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‘The value of submitting a Yellow Card report cannot be overstated’
Established in 1964 to protect and improve patient safety, the Yellow Card scheme is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) system for collecting suspected side effects or adverse incidents involving medicines, vaccines, and medical devices.
‘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.
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‘The importance of patient partnerships’
‘First Do no harm’ should be the golden thread that is woven throughout all healthcare systems. Sadly, the reality is that despite the implementation of significant initiatives designed to improve systems and processes, many instances of avoidable harm still occur on a regular basis…
‘The PSC is the golden thread tying the system together’
‘In my foreword to the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, I did not attempt to summarise all our nine recommendations or other aspects of our review…’