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Our National Patient Safety Team are supporting the NHS to achieve the strategy’s aims through a series of programmes and areas of work. All of this work relates to the strategy’s foundations of ‘patient safety culture’ and ‘patient safety systems’, and the three strategic aims ‘insight’, ‘involvement’ and ‘improvement ...
- NHS Patient Safety Strategy
The National Patient Safety Team are supporting the NHS to...
- Patient Safety Systems
Patient safety systems are a fundamental foundation of the...
- National Patient Safety Alerts
Our patient safety team was the first national body...
- Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets...
- Improvement
The report published by the national advisory group led by...
- Serious Incident Framework
Update on development of the Patient Safety Incident...
- Insight
Patient safety Our patient safety ‘insight’ work aims to...
- Patient Safety Specialists
Patient Safety Specialists are individuals in healthcare...
- NHS Patient Safety Strategy
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The NHS Patient Safety Strategy sets out how the NHS will support staff and providers to share safety insight and empower people – patients and staff – with the skills, confidence and mechanisms to improve safety. Getting this right could save almost 1,000 extra lives and £100 million in care costs each year. The strategy is evolving over time to e...
The NHS Patient Safety Strategy – the original strategy document published in July 2019 (an easy read versionis also available)Emerging evidence shows that the NHS Patient Safety Strategy is making progress towards the impact we anticipated in 2019: saving an additional 1,000 lives and £100 million per year. Latest figures from June 2023 indicate we are halfway to achieving that aim. Our NHS Patient Safety Strategy: Progress so far webpagedetails some highlights of where t...
Aidan Fowler, National Director of Patient Safety, introduces the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. Hugh McCaughey – A key principle of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy is continuous improvement. Hugh McCaughey, National Director of Improvement, discusses the relationship between Quality Improvement and patient safety. Dr Suzette Woodward, director of th...
Between December 2018 and February 2019 we held a consultation on our original set of ideas for a national patient safety strategy for the NHS. We received 527 contributions from organisations and individuals (staff, patients and carers), and attended stakeholder meetings and engagement events. We also held workshops with staff, patients and senior...
If you would like further information about the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, or have any questions, please email patientsafety.enquiries@nhs.net.
It includes representation from our key guidance producing, implementation support, and communication teams. PSOG was established in 2021 based on learning and recommendations from the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) review. Current priorities. To strengthen our contribution to patient safety, we will:
The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety. The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework document and supporting guidance.
4 days ago · the CQC. the National Guardian's Office. Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch services. the Health Services Safety Investigations Body. the Patient Safety Commissioner
Dec 8, 2021 · National Patient Safety Alerts (NatPSAs) are official notices giving instructions to NHS bodies on how to prevent risks which might cause serious harm or death. NatPSAs are only issued for safety ...
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Dec 4, 2023 · NHS England has produced detailed resources for patient safety leaders and policy makers about the purpose of PSIRF and what organisations are expected to do to deliver this part of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. However, discussions with frontline clinicians, patient safety managers, educators and Patient Safety Partners have highlighted the need for a simple guide that helps communicate ...
