Patient safety

is our dedicated website to all things related to patient safety. Explore patient safety theory, learn about the NHS patient safety syllabus, share ideas for QI and get summaries of the latest alerts and reports.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to the independent review into gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide

6 June 2019

Today, Leslie Hamilton and his working group have published their independent review into how the law on gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide are applied to medical practice. RCPCH President, Professor Russell Viner, responds.

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Thirteen UK healthcare bodies launch ‘pragmatic’ guidance on valproate use

29 March 2019

Experts from 13 national bodies, including seven Royal Colleges, have joined forces to launch new practical guidance to support doctors and other health professionals around valproate use in women and girls in their reproductive years.

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QI Central - our website for sharing quality improvement experience and expertise

Our website aims to support child health professionals’ understanding and practice of embedding QI in their work environments. It features resources and examples of interventions in patient-centred care, medicines and systems of care.

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�鶹ӰԺ Progress+ domain resources: Patient safety and quality improvement

Quality improvement (QI) needs to encapsulate all aspects of patient care - not just the clinical experience but service development, review and evaluation. These resources can help ensure your practice prioritises patient safety and that it strives to improve the experiences and outcomes of your pa...

Paediatric training

Quality improvement

Patient safety

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�鶹ӰԺ response to Court of Appeal ruling on Hadiza Bawa-Garba case

13 August 2018

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba's appeal against the decision to strike her name from the medical register.

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Healthcare professional bodies publish full response to hyponatremia inquiry report

31 May 2018

The membership bodies representing paediatricians, surgeons, anaesthetists and pathologists, have today published a joint response to Justice O’Hara’s report on hyponatremia related deaths in Northern Ireland.

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data submission

We are accepting data submissions for the 2026–27 audit year on the NPDA platform. We encourage all units to submit data on a quarterly basis throughout the audit year. The data submission deadlines for each quarter are listed on this page. You can also download the 2026–27 dataset and CSV submis...

Endocrinology

Community services

Diabetes

Clinical guidelines and standards

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About the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP)

The NNAP supports professionals, families and commissioners to improve care provided by neonatal services who look after babies born too early, with a low birth weight or who have a medical condition requiring specialist treatment.

Child and adolescent mortality

Intensive care medicine

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S.A.F.E. Toolkit Module 2 - Theories of patient safety and application to the programme

In our second module, we look at the theories that underpin the development of a patient safety culture, including some tools and techniques for assessing your culture and working to improve it.

Quality improvement

Patient safety

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Situation Awareness for Everyone (S.A.F.E) toolkit- introduction

How can we reduce preventable deaths and error in children's hospitals? We worked with 50 sites over four years on the S.A.F.E. programme to develop and trial quality improvement techniques. This toolkit supports child health professionals to use these principles at their sites. It can help improve ...

Quality improvement

Patient safety