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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 [...]

‘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…

6 November 2023

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 [...]

‘Informed consent is central to medical innovation’

The advances in medical science are inspiring and continuing to develop at pace from the latest cancer treatments to cutting-edge surgery. We owe so much to the clinical pioneers and brave patients willing to be the ‘first’.

6 October 2023

‘Patient safety and surgical innovation – why new isn’t always better’

We often assume that new is better but when things don’t work out as hoped, it’s a different story. This is the culture of surgical innovation. Robots, gadgets, and other novel ways of operating are exciting and they generate attention. Surgeon enthusiasm for improving outcomes sweeps patients along.

27 September 2023