Patient Safety Watch researches avoidable harm in healthcare and advocate for changes to build safer healthcare systems.

Joined August 2020
🚨 New from Patient Safety Watch @Jeremy_Hunt on HSSIB, corridor care, 400+ NHS ‘never events’, maternity safety, and the latest patient safety investigations and learning. Read the latest newsletter: hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/pat… #PatientSafety #NHS
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An important evaluation of the Maternity Incentive Evaluation scheme from @THIS_Institute ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #maternitysafety resolution.nhs.uk/wp-content…
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The report provides a review of how patient safety has evolved across the world over the past two years – since the publication of the Global State of Patient Safety Report 2023. It showcases Australia, Ireland, the Netherland and Norway as exemplars of best practice. 2/4
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📣 Norway leads the world in patient safety – the UK ranks 21st Today, we launched the Global State of Patient Safety 2025, jointly produced by the Institute of Global Health Innovation at @imperialcollege and the charity @WatchPatient, who funded the report. 1/4
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“The gap between where the UK is on patient safety and where we could be – if we matched the best–performing health system – represents around 22,000 lives every year. That's 60 lives every day.” dailymail.co.uk/health/artic…
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Today we publish the Global State of Patient Safety 2025 report in partnership with @Imperial_IGHI Comparing 38 OECD countries, Norway ranks #1 for patient safety. The UK ranks 21st. 1/5 infogram.com/figure-9-gsps-2…
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These numbers represent real people and families. Drawing on international evidence, the report sets out 16 ambitions for safer healthcare systems. Spanning strategy & governance, implementation & learning, involvement & capability, & data & measurement. 4/5
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The message is clear: the UK’s patient safety gap is measurable - and therefore fixable. When tens of thousands of deaths may be preventable, closing that gap must be a national priority. Read the Global State of Patient Safety 2025 report here:- 5/5 imperial.ac.uk/Stories/globa…
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