Patient safety and the importance of a just culture

Patient safety and the importance of a just culture The first annual World Patient Safety Day urges people to show their commitment to making healthcare safer. For over 130 years the MDU has helped doctors when things go wrong when treating patients. We have had the opportunity to see first-hand what works well in promoting safer patient care and what does not.

In our contribution to World Patient Safety Day we look at the fundamental importance of getting organisational culture right - moving the focus from blaming an individual to working out why that person, within the system, was not able to deliver the safest care possible. MDU