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Patient safety

Ensuring the safety of everyone who comes into contact with health services is one of the most important challenges facing health care today.

About patient safety

The Department's approach and long term strategy for ensuring patient safety in all healthcare settings.



Patient safety key documents

DH-published documents about patient safety.



National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) is a Special Health Authority created to co-ordinate the efforts of all those involved in healthcare, and more importantly to learn from patient safety incidents occurring in the NHS.




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