Regulating patient safety during hospital discharges: Casting the Patient Safety Commissioner as the Representative of Order

Summary

This article examines the challenges in regulating patient safety during hospital discharges in England through the lens of liminality. In addition, this article proposes that by positioning the new role of Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) as that of a ‘Representative of Order’, it could be a means by which this poorly regulated space could be navigated more successfully.