Patient Safety Commissioner for England update (w/c 3 October 2022)

Summary

This article* is an update from Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.

Content

Patient Partnership was the theme last week.

I met with Rachel Power and we discussed the great value of shared decision making and the Patients Association strategy of Patient Partnership in the design and delivery of healthcare.

I spoke at Royal College of Anaesthetists and had fantastic engagement from the delegates about improving patient safety.

I heard Annie Hunningher speak about patient partnership as part of NatSSIPs2

This is the start of Speak Up Month I spoke with Jayne Chidgey-Clark about Speaking Up for safety and why it’s so important that patients, families and workers are able to ask questions, speak up and be heard, knowing that the right actions will follow.

Thank you to everyone who has been in touch. I am listening and will follow up with you to bring about the changes that we need to see so that:

• Patients get the information to make the right choices about treatment.
• Patients can easily ask questions, speak up and be heard.
• The system responds in a swift, joined up and compassionate way.

*This article was first published on LinkedIn.