Patient safety Patient safety is the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care

More than one million people use the NHS each day, and making sure they receive safe and reliable care is essential.

Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.

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OASI Care Bundle: A multi-centre quality improvement project to reduce the incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injury

Improvement project

This project aimed to reduce rates of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) following childbirth through use of an evidence-based care bundle, supported by an awareness campaign and multidisciplinary...

Journal article

5 January 2018

Introduction: The emergence of patient and public involvement (PPI) in healthcare in the UK can be traced as far back as the 1970s. More recently, campaigns by harmed patients and their relatives have...

Newsletter feature

27 September 2017

We’re highlighting four projects, all funded through our Innovating for Improvement programme, that are testing new approaches to using data for quality improvement.

Improvement project

This project aims to reduce serious incidents and improve patient safety.

Blog

13 September 2017

Since 2009 the Health Foundation has funded a series of programmes supporting front-line teams to ‘close the gap’ between best practice and the routine delivery of care.

Global problem, local action

Blog

13 September 2017

According to a report released by the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman in 2014, better sepsis care could save 13,500 lives every year and save the NHS £314m annually.

Safer healthcare: Response and development

Research project

Research to build on the 2016 publication part funded by the Health Foundation ‘Safer healthcare; strategies for the real world’ by Vincent and Amalberti.

Journal article

26 April 2017

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of various factors on the perceived impact of a patient safety improvement collaborative in the UK, the Safer Patients Initiative (SPI). ...

Journal article

26 April 2017

Aims: To investigate perceived factors relating to the reliable application of four clinical care practices targeting ventilator-associated pneumonias, in the context of a patient safety improvement i...

Newsletter feature

25 April 2017

PROSPER (Promoting Safer Provision of care for Elderly Residents) is a groundbreaking initiative which tested whether quality improvement methods could be implemented in care homes. It was initially f...

Journal article

7 April 2017

The objective of this study was to identify any residual challenges in a unit with a track record of good clinical performance. A cross-sectional survey of frontline caregiver attitudes was conducted ...

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Patient safety Patient safety is the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care

OASI Care Bundle: A multi-centre quality improvement project to reduce the incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injury

Exploring the theory, barriers and enablers for patient and public involvement across health, social care and patient safety: a protocol for a systematic review of reviews

Four projects using data differently to improve patient care

Innovative presentation of data to improve service user safety, reduce suicides and inform clinical caseload management

Learning from teams who are closing the gap in patient safety

Global problem, local action

Safer healthcare: Response and development

Predictors of the perceived impact of a patient safety collaborative: An exploratory study

Improving reliability of clinical care practices for ventilated patients in the context of a patient safety improvement initiative

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Attitudes toward safety and teamwork in a maternity unit with embedded team training

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