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- A safe space in health and social care is an environment where individuals can express themselves without fear. This includes their thoughts, feelings, or identities. The aim is to create a welcoming atmosphere, free from discrimination, judgement, or harm.
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needed to create a ‘safe space’ for investigations into serious health safety incidents in the NHS in England. What is ‘safe space’? 1. The Bill creates a ‘safe space’ for...
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The Health Services Safety Investigations Body will build on the work of the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch (the HSIB) which became operational in April 2017 as part of NHS Improvement, to conduct high-level investigations into patient safety incidents in the NHS. The new body will conduct investigations and its remit will be extended to i...
The proposed changes will: 1. Establish an independent investigations body on a statutory footing. HSSIB will be established as a new independent executive non-departmental public body, with the function of investigating qualifying incidents. These are incidents that occur in England during the provision of health care services which have, or may h...
The HSSIB will be one of the first independent healthcare bodies of its kind, leading the way in investigating for the purpose of learning, not blaming. These proposals align with the recommendations made in Learning not blaming(2015). The HSSIB will establish ‘safe space’ protections, prohibiting the unauthorised disclosure of protected material. ...
Learning not blaming: the government response to the Freedom to Speak Up consultation, July 2015. The government response to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill, December 2018 Health Service Safety Investigations Bill, October 2019 Integration and Innovation White Paper, February 2021
Dr Sean Weaver, Deputy Medical Director, and Cassandra Cameron, Head of Policy and Strategy, from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, look towards the 2023 introduction of ‘safe space’ in England – and what this means for patient safety.
Sean Weaver and Cassandra Cameron from the HSIB ask what the introduction of 'safe space' means for safety investigations in English healthcare. In October 2023, a ground-breaking step will be taken to support learning culture around patient safety investigations in healthcare generally, and in the NHS in England in particular. 1
the use of a ‘safe space’ approach on a national basis to HSIB investigations is welcome; respondents felt that the ‘safe space’ principle should only be extended to local NHS investigations once...
Oct 25, 2022 · For the first time, safety investigations undertaken by the newly established Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) will have legal privilege, also often referred to as ‘safe space’. This means that findings of the HSSIB’s safety investigations will not be admissible evidence in legal proceedings (unless overturned by an ...
