Clinical Human Factors Group
The Clinical Human Factors Group is a broad coalition of healthcare professionals and managers. It also includes users of services who have partnered with experts in human factors from healthcare and other high-risk industries. Together they campaign for change in the NHS.
The Health Foundation
The Health Foundation’s Safer Clinical Systems programme takes a fresh and proactive approach to safety improvement. Rather than waiting until a problem has occurred, the programme helps healthcare teams proactively identify potential safety breaches, enabling them to build better, safer healthcare systems. Their report Using safety cases in industry and healthcare can be viewed at:
http://www.health.org.uk/publications/using-safety-cases-in-industry-and-healthcare
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is an executive agency of the Department of Health. Its purpose is to enhance and safeguard the health of the public by ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe. Underpinning all their work lies robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits to patients and the public justify the risks.
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
Investigates factors that have harmed or may harm NHS Patients. They work closely with patients, families and healthcare staff affected by patient safety incidents, and never attribute blame or liability.
Royal College of Surgeons
The Royal College of Surgeons is a professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wales.
World Health Organization
Dedicated to the well-being of all people and guided by science, the World Health Organization leads and champions global efforts to give everyone, everywhere an equal chance to live a healthy life.
