Patient safety is a critical aspect of the healthcare system that has received significant attention in recent years. It is fundamental to providing high-quality, effective and efficient care, improving patient outcomes, and preventing adverse events. It is also an essential factor for building trust between patients and healthcare providers. 

That's why it is crucial for healthcare organisations and professionals to understand the various concepts and practices that contribute to overall patient safety. And therein comes the concept of 'learning'.

This piece is yet another expert interview, this time with Marcos Manhaes, Head of Patient Safety Incident Reporting at NHS England. Leading the transition from the NRLS to LFPSE, Marcos strongly advocates for transparency of patient safety data and systems interoperability across the NHS. He has over 30 years of experience in intelligence, data analysis, systems development, and assurance across private international organisations, public hospitals, and UK national public health bodies. 

In this piece, we’ve highlighted 5 factors one must evaluate when choosing an LFPSE-compliant incident reporting software. We also walk you through MEG’s Patient Safety module and explain why our solution is a cut above the rest.

As an LFPSE-compliant vendor, we’re writing a series of blog posts to help healthcare professionals better understand this new incident recording system. If you’d like to know the basics, you can check out our first article: The Five W’s of LFPSE — The New Incident Reporting System in the UK.

As a follow-up, we now deep dive into the LFPSE ecosystem and who better to shed light on the topic than Lucie Mussett, the Senior Project Owner and Lead for LFPSE at NHS England.

We are so excited to attend this unique, three day event for the first time. The event will see more than 180 stakeholders and senior leaders from NHS organisations gather to learn and share best practice on topics such as integrated healthcare solutions, electronic patient records, staff wellbeing and cyber security.