The Freedom to Speak Up in Healthcare in England programme to support NHS staff who want to raise concerns on issues such as patient safety is being updated during national Speak up Month 2020.

Improving safety in primary care: The Health Foundation reports that the strategies showing promise target the key causes of harm in primary care: clinical complexity (via computerised prescribing and alert systems), human factors (via pharmacist input) and systems issues (using learning collaboratives, audit, feedback and discharge planning to improve interfaces with secondary care).

The BMJ Patient Safety is resource centre for NHS staff including research, national standards, implementation guidelines and case studies to help ensure patients always receive safe and reliable care. See those related to Primary Care here.

Following the death of a patient during a routine operation the Clinical Human Factors Group  was established to enhance patient safety by combining human factors with an approach to change informed by improvement science. Watch a video by the bereaved husband and take a look at their learning resources around primary and social care.

The RCGP Revalidation Toolkit includes  – Significant Event Analysis: a guide for GP appraisers and appraisees

Significant Event Audit in Primary Care – The Improvement Academy has produced a set of resources to enhance the effectiveness of significant event audit in primary care by embedding Human Factors theory into a standardised review process.

As part of a 5 yearly revalidation process GPs submit a portfolio of Supporting Information to demonstrate that they continue to meet the principles and values set out in Good Medical Practice. Safety and quality is one of the four domains within this core guidance for doctors from the GMC.