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…
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‘Why we need a Sunshine Payments Act’
How would you feel if your doctor offered you a treatment your health condition with good results and very little risk? You might snap it up. But what if you subsequently found out your doctor took thousands of pounds from the treatment makers to write a scientific paper promoting it…
Recommendations
Recommendations Below are the recommendations for improvements to patient safety that the PSC has made and the responses from the relevant organisations. Our expectation is that those organisations will respond within three months and we will publish those responses. Recommendations from Martha's Rule: Recommendations made on the 20th of October, 2023 Recommendation One We must [...]
‘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…
‘Clear guidance and transparency are needed’
In the 16 years of my career as a medic in the pharmaceutical industry, there is one experience that has become all too familiar. I sit in an auditorium. A doctor or other healthcare professional takes the stage to present on behalf of a pharmaceutical company…
Patient Experience
Introduction Welcome to the Patient Experience section of the PSC website which features patients’ experiences of healthcare. Some of these experiences have led to changes in the way in which the healthcare system operates, others are still campaigning for change. If you have an experience you would like to share, please contact us at pscenquiries@patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk [...]