Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety

Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety

There are systems and processes in place across the organisation which focus on patient safety and reduce the risk of unnecessary harm associated with healthcare.

There is an effective investigation process for patient safety incidents, which ensures incidents are managed through a fair and transparent process encouraging an open, honest culture, which results in organisational learning.

This standard includes the following:

• Leadership and management
• Clinical risk assessment, management and prevention
• Patient, site and procedure identification
• Handover of care
• Consent
• Safeguarding adults
• Safeguarding children and child protection
• Responding to challenging behaviour

The CHKS Standards criteria address these elements of clinical risk management and patient safety through succinct criteria statements that are supported by guidance which helps the organisation understand the intent of the criteria, so that it can be applied in the local context.

Additionally, references are provided to direct further reading on the relevant topic.

Throughout the standards the criteria are linked to key assessment frameworks including ISO 9001, the Care Quality Commission, Quality Statements and the Health Information and Quality Authority, (Ireland) National Standards.