COMPASS Pilot shows promise for improving maternity safety culture (28 October 2025)

Summary

COMPASS (Culture of Organisations and its iMPact on PAtientS’ Safety), a tool developed to help healthcare staff identity and address cultural factors affecting patient safety in maternity services, has had positive feedback in its first pilot study.

The tool provides an evidence-based framework for documenting observations on organisational cultures within maternity and newborn services. COMPASS was developed in response to research which identified recurring cultural issues that were linked to patient safety concerns.

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