Pharmacy Update Online interview with Helen Hughes, Chief Executive of Patient Safety Learning (14 September 2022)

Summary

In this interview for Pharmacy Update Online, Patient Safety Learning's Chief Executive Helen Hughes talks about how the hub was established to provide free, easily-accessible information about patient safety for everyone.

"By everyone we mean literally everyone–the hub was designed by and for clinicians, patient safety experts, patients, family members, policy makers, academics–everyone. We wanted a knowledge repository, all in one place, that people could find easily and use to inform their campaigning, their work, their education.”

Helen describes how the hub's audience and reach has grown over the three years since it was launched—the hub has had a million page views from people in more than 200 countries, and 450,000 unique users. Although it was started as a UK-based resource, over time more people around the world have found out about it.

Helen also discusses Patient Safety Learning's work to make patient safety a core purpose of healthcare, and the vital nature of patient involvement in patient safety.