IWD and patient safety: Ensuring patient safety for women

Summary

Since its inception in 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March has championed the goal of a gender-equal world. It is predicted that, at the current rate of progress, gender parity may only be realised in the second half of the next century. With this issue of Surgeons’ News focusing on IWD, the Patient Safety Group is taking the opportunity to raise awareness of bias while also celebrating women’s achievements in patient safety. 

Related reading on the hub:

• Patient Safety Learning's blog for IWD: Women's health and patient safety: accelerating action in four key areas
• Top picks: Women's health inequity
• Dangerous exclusions: The risk to patient safety of sex and gender bias