Inquiries and reports
This report, from the US Institute of Medicine, represented a defining moment in establishing patient safety as a top priority for healthcare systems around the world. It remains highly relevant and valuable today.
Other tools and resources
The guide from the NPSA presents evidence, examples and best practice guidance on managing patient safety through seven core activities – a straightforward checklist for building an effective patient safety management programme.
Academic papers
This evidence scan provides a brief overview of some of the tools available to measure safety culture and climate in healthcare.
Other tools and resources
This IHI tool is a way of identifying and measuring adverse events in patient care. It is a method for measuring the overall level of harm that may be occurring in a healthcare organisation.
Discussion papers
This report presents the results of a study that reviewed the use of safety cases in six safety-critical industries, as well as the emerging use of safety cases in healthcare.
Inquiries and reports
This report synthesises the evidence on the effectiveness of detection, mitigation and actions to reduce risks in hospitals and identifies and describes components of interventions responsible for effectiveness.
Other tools and resources
This range of tools, guidelines and templates explain how to conduct effective root cause analysis (RCA) after serious patient safety incidents. The tools encompass all aspects of RCA, from conducting interviews to writing reports.
Other tools and resources
The NHS Patient Safety Thermometer is a 'temperature check' to measure and understand levels of harm in healthcare organisations. Importantly, it provides staff with a simple and quick way to measure the proportion of patients who are 'harm free'.
Inquiries and reports
This evidence scan describes research about the ways that patients have been involved in improving e safety of healthcare in the UK and elsewhere.
Discussion papers
This guide offers detailed and thorough advice on communicating with patients effectively after a harmful patient safety event. While it is targeted at general practitioners, the advice is valuable and relevant to a wide range of healthcare professionals.
