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South West Patient Safety Collaborative: Encouraging safety improvement and continuous learning
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South West Patient Safety Collaborative: Encouraging safety improvement and continuous learning

The South West Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC), hosted by the South West AHSN, is one of the PSCs across England delivering the NHS England National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (SIPs).

The SIPs aim to support and encourage a culture of safety, continuous learning, and improvement across the health and care system, helping to reduce the risk of harm and make care safer for all. 

In 2022/23 they supported five core areas of work:  

  • Maternity and Neonatal  
  • Mental Health  
  • System Safety  
  • Managing Deterioration 
  • Medicine Safety 
Female healthcare worker visiting a mum and her infant son at home

Key achievements: 

  • Our evaluation of PERIPrem found 26% more mothers and babies born prematurely in the South West had received the care interventions they were eligible for, compared to before PERIPrem started. 
  • All four mental health providers are engaged in using a Quality Improvement approach to reduce restrictive practice. 
  • 1,200 staff in over 245 care homes across the South West were trained in deterioration tool RESTORE2. 
  • A relationship between opioid prescribing and deprivation in Plymouth has been evidenced, helping to inform the local approach to prescribing.  
  • Our share and learn events have supported the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework across health and care settings. 

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