Keeping patients safe – learning from mortality reviews to improve patient safety

Summary

On 10 May 2017, the RCP (Royal College of Physicians) hosted ‘Learning from mortality reviews to improve patient safety’ as part of it's Keeping patients safe seminar series. The event discussed how the National Mortality Case Record Review (NMCRR) can improve care and keep patients safe.

As well as hearing from the RCP's National Mortality Case Record Review (NMCRR) team about their work and the results of the programme's pilot phase, the seminar was an opportunity to hear about the wide-ranging work the RCP is undertaking to support improvements in patient safety.

Content

Clare Wade and Professor Allen Hutchinson discuss the National Mortality Case Record Review (NMCRR) and the structured judgement review process at the RCP's Patient Safety Seminar: