PATIENT SAFETY

Organisational Patient Safety Incident Reports (7th October 2009)
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) today publishes Organisational Patient Safety Incident Reports for each NHS trust or local health board across England and Wales.

The Organisational Patient Safety Incident Reports summarise incidents reported by frontline NHS staff that have occurred between October 2008 and March 2009, and reported to the NPSA by 30 June 2009.
News
Reports

Improving Patient Safety: Risk Management for Maternity and Gynaecology (Clinical Governance Advice 2) (9th October 2009)
This is the third edition of this guidance. The original edition, entitled Clinical Risk Management for Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, was published in January 2001 and revised in 2005 under the title Improving Patient Safety: Risk Management for Maternity and Gynaecology.
Guidance

The Government response to the Health Select Committee Report 'Patient Safety' (13th October 2009)
This Command Paper sets out the Government's response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee's Report on Patient Safety.
Report