HSSIB Knowledge Exchange

Summary

The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) Knowledge Exchange is designed to improve access to practical guidance, learning and expertise for those involved in patient safety investigations. The resource is intended to support a wide audience, including patient safety specialists, healthcare professionals, commissioners and policymakers, as well as staff, patients, families and carers involved in investigations.

The Knowledge Exchange will bring together learning resources and practical guidance aimed at helping those conducting and involved in investigations to ensure they are high-quality, professional compassionate, and trauma-informed. Resources will include learning tools, guidance, webinars, blogs and practical materials, with more content being released over the coming weeks and months.

Content

Initial resources on this site include:

• Learning resource: Involving those affected after patient safety events (Video Discussion)

• Learning resource: The professional healthcare safety investigator (Video Discussion)

• Learning resource: Introduction to systems-based investigations in healthcare (Video lecture)

• Learning resource: Introduction to the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety SEIPS (Video lecture)

• After Action Review summary report template

• Learning response review and improvement tool

• Safety investigation jargon buster