This year’s 2026 World Patient Safety Day on 17 September is focused on the theme ”Safe care for non-communicable diseases”. This article explains the aims of the event and the areas it will cover.

Naomi Fulop argues that although the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has exposed serious systemic failures around the procurement of PPE, meaningful accountability remains largely absent

In an anonymous blog, a critical care outreach nurse in an acute NHS Trust shares their experience of rolling out Martha's Rule

In this blog, MSF staff from around the world share how they keep patients safe

Is integrated patient experience intelligence finally possible in the NHS? Or will infrastructure without design leave us with expensive technology and limited value?

Summary To mark World Patient Safety Day and the 2026 theme of ‘Safe care for noncommunicable diseases’, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) has produced a series of blogs.Operating as…

In an anonymous blog, a critical care outreach nurse in an acute NHS Trust shares their experience of rolling out Martha's Rule

MS patients are handed detailed, formalised information about the risks of taking a drug and vague, inconsistent, information about the risks of leaving the disease untreated or undertreated. This…

Georgina Lawton, head of healthcare at GS1 UK, reflects on what she has learned from working with healthcare organisations on Scan4Safety

In an anonymous blog, a critical care outreach nurse in an acute NHS Trust shares their experience of rolling out Martha's Rule

The winners of the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2026 were announced last night, recognising outstanding efforts to make care safer.This year’s event attracted 427 entries, with 217 shortlisted across 25…

In an anonymous blog, a critical care outreach nurse in an acute NHS Trust shares their experience of rolling out Martha's Rule

Is integrated patient experience intelligence finally possible in the NHS? Or will infrastructure without design leave us with expensive technology and limited value?

Bella Smith, Policy Officer at Alzheimer’s Society, reflects on what safe care means for people living with dementia

Summary Angela Hayes is a Nurse Fellow and Project lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, she is also a hub Topic leader. In this 2-minute video Angela explains what climate change has to do w...

Is integrated patient experience intelligence finally possible in the NHS? Or will infrastructure without design leave us with expensive technology and limited value?

Prevention of future deaths report of Malcolm Budd

Mustafa Ghafouri discusses why he built HospitalWaits—a free tool for patients—and how it can help close the waiting gap

A friendly chat with your GP about your life, health and happiness was once a key part of the UK’s family doctor service.But most GPs no longer have time to have pastoral conversations, because they…

Is integrated patient experience intelligence finally possible in the NHS? Or will infrastructure without design leave us with expensive technology and limited value?

This year’s 2026 World Patient Safety Day on 17 September is focused on the theme ”Safe care for non-communicable diseases”. This article explains the aims of the event and the areas it will cover.

Summary Angela Hayes is a Nurse Fellow and Project lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, she is also a hub Topic leader. In this 2-minute video Angela explains what climate change has to do…

Nurses are expected to practise patient safety—to escalate, document, report and speak up—yet few are ever explicitly taught how.

Georgina Lawton, head of healthcare at GS1 UK, reflects on what she has learned from working with healthcare organisations on Scan4Safety

Patient Safety Learning CDO, Clive Flashman, reflects on the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare recommendations

Summary Angela Hayes is a Nurse Fellow and Project lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, she is also a hub Topic leader. In this 2-minute video Angela explains what climate change has to do…

Health Innovation Network's National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes 2025-2026 impact report

Five X More report report exploring the experiences of Black women who experienced mental health difficulties during pregnancy and after birth, and what happened when they needed support.

World Patient Safety Day blog on the critical role that national clinical audit plays in supporting safer care for patients with stroke.

Summary Angela Hayes is a Nurse Fellow and Project lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, she is also a hub Topic leader. In this 2-minute video Angela explains what climate change has to do w...

Sandra Igwe draws on her own personal and professional experiences to illustrate why Black maternal mental health is a patient safety issue.

The Involvement Simulation-Based Intention focuses on using simulation to structurally involve patients, carers, communities and other diverse and under-represented groups in understanding healthcare…

Patient Safety Learning CDO, Clive Flashman, reflects on the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare recommendations

Royal College of Pathologists series of webinars for World Patient Safety Day

Georgina Lawton, head of healthcare at GS1 UK, reflects on what she has learned from working with healthcare organisations on Scan4Safety

George Monbiot argues that people with ME/CFS have been systematically neglected, disbelieved and harmed by healthcare systems despite the severe, life-limiting nature of the condition.

Blog exploring the relationship between culture, leadership, and patient safety, and how one organisation’s journey shows both the power of getting it right and the risks when it begins to unravel

Georgina Lawton, head of healthcare at GS1 UK, reflects on what she has learned from working with healthcare organisations on Scan4Safety

In this blog, MSF staff from around the world share how they keep patients safe

This year’s 2026 World Patient Safety Day on 17 September is focused on the theme ”Safe care for non-communicable diseases”. This article explains the aims of the event and the areas it will cover.

Overcrowding in accident and emergency (A&E) departments and corridor care is linked to hundreds of deaths every week in the UK, a new study has found.A review of more than 19,000 adult patients…

Georgina Lawton, head of healthcare at GS1 UK, reflects on what she has learned from working with healthcare organisations on Scan4Safety

TIGER UK is a not-for-profit community interest company (CIC) set up to help improve experiences of gynaecological care and procedures. It stands for Together Improving Gynaecology Experiences and…

Overcrowding in accident and emergency (A&E) departments and corridor care is linked to hundreds of deaths every week in the UK, a new study has found.A review of more than 19,000 adult patients…