If you want to know
how better to monitor patient safety, you may be interested in these two thought
papers, recently published by The Health Foundation:
In
this thought paper, Dr Carol Peden offers reflections on the measurement and
monitoring of safety from the perspective of a practising clinician based at a
busy district general hospital.
This
thought paper considers the role of patients and citizens in the identification
of risk and the measurement and monitoring of safety within healthcare. It
discusses opportunities for patients, their families and carers, as well as the
wider public, to become part of an integrated system for ensuring the safety of
care.
See also:
- The Health Foundation’s Safety Management section, and The measurement and monitoring of safety report.
- NHS Safety Thermometer