Seminar: Learning from high-risk industries using the Safer Clinical Systems approach - findings from the independent evaluation

Dr Liz Brewster, Teaching and Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester, is visiting the Division of Primary Care on Wednesday 10^th June and will give a lunchtime seminar called “Learning from high-risk industries using the Safer Clinical Systems approach – findings from the independent evaluation”. 

The Safer Clinical Systems approach to improving patient safety is explicitly grounded in established practices from hazardous industries, customised for health care. It seeks to draw attention to systems factors such as task design, physical environments, communication and team structure, and their role in patient safety. The Health Foundation’s Safer Clinical Systems programme involved eight highly motivated teams, with a track record in improvement work, based in acute hospitals from across the NHS who used the approach to improve systems safety.

This seminar will outline the tools and techniques used within the Safer Clinical Systems approach, and share the findings of the mixed-method evaluation with a focus on what helped and what hindered implementation.

This event has been organised as part of the Joint Seminar Programme for the Division of Primary Care and the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health.