Creating a safer health and care system
The Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Collaborative ( PSC ) is one of 15 in England delivering the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes ( NatPatSIP ) as part of NHS England and NHS Improvement ’ s Patient Safety Strategy . Our PSC is delivered by the Improvement Academy which is hosted by the Bradford Institute for Health Research . Melanie Johnson , PSC Programme Manager , explains how we ’ re continually working to support the NHS to become comparable with the safest health care services in the world by 2025 .
Experience has taught us that by offering practical help , and facilitating the sharing of innovation and good practice to our partners , we can improve patient safety in the region .
An underlying principle of our work is to build on our successful , evidence-based patient safety initiatives with frontline teams , involving everyone from cleaners to consultants in community , social care , and hospital settings .
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Melanie Johnson , Programme Manager , Patient Safety Collaborative
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