Patient safety
Our Scottish Patient Safety
Programme commenced in Jan 2008 and is currently delivering a
range of local improvements in hospital services.
Through a range of interventions in surgical, medical and
critical care we are achieving a reduction in healthcare associated
infections, improved medication systems, higher reliability in the
application of quality care and most importantly safer care for
patients.
We are contributing to supporting frontline capacity and
capability building in the NHS workforce to improve the services
they provide.
What we will do next
We will continue to support and develop our work in Patient
Safety to systematically improve the safety and reliability of
healthcare throughout NHSScotland. We will accelerate our work in
patient safety in mental health, paediatrics and primary care
services.
We will deliver an integrated programme for patient safety
improvement that will support boards to deliver services in line
with the Healthcare Quality Strategy and other national
initiatives, including the Scottish Patient Safety Programme.
We will work with boards to develop a sustainable infrastructure
for continuous quality improvement and help to build capacity and
capability in improvement science.
