Patient safety in partnership: Our plan for a safer future 2019-2025: Progress report – one year on (AHSN Network, December 2020)

Summary

This progress report outlines the contribution of Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) during the first year of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. It looks at the impact it has had in improving safety in hospitals, maternity and neonatal units, care homes and the community.

It also describes how AHSNs and the Patient Safety Collaboratives they host have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting programmes on tracheostomy safety and the use of pulse oximeters to safely monitor patients at home.

Examples featured in the report include tools to spot and manage patients at risk of serious illness in hospitals and care homes, discharge safety bundles, and award-winning projects to support premature babies and their families.

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