Patient safety

Our work on safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of medical error

What have we learnt about keeping people safer?

Following our recent event on keeping people safer in the health and care system, David Naylor reflects on how the implementation gap between theory and practice can be narrowed.

Completed project

The Francis Inquiry report

Robert Francis' report into the failings at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust was published in February 2013. Since then, issues of patient safety, quality of care and a culture of collective leadership have been in the public eye more than ever.

Patient safety in the NHS reading list

A selected list of references held by The King's Fund library.

Quality improvement: Our work on systematic approaches to improving the safety, experience and effectiveness of care

Performance: Our work on performance against NHS targets and the ways in which success is measured