Patient safety is at the heart of everything we do – how often have we heard this being stated by leaders of healthcare organisations? And yet, report after report on scandals which have happened in the…
‘We need the political will to see patients as partners’
The 6th Global Ministerial Health Summit in Santiago, Chile, was a great opportunity to hear from global partners about progress in patient safety and innovations to embed patient voice…
‘My plans for this year will benefit patients’
The updated Patient Safety Commissioner strategy, which I published in January, sets out 3 main aims…
‘We must combat epistemic injustice’
Organisations who are genuinely interested in the views and experiences of patients, families, carers and the workforce can learn from these experiences. I was very encouraged by the new Secretary of State for health and social care Victoria Atkins MP who recently spoke…
‘Mandatory Yellow Card reporting is essential to prevent harm’
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…