‘What Good Looks Like’ in patient safety is based upon our original research and policy document A Blueprint for Action (2018). Here, we identified six Foundations for patient safety, subsequently increased to seven:
- Leadership and Governance
- Culture
- Shared Learning
- Professionalisation of Patient Safety
- Patient Engagement
- Data and Insight
- Delivery of Patient Safety Services
Each of these Foundations is supported by specific patient safety Aims, totalling 26.
Underpinning each Foundation and Aim are a series of clearly defined Standards that explain what an organisation must do to deliver against their specific requirements.
For each Standard, there are details of evidence-based outputs, outcomes and behaviours required to enable an organisation to demonstrate achievement.
In total, there are 144 identified Standards. These represent the core for any organisational safety improvement strategy and delivery plan.
Below is an example page taken from our 'What Good Looks Like' manual illustrating the ‘Leadership and Governance’ Foundation; Aim 1; Standards 1.2 – 1.3.
