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How to make patient safety your number one priority
Suzette WoodwardDirector of Patient Safety Strategy, NPSA
24 June 2008
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My storyMy story….
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Patient Safety the factsPatient Safety the facts
Patient safety is a serious global public health issue. Estimates show that in developed countries asEstimates show that in developed countries as many as one in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital carereceiving hospital care
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LandmarksLandmarks…
• To err is humanA i ti ith• An organisation with a memory
• The National Patient Safety Agency• Safety First
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Seven Steps to Patient SafetySeven Steps to Patient Safety
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Step 5Step 6 Step 7
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Step 1 Build a safety culture
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Step 1. Safety CultureS ep Sa e y Cu u e
• Organisational safety cultureOrganisational safety culture • The attitudes of employees to safety
Their perceptions about risk and their beliefs in• Their perceptions about risk and their beliefs in the need to control risksConstant vigilance• Constant vigilance
• Reliability – systems that are constant over timeR ili h d d• Resilience – systems that adapt to unexpected events
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Tools to helpTools to help
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Step 2. Leadership and teamwork• Demonstrable leadership to show you are putting the safety of your patients
as your highest priority• Leadership walkaboutsp• A specific aim to reduce harm this year• An explicit, public commitment to measurable quality and patient safety
improvement • Assigned Executive and Non-Executive accountability for quality and patient ss g ed ecut e a d o ecut e accou tab ty o qua ty a d pat e t
safety• Reviewing progress toward safer care as the first agenda item at every board
meeting
• Systems and human factors – the balanced approach• Human factors helps us understand how system design can affect patient safety,
and helps us to design those systems to fit the way people work in relation to..• CommunicationCommunication• Team working• Decision making
• Example of a risky situation – ‘handover’ …..
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How not to…
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How good could it be…o good cou d be
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However….
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Step 3. Learn from all your datap y• Ensure your organisation has identified and established a
system for monitoring safety indicators:system for monitoring safety indicators: • Set realistic targets to measure success• Examples:
i f t lt• review your safety culture• incident rates per admissions• risk-adjusted mortality• near miss and actual ‘things that go wrong’• near miss and actual things that go wrong• local incident reports [compared to national data]• case note triggers, complaints and claims
• Measure the successful implementation and impact ofMeasure the successful implementation and impact of guidance/solutions
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Step 4. Create a reporting culturep p g
2.3 million incidents reported over 4 yearsp y
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By care setting in one year
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By level of harm
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Step 5Step 5 34% want an apology or explanation34% want an apology or explanation
23% want an inquiry into the causes
17% want support to cope with the consequences
11% want financial compensation 11% want financial compensation
6% want disciplinary action
Ref: Making Amends
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Step 6Step 6• Investigate using tools to help you see• Investigate using tools to help you see
beyond the obviousL t th• Learn together
• Share your lessons
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Step 7 The SolutionsStep 7 The Solutions
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Guidance
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ImplementationImplementation• 31 486 research papers every week in healthcare• 31,486 research papers every week in healthcare
– which ones do you implement?• It takes on average 17 years to turn 14% of a es o a e age yea s o u % o
original research findings into practice• There is a failure rate of up to 70%• Current approaches rely mainly on passive
diffusion of informationThi i d d f il i l b l i• This is doomed to failure in a global environment of well over 2 million outputs published annually
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What we know works
• Providing people with the evidence for change• Understanding the costs, benefits and impact
provides reasons for change and helps planning and resource allocationand resource allocation
• Understanding the people you want to change is vitalvital
• Involving the people you want to change is even more so
• Be creative in thinking of new ways to create change
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Campaigns
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The patient safety first campaign inThe patient safety first campaign in Englandg
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Standardisation
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Mistake proofing
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Design
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d d bl ff“We need to redouble our efforts to implement systems and interventions that
actively and continuously reduce risk to patients”
Si Li D ld Chi f M di l OffiSir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical OfficerSafety First
Department of Health 2006Department of Health 2006
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Thank youThank you
Suzette WoodwardDirector of Patient Safety Strategy, NPSA
June 2008