Malta Health Network, if joining the World Patient Safety Day in support of World Health Organisation and in collaboration with our partner organisation IAPO. Patient safety as a global health priority, 194 countries came together to establish 17 September as World Patient Safety Day at the 72nd World Health Assembly. On this day, every year, WHO will spotlight patient safety to increase public awareness and engagement; enhance global understanding, and spur global solidarity and action.
The theme is “Patient Safety: a global health priority” and the slogan is “Speak up for patient safety.”
The campaign aims to mobilize patients, health workers, policymakers, academics, researchers, professional networks and the health-care industry to speak up for patient safety find you category below and act.
If you are a patient or caregiver
- Be actively involved in your own care
- It is good to ask questions; safe health care starts with good communication
- Be sure to provide accurate information about your health history
If you are a health worker or health care leader
- Engage patients as partners in their care
- Work together for patient safety
- Ensure continuous professional development to improve your skills and knowledge in patient safety
- Create an open and transparent safety culture in health care settings
- Encourage blame-free reporting of and learning from errors
If you are a policy maker
- Investing in patient safety results in financial savings
- Invest in patient safety to save lives and build trust
- Make patient safety a national health priority
If you are a researcher, student, academic, or professional institution
- Generate evidence to improve patient safety, your research matters
- Encourage research in patient safety
- Incorporate patient safety in educational curricula and courses
If you are from a professional association, international organization or foundation
- Promote patient safety for achieving universal health coverage
- Provide learning and development opportunities for patient safety
If you are a public health advocate or from a patient organization
- Promote patients’ voices in their own safe care
- Advocate for safety in health care as a requirement
For more information visit WHO Patient Safety Day Campaign