WHO: From cooks to counsellors: keeping patients safe from harm

Summary

With people living longer and with multiple chronic conditions, medical care has become more complex and is being offered in diverse settings. Over the last decades, healthcare workers have had to adapt to this changing landscape and continuously learn to improve patient safety. This article from the World Health Organization (WHO) demonstrates that it is not just healthcare workers that need to think about patient safety, it is everyone's business, from cooks to janitors.