Patient Safety Programme

Purpose

In mid-2021, the Patient Safety Programme (PSP) was established in the National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate to oversee and monitor implementation of the Patient Safety Strategy 2019 – 2024.

What we do

The programme teams within the National Quality & Patient Safety Directorate are the means through which the Directorate delivers key functions of the Patient Safety Programme. These are, namely, to:

• Provide leadership that facilitates the implementation of the Patient Safety Strategy;
• Enable safe systems of care and sustainable quality improvements, with a focus on reducing the common causes of harm;
• Foster a culture of learning and education to build quality and patient safety capacity and capability in practice, to support Strategy implementation;
• Provide communication around the Strategy that informs, connects and supports; and
• Monitor and report on Strategy implementation priorities and progress to the National Clinical Director QPS.

Resources  

• The HSE Patient Safety Strategy 2019 - 2024 (PDF)
• Summary of the HSE Patient Safety Strategy – this is a concise summary of the main tenets and ambitions of the Patient Safety Strategy.
• Patient Safety Together: learning, sharing and improving access up-to-date patient safety information through alerts, supplements and stories.
• We offer 16 evidence-based “Top Tips for Patient Safety” which can help to improve patient safety and prevent adverse events from occurring in our health services.
• There are thirteen patient safety priority areas, referred to as “common causes of harm” identified in the Patient Safety Strategy. International evidence indicates these are high impact patient safety risks, which, if tackled effectively, can result in improving safety and quality across all health settings. 
• A short video from the National QPS Directorate to mark World Patient Safety Day 2022, featuring two of our patient partners (filmed Sept 2022).
• National QPS Resource Guide (October 2022) - The purpose of this document is to share key resources developed by the National Quality & Patient Safety Directorate with Health Service colleagues to assist with the implementation of the HSE Patient Safety Strategy 2019-2024.

Events 

• 12-17 Sept 2022: NQPSD Marks “World Patient Safety Day” with awareness campaigns and capacity-building initiatives through webinars, podcasts, targeted communications, social media campaigns and informational videos.

Connect with us

Email us at patientsafety@hse.ie for more information.