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The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) guides the NHS on how to develop the cultures, systems and behaviours necessary to respond to patient safety incidents in a way that ensures we learn from them and improve.
This plan sets out how we intend to respond to patient safety incidents over a period of 18 to 24 months in line with the national Patient Safety Strategy for England (2019) and the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Figure 1 .
Patient safety is a fundamental principle of quality highlighted in the global health agenda. It is an essential requirement for establishing resilient health care systems that can meet people’s
Patient safety is the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care. We support providers to minimise patient safety incidents and drive improvements in safety and quality. Patients should be treated in a safe environment and protected from avoidable harm.
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) – a core element of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy – establishes the NHS’s approach to the development and maintenance of mechanisms for responding to patient safety incidents (PSIs) to maximise learning and improvement.
This Framework for involving patients in patient safety was announced as a key priority in the NHS Patient Safety Strategy published in 2019.3 It provides guidance on how the NHS can involve people in their own safety as well as improving patient safety in partnership with staff: maximising the things that go right and minimising the things that
Patient Safety Strategy – Strategy Resources. Click on the hyperlinks below to access the HSE Patient Safety Strategy as well as 2 supplementary resources which may assist services in implementing the Strategy. Commitment 1 Empowering and Engaging Patients to Improve Patient Safety.
