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Jane DorisClinical Safety Officer
Health and Social Care Information Centre
Clinical Safety Officers Networks
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Presented byJane Doris HSCIC Clinical Safety Officer
What is a Clinical Safety Officer?
• MUST be a suitably qualified and experienced clinician.• MUST hold a current registration with an appropriate
professional body relevant to their training and experience.
• MUST be knowledgeable in risk management and its application to clinical domains.
• MUST make sure that the processes defined by the clinical management process are followed
2013 - Key changes to Safety Standards
• Widen the scope to cover the health IT system rather than just health software
• Affirm the scope of the standard applies in a social care setting in circumstances where this impacts on the provision of healthcare
• Affirm the role of the Clinical Safety Officer • Introduce the Hazard Log as an appropriate mechanism
to capture the results of the clinical risk management analysis, estimation and evaluation activities
• Introduce the need for a defined safety incident management process
• Sponsored, owned and mandated by NHS England.
Information Standards Board
Link to the standards on the Information Standards Board Website:
http://www.isb.nhs.uk/documents/isb-0129/amd-39-2012/index_html
http://www.isb.nhs.uk/documents/isb-0160/amd-38-2012/index_html
Clinical Safety Networks in UK
• NHS– Four Countries Virtual Group
o England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
– National Clinical Safety Officers Group– Clinicians Page on SharePoint– Regional Clinical Safety Officers Groups
o North Easto Yorkshire and the Humber
Clinical Safety SharePoint Site
Purpose of Regional CSO Networks
• To share information about implementation of the safety standards
• To identify and share areas of best practice in patient safety and IT
• To share information about patient safety issues and IT
• To support CSO colleagues
Next Steps
• Attend the North East CSO Meeting this afternoon• Set up and test a discussion page on SharePoint • Set up local CSO networks across England• Share information with the National CSO Group• Forge links with supplier CSOs
Clinical Safety
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