by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | All Resources, Policy & Investigation
Studies show that prescribing errors are the most frequent type of medication error in children’s inpatient settings.This investigation looks at the risks involved when prescribing, dispensing and administering medicine to children.Prescribing for children is usually...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | All Resources, COVID-19
Health and care organisations started warning about the pressures they were under last autumn – this report by the Patient Association shows what those pressures mean for patients in real life. It analyses the results of a survey, conducted over a period of a month...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Policy & Investigation
HSIB intends to publish up to four local investigation reports and a subsequent evaluation of the pilot. The reports will be published on this page as they are completed. The first report was published in November 2021 and subsequent reports will be published in early...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | All Resources, Improvement
Narinder Kapur, visiting Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London shares his recent article published in Patient Safety in Surgery, regarding his recent hospital experience and the framework he has been using to learn lessons from adverse surgical...
by admin | Oct 21, 2021 | All Resources, Improvement, Policy & Investigation
The Safety for All campaign has produced a White Paper calling for improvements in, and between, patient and healthcare worker safety to prevent safety incidents and deliver better outcomes for all by:Improved understanding and advocacy of the mutual benefits to be...