WHO Report on Global Patient Safety

The World Health Organisation has produced the latest report on Global Patient Safety Download...

The National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures NatSSIPS2

The original National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs) were published in 2015. Our understanding of how to deliver safe care in in a complex and pressurised system is evolving. These revised standards (NatSSIPs2) are intended to share the learning...

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...

Patient Safety Incidents 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 NHS guidance on the...

Ockenden Report

Donna Ockenden, Chair of the Independent Maternity Review has written this report looking at serious complications and deaths resulting from maternity care.  The families who have contributed to this review want answers to understand the eventssurrounding their...