World Patient Safety Day 2024
The World Patient Safety Day is a campaign for all stakeholders in the health care system to work together and share engagement to improve patient safety.
The Objectives of World Patient Safety Day 2024 are to :
- Increase public awareness and commitment to patient safety
- Improve understanding of patient safety
- Promote global solidarity and action
- Address specific patient safety issues
The theme for this year’s World Patient Safety Day’s is focused on improving diagnosis for patient safety, using the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”. You can find more information about World Patient Safety Day here on the World Health Organisation website.
Greater Manchester has a Patient Safety Research Collaborative (PSRC). This year our Chief Executive Officer Neil Walbran, who is the patient and public lead on the Greater Manchester PSRC Board, appears on the National Institute for Health Research's new podcast 'Voices for Safety' to discuss topics surrounding patient safety. You can listen to it on their official YouTube channel NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC.
A large part of patient safety involved correctly identifying and treating different illnesses. Unfortunately, sometimes people experience a misdiagnosis where they are incorrectly informed about an illness they may or may not have, for example when receiving a diagnosis for a Cancer and Mental Health illness. We would like to know if you have an experienced a situation like this yourself.
Do you have any experience with misdiagnosis? Tell us today through our 'Contact-Us' form.
