In the report First Do No Harm, Baroness Cumberlege described the health system as disjointed, siloed and unresponsive. Many changes have taken place since the publication of her report in 2020, not least the establishment of my role as the Patient Safety Commissioner…
‘Monitoring the safe use of the most potent teratogenic medications’
I have recommended that NHS England set up a system for monitoring the safe use of the most potent teratogenic medications, starting with the safe use of sodium valproate in patients on a pregnancy prevention programme…
Moving patient experiences at WHO
My abiding memory from the WHO Global Conference ‘Engaging Patients for Patient Safety’ was the shocking experiences outlined by patients and families from across the world who had been bereaved or suffered appalling and life-changing harm.
‘We will only improve patient safety by the collaboration of and respect for healthcare workers’
At the World Patient Safety Movement Summit at the beginning of June I had the pleasure to meet with and hear from Don Berwick, the leading authority on healthcare improvement.
‘When the conversation is only about money, risk to patients increases’
‘If we listen to patients, they will give us the route map to success. We will have better patient safety, improved staff retention and better finances…’
‘Engaging patients is key’
Imagine a world where we get the information about medicines and medical devised that we need to make the right choices about our healthcare. And those that deliver care to us get the right information to share with us so that we give truly informed consent.