Getting it right for the most vulnerable means it is better for everyone. This applies as much to improving patient safety as anywhere else. We need to identify harmful events and put controls and systems in place to prevent them…
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‘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…
‘Top patient safety priority must be to transform the culture of the NHS’
Retiring NHS Ombudsman Rob Behrens calls for a cultural transformation in the NHS so it becomes collegiate, respectful, and well-led, prioritises patient safety, and listens to patients and all who speak up for them.
Why insight from patients and families is crucial to every safety investigation
HSSIB exists to investigate patient safety concerns so we can improve healthcare care at a national level. At the heart of this is a professional patient safety investigation that helps us to understand how…
Revolutionising diabetes management
For me, the principles of Type 1 diabetes and good outcomes has always based itself on three planks: self-management, peer support and access to trained professionals…