NHS mistakes cost lives. Here are four ways to improve patient safety

NHS mistakes cost lives. Here are four ways to improve patient safety Former health minister Lord Darzi on novel projects, including ambulance redesign and hospital drug charts

Almost 130 NHS patients are killed or harmed every day in the NHS as a result of errors in their treatment. Latest figures from a report by Imperial College London state: “in the six months from October 2014 to March 2015 there were 622,000 patient safety incidents recorded in general hospitals (acute, non-specialist, NHS trusts) in England and Wales. Of these, more than 23,000 caused moderate or severe harm and there were 716 deaths – four a day.”

To kickstart a global drive to reduce errors, improve care and save lives, ministers from countries across Europe will meet in London for the Patient Safety Global Action Summit 2016. The two-day conference, which begins on Wednesday, will assess the latest innovations in patient safety, the barriers to research, and how we can learn more from our mistakes. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Patient Safety 2030 NIHR Patient Safety Translational Research Centre at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• National Reporting And Learning System Research And Development NRLS Research Team (Lord Darzi chief investigator)
• NHS staff are 'too scared to blow whistle for fear of repercussions' The Daily Mail
• Avoidable harm still ‘too high’ in UK healthcare OnMedica