Continuous improvement of patient safety : the case for change in the NHS.
by Illingworth, John.Health Foundation.
Series: Learning report ; November 2015.Publisher: Health Foundation, London : 2015.Description: 37p.ISBN: 9781906461706.General Note: This report synthesises the lessons from the Health Foundation’s work on improving patient safety. Part I 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 policy-makers 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. .Subject(s): continuous quality improvement | patient safety | quality of patient care | quality improvement | NHSDigital copyAvailability: Online access | Online access Note: ; Associated documentation. List(s) this item appears in: Patient safety in the NHS [September 2023]
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This report synthesises the lessons from the Health Foundation’s work on improving patient safety. Part I 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 policy-makers 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.
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