NHS podcast: Update on the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (February 2022)

Summary

Podcast from the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Patient Safety Team, where Tracey Herlihey, head of patient safety incident response policy, and Lauren Mosley, head of patient safety implementation, talk about the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) which will be launched in Spring 2022. The framework is a key component of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, and will outline how NHS providers should respond to patient safety incidents and how and when a patient safety investigation should be conducted. Once implementation is completed it will replace the current Serious Incident Framework.

The podcast gives an overview of PSIRF and its key features, talks about findings from work with early adopters over the past two years to pilot an introductory version of the framework, and explains what providers can do now to prepare for its launch in the Spring.