The new publication; ‘Safer Healthcare: Strategies for the Real World’, written by Charles Vincent and René Amalberti is now available to download. The book is published by Springer and through the support of The Health Foundation, is available in electronic form to the public at no cost. Professor Charles Vincent said: ‘We are keen for Read More
Human Factors and Safety Culture Sharing Event – Canterbury, Kent
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) is supporting Sign up to Safety, a new campaign launched by the Secretary of State for Health that aims to listen to patients and staff, learn from when things go wrong and act to make care safer. Sign up to Safety’s three year objective is to reduce avoidable harm by 50% and save 6,000 lives. NHS LA Read More
Patient Safety Officer Training – Sign Up Today!
The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is delighted to announce that our Patient Safety Officer Training Programme is now open for applications. The Patient Safety Officer Training Programme is an accredited, five day intensive residential programme designed to equip front line staff with all the skills they need to improve quality and Read More

IHI Open School Programme
The South West Patient Safety Collaborative is pleased to have secured one year subscriptions to the IHI Open School that we are able to offer free of charge to front line NHS Staff across the South West Peninsula. This accredited learning tool enables individuals to learn and develop their quality improvement skills. The online, educational Read More
Join our 'Sign Up To Safety' Campaign
“Harnessing the commitment of staff across the NHS in England to make care safer.” The vision is for the whole NHS to become the safest healthcare system in the world, aiming to deliver harm free care for every patient every time. This means taking all the activities and programmes that each of our organisations undertake and Read More