Scottish Patient Safety Programme
Improving the safety and reliability
of hospital care
There will be no avoidable injury or
harm to people from the healthcare they receive. This is one
of
three healthcarequality ambitions for Scotland. The Scottish
Patient Safety Programme (SPSP) supports this ambition by
developing a sustainable infrastructure for quality improvement in
the NHS in Scotland while embedding a culture of safety into the
everyday practice of frontline staff.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland leads on the
work of the SPSP, systematically improving the safety and
reliability of hospital care throughout Scotland.
Reducing hospital mortality by
12%
In the fourth year of the
5 year SPSP plan advancements have been made. The SPSP
has supported the implementation of safety interventions and
continue to develop long term sustainability through local and
national events.
Bringing together the Scottish
Government, Health Protection Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland
and healthcare professionals and patient representatives, SPSP is
targeting a
15% reduction in hospital mortality and 30% reduction in adverse
events by December 2012.
Scottish Patient Safety Paediatric
Programme
The Scottish Patient Safety Paediatric
Programme (SPSPP) was launched in June 2010 and contributes to the
SPSP targets. The key aims of the SPSPP are to improve the
recognition of the deteriorating child and reduce harm from
healthcare. Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the SPSPP
Action Group work with local teams, providing improvement coaching
and support and giving national progress reports. The
SPSPP community space is available for anyone
working to improve paediatric safety.
Opportunities to learn and share
quality improvement methodology
Over 3,500 NHS staff have
attended
national SPSP learing events to date. . An in-depth
programme of learning on quality improvement science and
leadership, called
SPSP Fellowship is also available.
A second
Improvement Advisor Professional Developement Programme is
currently being delivered with our technical partners the Institute
for Healthcare Improvement. This is a rigorous 9 month patient
safety and quality improvement programme that gives NHS staff the
opportunity to become Improvement Advisors in their NHS board.
To help NHS staff to build capacity and capability in
every hospital,
the
SPSP National Coordinator and Facilitators attend
local events across the country, supporting the delivering of
smaller improvement methodology sessions.
Through this learning and support, SPSP now
has experts located across the country who can facilitate, coach
and demonstrate real improvements in Scotland’s health service.
For more information contact:
Ros Gray
National
Co-ordinator
Scottish Patient Safety Programme
