Continuous improvement of patient safety

The UK charity the Health Foundation has published a new report on the lessons learned from their work on improving patient safety in the NHS. According to the Health Foundation’s website:

"Part I of the report illustrates why improving safety is so difficult and complex, and why current approaches need to change.

Part II looks at some of the work being done to improve safety and offers examples and insights to support practical improvements in patient safety.

In Part III, the report explains why the system needs to think differently about safety, giving policymakers an insight into how their actions can create an environment where continuous safety improvement will flourish, as well as how they can help to tackle system-wide problems that hinder local improvement."

Continuous improvement of patient safety: The case for change in the NHS. Learning report. Illingworth J., London: The Health Foundation; 2015.