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Former health secretary @Jeremy_Hunt now speaking at #WorldPatientSafetyDay event. One of his first outings since the Tory leadership campaign.
.@Jeremy_Hunt says he had barely heard of Mid Staffs before he took on the role of health secretary. He says @DavidNichols0n told him 10% of patients are harmed with 150 avoidable deaths a week #WorldPatientSafetyDay
Because death and harm is so common @Jeremy_Hunt questions whether that is why so little is done to improve safety. #WorldPatientSafetyDay
.@Jeremy_Hunt reveals how he asked @DHSCgovuk civil servants to give him patient letters. At first they were all positive but he says he pushed to get real ones and started to meet patients like @JamesTitcombe who had to write 400 letters #WorldPatientSafetyDay
Patients he met included @curetheNHS @amotherwithout @MartinBromiley @DebHazeldine @sams_monkey.
"They all did an incredible thing to relive their personal sadness to try and get the NHS to change so other families didn't have to suffer" #WorldPatientSafetyDay
"They all did an incredible thing to relive their personal sadness to try and get the NHS to change so other families didn't have to suffer" #WorldPatientSafetyDay
.@Jeremy_Hunt cites the introduction of CQC reforms as a major reform which says finally means the @CareQualityComm "calls a spade a spade" #WorldPatientSafetyDay
The most important lessons @Jeremy_Hunt learned as SOS was that improving care was all about organisational leadership. The staff at hospitals which went into special measures were the same as when they came out and improved. #WorldPatientSafetyDay
.@Jeremy_Hunt cites transparency as a major tool to improve safety. He cites the work of @NHSGIRFT and sharing data as a way to get behaviour change among clinicians who don't want to be outliers.
His second lesson says @Jeremy_Hunt was about culture and remembers how medical records went missing in the case of @JamesTitcombe He doesn't excuse the actions of individuals but he says we have to ask why? A culture of fear #WorldPatientSafetyDay
.@Jeremy_Hunt says his third lesson is that the scandal of poor patient care impacts far more on low and middle income countries. He says this is why #WorldPatientSafetyDay is so important.
