Patient Safety Spotlight interview with Louise Pye, Head of Family Engagement at HSIB

Summary

This is part of our new series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to people about their role and what motivates them to make health and social care safer.

Lou worked in family liaison for the police service for thirty years, and she talks to us about how this experience is helping her develop family engagement services at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB). She describes the importance of valuing the voices of patients and their families, and the vital role of their input in improving safety in the healthcare system. She also talks about the challenges the Covid-19 pandemic posed to HSIB's family engagement work, and how speaking to patients and their families is being increasingly valued and professionalised by the healthcare system.

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About the author

Lou is the Head of Family Engagement for HSIB where her work involves developing, implementing, maintaining and reviewing the family engagement processes for HSIB investigations across both the national and maternity programmes.