NHS England release Patient Safety Healthcare Inequalities Reduction Framework
On 15th May, NHS England published the Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework which outlines 5 principles to reduce patient safety healthcare inequalities across the NHS which align with the aims of NHS England’s Patient Safety strategy and Core20PLUS5 approach for adults and for children and young people to address healthcare inequalities.
The framework outlines opportunities for implementation that local teams and ICBs can take up as well as the work that NHS England is doing nationally to support and enable this work.
The 5 principles are:
- All staff, patients, service users, families and carers have access to information, translation and interpretation services when needed.
- All healthcare staff receive undergraduate patient safety training, ongoing training, and accessible resources that improve their awareness and understanding of healthcare inequalities related to patient safety risks.
- Accurate and complete diversity data are collected for protected characteristics and inclusion health groups on digital platforms. This work includes making disaggregated data available so evaluation can drive improvements in patient safety and healthcare inequalities.
- Representatives of diverse communities are involved in the design and delivery of improvements aimed at reducing patient safety healthcare inequalities. This co-production involves drawing on the knowledge and experience of patients, service users, carers, families, communities and staff.
- Improve the understanding of patient safety healthcare inequalities and drive improvement through identifying priority areas for research.
To find out more, read the full publication here: NHS England » Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework
