Significant Event Audit Toolkit

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has launched guidance for general practice teams enabling them to learn from patient safety incidents and 'near misses'. The Significant Event Audit guidance aims to improve the quality and safety of patient care in practice. There are two documents provided: A quick guide to conducting a Significant Event Audit and Significant Event Audit guidance for primary care teams. According to Dr Tom Heyes FRCGP, Head of Professional Development at NHS Leeds, "these are excellent documents and will be really useful for GP appraisers, practice clinical governance, QOF etc. Significant Event Audit has its roots firmly in general practice and is one of the most powerful educational and practice development tools available." If you would like to discuss how to implement these, Tom is happy to be contacted at tom.heyes@nhsleeds.nhs.uk or 0113 305 7606.

National Patient Safety Agency - Significant Event Audit

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has launched guidance for general practice teams enabling them to learn from patient safety incidents and 'near misses'. The Significant Event Audit guidance aims to improve the quality and safety of patient care in practice.

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New Guidance on Hand Hygiene: Training Video Available for Download

As part of the National Patient Safety Agency's clean your hands campaign, a film that shows NHS workers how to clean their hands properly has been sent out to all trusts . The training video: an introduction to hand hygiene is aimed at front line staff and addresses when, where, how and why healthcare workers should clean their hands. It has been designed as a training tool for all care settings and each chapter can be downloaded as an individual resource. See the film at www.npsa.nhs.uk

Improving patient safety with MaPSaF

The Manchester Patient Safety Framework (MaPSaF) is a tool developed to help NHS organisations assess their progress in developing a safety culture. MaPSaF assists healthcare teams in measuring their progress towards making patient safety a central focus within their organisation. It can help them identify areas of particular strength or weakness. This will help to channel resources in the most appropriate fashion to best improve their patient safety culture.