Comic strip of the key points of the patient safety collaborative launch day held in London on 14 October 2014 More at: http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/news-events/events/patient-safety-collaborative-launch.aspx

1. event highlights...

2. what are the
elements of
change that we
need to put in
place to
improve our
capability and
capacity?
and then, what
are the core
individual areas
that we need to
work on?
Welcome, we've got a jam-packed day...
I was given the unenviable task to talk us
through a plan, that sets out:
what is our understanding
of where we are?
How are we going to
work together?
what are the needs of our patients,
and our staff, to create that
environment?
hopefully we will
learn from each
other and change
together
event welcome
Mike durkin

3. this really is a
fantastic day...
one of our roles is to
provide the leadership and
inspiration that 1.3 million people
in the nhs think safety
is their business and that
whatever their job,
they can make an impact.
sir bruce keogh

4. the message
from me is:
it's great to have a
regional approach, we
need to pull all
this good practice
together nationally,
which we will do
across the
ahsn network,
and that safety is
everyone's
business.
our task is to
choose a set
of worthwhile
problems to
fix and change the
culture as we do it:
our core business
should be about
the adoption and
diffusion
of best practice
Liz Mear Chris streather
the ahsn working groups

5. let's
recognise
good
practice
that is
already
happening
The big challenge for
me is: how do we connect
with people's personal
values? how do we make it
personal and how do we
make it part of
everybody's day job?
fiona thow Phil duncan
Patients
should be at
the heart of
the safety
agenda...
Patients are
the final
safety net in
the whole
process of
care.
patients as safety Experts
kate grainger

6. it's about time that we
started to get this
sorted.
the people who will be
delivering care today,
those are the people you
need to help...
your job here is to be
creative, be innovative, do
what you do...
but ultimately do it so
you are helping them
deliver safe care.
suzette woodward

7. our board committed
itself to an ambition:
to be the safest
organisation
in the nhs.
we are clear, every
year, what it is we want
to improve, how much
and by when.
at the same time,
we have a programme
of support for staff
at all levels and we
invest a considerable
amount of money
and we
measure.
can you tell us why you think
your hospital has started to
produce, and sustain, the
results it has done?
panel session
sir david dalton
panel session
continues...

8. i'm interested in how
organisations that do
extremely well from this
perspective get over that
culture -
i think that is a very
important aspect
that we need to
focus on.
norman... maybe you have the
answer as to why not everybody
is as good as the hospital within
manchester (salford).
norman williams
there is a culture
of fear within
the health service

9. I've heard four key
messages today...
Sir Bruce keogh said it first:
safety must be everybody's
business...
secondly, if you're not
measuring, you're not
improving - we need to
understand the change that we
are making
the importance of local and
regional partnerships to give
real ownership of safety at a
local level...
and the last thing that I've
heard from every single
speaker is: leadership at every
level is vital
and that is what
we need to support
local organisations
to do.
steve fairman

10. The way we're
going about it, for
me, is exciting... we
should be able to
produce change
it's been recognised that
this is a long-term agenda
Today, i've seen
the real
potential
of the ahsnS being
brought together in
one place to bring about
a real national
change in a really
important area like
patient safety...
I think we can make a
real difference and
it's a fantastic
opportunity
for the
future
the patient safety
collaboratives have a
real potential to
make a real
difference to
patients
by involving and
engaging staff,
we're going to get
better ownership,
better commitment;
improvement projects
will stick, staff will feel
fulfilled and most
importantly of all,
we're going to get
safer patient care
susan went
gavin russell
kay mackay
a final word from john bamford