PSIRF planning – Pressure ulcer example scenario

Summary

The Patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF) represents a new approach to responding to incidents. Under PSIRF, those leading the patient safety agenda within provider organisations, together with internal and external stakeholders (including patient safety partners, commissioners, NHS England, regulators, Local Healthwatch, coroners etc), decide how to respond to patient safety incidents based on the need to generate insight to inform safety improvement where it matters most. Key issues must first be identified and described as part of planning activities before an organisation agrees how it intends to respond to maximise learning and improvement.

This guidance has been developed collaboratively between Stop the Pressure Programme, National Wound Care Strategy leads and members of the Patient Safety Team, with the support from the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Implementation and Working Groups. 

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