome monitoring using control charts: the SHEWHART cluster randomised trial
Sarah Skinner, Léa Pascal, Stéphanie Polazzi, François Chollet, Jean-Christophe Lifante, Antoine Duclos

BMJ Quality & Safety Aug 2023, bmjqs-2022-015390; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015390
Temporal structures that determine consistency and quality of care: a case study in hyperacute stroke services
Georgia B Black, Angus I G Ramsay, Robert Simister, Abigail Baim-Lance, Jeannie Eng, Mariya Melnychuk, Naomi J Fulop

BMJ Quality & Safety Jun 2023, bmjqs-2022-015620; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015620
Consent and refusal of procedures during labour and birth: a survey among 11 418 women in the Netherlands
Marit Sophia Gerardina van der Pijl, Margot Klein Essink, Tineke van der Linden, Rachel Verweij, Elselijn Kingma, Martine H Hollander, Ank de Jonge, Corine J Verhoeven

BMJ Quality & Safety May 2023, bmjqs-2022-015538; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015538
“It’s probably an STI because you’re gay”: a qualitative study of diagnostic error experiences in sexual and gender minority individuals
Aaron A Wiegand, Taharat Sheikh, Fateha Zannath, Noah M Trudeau, Vadim Dukhanin, Kathryn M McDonald

BMJ Quality & Safety May 2023, bmjqs-2022-015629; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015629
Effect of contextual factors on the prevalence of diagnostic errors among patients managed by physicians of the same specialty: a single-centre retrospective observational study
Yukinori Harada, Yumi Otaka, Shinichi Katsukura, Taro Shimizu

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2022-015436; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015436
Accuracy of telephone triage for predicting adverse outcomes in suspected COVID-19: an observational cohort study
Carl Marincowitz, Tony Stone, Peter Bath, Richard Campbell, Janette Kay Turner, Madina Hasan, Richard Pilbery, Benjamin David Thomas, Laura Sutton, Fiona Bell, Katie Biggs, Frank Hopfgartner, Suvodeep Mazumdar, Jennifer Petrie, Steve Goodacre

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2022, bmjqs-2021-014382; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014382
Delayed diagnosis of serious paediatric conditions in 13 regional emergency departments
Kenneth A Michelson, Finn L E McGarghan, Emma E Patterson, Margaret E Samuels-Kalow, Mark L Waltzman, Kimberly F Greco

BMJ Quality & Safety Sep 2022, bmjqs-2022-015314; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015314
Quality framework for remote antenatal care: qualitative study with women, healthcare professionals and system-level stakeholders
Lisa Hinton, Francesca H Dakin, Karolina Kuberska, Nicola Boydell, Janet Willars, Tim Draycott, Cathy Winter, Richard J McManus, Lucy C Chappell, Sanhita Chakrabarti, Elizabeth Howland, Jenny George, Brandi Leach, Mary Dixon-Woods

BMJ Quality & Safety May 2022, bmjqs-2021-014329; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014329

Quality improvement report

Ensuring safe and equitable discharge: a quality improvement initiative for individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Kathleen M. Zacherl, Emily Carper Sterrett, Brenna L. Hughes, Karley M Whelan, James Tyler-Walker, Samuel T Bauer, Heather C Talley, Laura J Havrilesky

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2024-017173; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017173

Research and reporting methodology

Grand rounds in methodology: designing for integration in mixed methods research
Timothy C Guetterman, Milisa Manojlovich

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2023-016112; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016112

Review

Diagnostic error in mental health: a review
Andrea Bradford, Ashley N D Meyer, Sundas Khan, Traber D Giardina, Hardeep Singh

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2023-016996; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016996

Systematic review

Care Under Pressure 2: a realist synthesis of causes and interventions to mitigate psychological ill health in nurses, midwives and paramedics
Cath Taylor, Jill Maben, Justin Jagosh, Daniele Carrieri, Simon Briscoe, Naomi Klepacz, Karen Mattick

BMJ Quality & Safety Apr 2024, bmjqs-2023-016468; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016468
Between-hospital variation in indicators of quality of care: a systematic review
Margrietha van der Linde, Nèwel Salet, Nikki van Leeuwen, Hester F Lingsma, Frank Eijkenaar

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2024, bmjqs-2023-016726; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016726
Surgical informed consent practices and influencing factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of the literature
Chiara Pittalis, Cherie Sackey, Paul Okeny, Bip Nandi, Jakub Gajewski

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2023, bmjqs-2023-016823; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016823
What and when to debrief: a scoping review examining interprofessional clinical debriefing
Julia Paxino, Rebecca A Szabo, Stuart Marshall, David Story, Elizabeth Molloy

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2023, bmjqs-2023-016730; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016730
Equitable and accessible informed healthcare consent process for people with intellectual disability: a systematic literature review
Manjekah Dunn, Iva Strnadová, Jackie Leach Scully, Jennifer Hansen, Julie Loblinzk, Skie Sarfaraz, Chloe Molnar, Elizabeth Emma Palmer

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2023, bmjqs-2023-016113; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016113
Association between language discordance and unplanned hospital readmissions or emergency department revisits: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Janet N Chu, Jeanette Wong, Naomi S Bardach, Isabel Elaine Allen, Jill Barr-Walker, Maribel Sierra, Urmimala Sarkar, Elaine C Khoong

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2023, bmjqs-2023-016295; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016295
A realist review of medication optimisation of community dwelling service users with serious mental illness
Jo Howe, Maura MacPhee, Claire Duddy, Hafsah Habib, Geoff Wong, Simon Jacklin, Sheri Oduola, Rachel Upthegrove, Max Carlish, Katherine Allen, Emma Patterson, Ian Maidment

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2023, bmjqs-2023-016615; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016615
Health services under pressure: a scoping review and development of a taxonomy of adaptive strategies
Bethan Page, Dulcie Irving, Rene Amalberti, Charles Vincent

BMJ Quality & Safety Nov 2023, bmjqs-2023-016686; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016686

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BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2018, bmjqs-2017-reviewers2; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-reviewers2

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Interrupting false narratives: applying a racial equity lens to healthcare quality data
Lauren Anita Arrington, Briana Kramer, Serena Michelle Ogunwole, Tanay Lynn Harris, Lois Dankwa, SherWanda Knight, Andreea A Creanga, Kelly M Bower

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2024, bmjqs-2023-016612; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016612

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