Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
We are now using the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), which is a major step towards establishing a safety management system across the whole of the NHS.
One of our key priorities is to improve care, safety and quality. We recognise the significant impact that patient safety incidents have on patients, service users, their families and carers.
Our PSIRF policy is available here.
Our PSIRF plan is available here.
The PSIRF supports the development and maintenance of an effective patient safety incident response system that brings together four key aims:
- Compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incidents
- Application of a range of system-based approaches to learning from patient safety incidents
- Considered and proportionate responses to patient safety incidents
- Supportive oversight focused on strengthening response system functioning and improvement
Our learning journey
We produce a quarterly presentation called Our learning journey, which shares some of our insights, learning, improvement work and reflections as a result of PSIRF.
2025/26
2024/25
Learning journey annual report 2024-25 (incorporating quarter 4)
The next report will be shared here when available.
As part of PSIRF we will be sharing our quarterly learning journey, you can have a look at the latest learning journey here.
Further information
You can watch a four-minute introduction to PSIRF from NHS England below:
If you have any questions about PSIRF, you can get in touch with our patient safety team – patient.safety@swyt.nhs.uk
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