Guide for NHS trusts on local learning from deaths policies (October 2017)

Summary

Learning from deaths of people in their care can help providers improve the quality of the care they provide to patients and their families, and identify where they could do more. 

A CQC review in December 2016, 'Learning, candour and accountability: a review of the way trusts review and investigate the deaths of patients in England'  found some providers were not giving learning from deaths sufficient priority and so were missing valuable opportunities to identify and make improvements in quality of care.

This video from the NHS Improvement national patient safety team is a guide for NHS trusts in England on developing and implementing learning from deaths policies within their organisations.