Programme Brief

Work to improve patient safety is delivered by the Wessex Patient Safety Collaborative, one of 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) across the country, each funded and nationally co-ordinated by NHS England and NHS Improvement, and hosted locally by the Health Innovation Networks (HINs). Our PSC is made up of all the NHS providers and commissioners across...

Work to improve patient safety is delivered by the Wessex Patient Safety Collaborative, one of 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) across the country, each funded and nationally co-ordinated by NHS England and NHS Improvement, and hosted locally by the Health Innovation Networks (HINs).

Our PSC is made up of all the NHS providers and commissioners across the region, including hospitals, mental health and community organisations, the ambulance service, primary care, and clinical commissioning groups. It brings together local patients and healthcare staff, all driven by a shared vision to bring about system-wide improvements to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people in the care of our health services.

Our patient safety work programme is informed by the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, and the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (known as NatPatSIP) which are led by NHS England and NHS Improvement. Read more about the NatPatSIP.

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Patient Safety

The NHS Patient Safety StrategyThe NHS Patient Safety Strategy describes how the NHS will continu... Find out more >

Case Studies

This collection of Case Studies is a representative sample of some of the work of Wessex Patient ... Find out more >

Managing Deterioration and Martha's Rule

Managing Deteriorating PatientsPreventing deterioration associated harm is a key aim of the NHS P... Find out more >

Maternity and Neonatal Care

The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (known as MatNeoSIP) is led by NHS Englan... Find out more >

Medicine Safety Improvement Programme (MedSIP)

The Medicine Safety Improvement Programme (MedSIP), commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improveme... Find out more >

RESTORE2

RESTORE2 (Soft Signs, NEWS2 and SBAR/D)RESTORE2 is a physical deterioration and escalation tool f... Find out more >

System Safety

NHS England published the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) in 2019. This new fr... Find out more >

Quality Improvement Hub (QIHub)

Wessex PSC Quality Improvement Hub (QIHub) is a resource for health and social care staff using q... Find out more >

Completed Projects

This page contains information on historic patient safety projects and programmes of work that He... Find out more >

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Latest news

Patient Safety in Partnership

The AHSN Network has released an update to its patient safety plan, which reflects progress ...

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Don Berwick, MD - President Emeritus & Senior Fellow, IHI

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Publications

HIN Patient Safety in Partnership: Our plans for a safer future 2019-2025 progress report - one year on (Dec 2020)

Wessex PSC Fact Sheet (2023)

Learning from staff reflections: Supporting people at end of life

NatPatSIP Q4 23/24 Progress Report

Case Study: Improving Patient Safety

Patient Safety Collaborative Case Studies