National State of Patient Safety Report 2022

Keeping patients safe during their care and treatment should be at the heart of any health system, including the NHS. Yet avoidable harm still occurs every day, around the world. There have been major efforts to prioritise patient safety in England, but the pandemic...

Patient Safety Incidence Response Framework (PSIRF)

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. For more information...

Top tips to keep you safe during a hospital stay

While you are in hospital, keeping you safe and well is a priority for the staff looking after you. There are also some simple things you can do to help keep yourself safe during your hospital stay, such as asking for help when needed, protecting yourself from slips...

In memory of Matthew Sargeant

He was a trustee of the Clinical Human Factors Group from 2011 until his death at the end of 2022. In the eleven years he shared himself with us, he played a much-valued role in developing and shaping the Charity and developing the thinking of fellow trustees. He was...

Safety 1 to Safety 2 White Paper

White Paper written by Prof. Erik Hollnagel, Prof. Robert L Wears and Prof. Jeffrey Braithwaite looking at Safety 1 and Safety 2 principles.   Looking at how we move from a system of ensuring that as few things as possible go wrong to a system where as many things as...