New Video urges Staff to “Speak Up” For Patient Safety

A video has been released by Southern DHB which asks staff to “Speak Up” about patient safety and continue to help make Southern hospitals safer places for the people who work, visit or stay there.

The video, which is featured on the DHB’s website (www.southerndhb.govt.nz), profiles support staff, senior managers, doctors, nurses, allied health and patients sharing their thoughts on the importance of having an open, transparent and proactive culture of direct feedback, reporting learning and improving. A culture in which staff “speak up” readily about safety issues and report perceived risks.

Talking about the video, Tina Gilbertson, Director of Quality commented, “the video is part of a larger programme of initiatives designed to further progress our safety culture; one that puts staff at the centre of patient safety and recognises the pivotal role they have in preventing harm.”

Mrs Gilbertson says that the DHB wants staff to feel confident about sharing their experiences and this new video showcases a variety of staff showing their support for an open approach to information sharing, recognising that patient safety is everybody’s responsibility.

The launch of the new video has been timed to coincide with the imminent roll out of the new South-Island wide electronic risk management system – Safety 1st – which is due to “go live” in Southern Hospitals on the 3rd March.

You can watch the video here.

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