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No Needless Ignorance. Work stream Update 8 th March 2012 Fizz Thompson Executive Sponsor. South Central. Workstream Aims. To become more proactive in identification and prevention of causes of harm to patients
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No Needless Ignorance Work stream Update 8th March 2012 Fizz Thompson Executive Sponsor South Central
Workstream Aims • To become more proactive in identification and prevention of causes of harm to patients • To create an environment that inspires all NHS staff to insist that care is as safe as possible • To ensure a more open culture in which errors or service failures are reported
No Needless Ignorance - Objectives • Engage all levels of staff in the principles of no needless ignorance • human factors training • Use of simulation to engage and promote human factors and communication skills • Improving the safety of handovers
Progress Joint working with national Clinical Human Factors group 2011 No Needless ignorance conference Supporting local research in to human factors Supporting proposal for human factors training (including simulation ) Improving communications with learning needs patients Improving handovers of care