Our Quality and Safety Team are all ready to say hello, as they prepare for World Patient Safety Day this coming Sunday.

There will be a number of activities taking place all week, so please do pop and see colleagues in Quality and Safety if you see them in our main entrances or on your ward.

As part of the week, they’ll be sharing more information about the new NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) – which all Trusts are mandated to introduce.

It will be a real shift in the way we respond to patient safety incidents – with a focus on understanding how incidents happen rather than a root cause analysis, including the factors which contribute to them.

They’ll also be seeking your opinions on safety and to promote patient and family involvement and the importance of speaking up.

Essential Safety Training reminder

A new Essential Safety Training (EST) course has been added to our Electronic Staff Records (ESR) to make all sure colleagues have an understanding in their role in patient safety – whether they work directly with patients or not.

Patient safety is everyone’s business. When patients are harmed, it has an impact on them, their loved ones, our colleagues, and others who work in the healthcare system. 

The course will appear soon on everyone’s ESR – it’s called 372 CHFT Patient Safety Training L1. It only needs completing once and takes around 30 minutes to complete.

If you have already completed the package, your competency will show as green.