Video
This animated film provides an engaging insight into some of the key design solutions that were created in response to the Design Council’s “A&E Design Challenge”, and shows how these are having dramatic impacts in hospitals.
Other tools and resources
This website provides a broad-ranging and in depth resource for learning about design principles and methods, particularly focused on designing for and with people.
Improvement reports
This material presents a draft patient safety alert that is being prepared by NHS England and the MHRA for issue to NHS organisations in England.
Academic papers
In this paper, Sue Hignett, introduces emerging ideas in research on design, the role of human factors and systems thinking, and the key risks of new technologies in healthcare organisations.
Other tools and resources
This report by the Design Council provides a detailed introduction to the key issues in designing for patient safety.
Other tools and resources
This guide from the NPSA is aimed at designers, regulators and purchasing managers, but has broader relevance to pharmacists and anyone involved in design for patient safety.
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This NPSA guide provides a detailed illustration of how principles of safe design can be applied to widely used medical technologies. It particularly focuses on the design of electronic infusion devices, such as infusion pumps and syringe drivers.
