The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is the NHS’s approach to responding to patient safety incidents and is a major step towards establishing a safety management system across the NHS.
The PSIRF supports the development and maintenance of an effective patient safety incident response system that integrates four key aims:
- Compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incidents
- Application of a range of system-based approached to learning from patient safety incidents
- Considered and proportionate responses to patient safety incidents
- Supportive oversight focused on strengthening response system functioning and improvement
