NPSA: Manchester Patient Safety Framework (2006)

Summary

The Manchester Patient Safety Framework (MaPSaF) is a tool to help healthcare teams and organisations assess their progress in developing a safety culture. It has been adapted for different healthcare teams including, but not limited to; mental health, ambulance and primary care.  

Assessment is carried out in workshops, led by a facilitator from the healthcare organisation.

Content

The MaPSaF can be used to:

• facilitate reflection on patient safety culture
• stimulate discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the patient safety culture
• reveal any differences in perception between staff groups
• help understand how a more mature safety culture might look
• help evaluate any specific intervention needed to change the patient safety culture.