Age Concern
ALARM - Association of Litigation and Risk Management
APHO - Association of Public Health Observatories

AvMA - Action Against Medical Accidents
Birmingham University Health Management Team
CDNA - Community and District Nurses Association - The CDNA is a specialist trade union representing nurses, healthcare assistants and all other primary care practitioners working within the community.
CHKS
DATIX
Department of Health
DHSSPSNI
Doctors.net.uk
Dr Foster Intelligence
ECRI Institute
First DataBank Europe
GMC - General Medical Council
Health & Safety Executive
Health Inspectorate Wales
HPA - Health Protection Agency
HPSC - Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Healthcare Commission
Health Foundation (The)
Help the Aged
Information Centre for Health and Social Care
Improvement Foundation
IHI - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Marsh Risk Consultancy
MDU - Medical Defence Union
MPS - Medical Protection Society
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
NAO - National Audit Office
NCT - National Childbirth Trust
National Public Health Service for Wales
NHS Employers
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
NHS Litigation Authority
NHS PLUS
NHS QIS
NICE - National Institute for Clinical Excellence
NPSA - National Patient Safety Agency
NMC - Nursing and Midwifery Council
Patient Safety Congress
Queen’s Nursing Institute
RCN - Royal College of Nursing
Scottish Executive
Scottish Patient Safety Programme
University of Leeds Centre for Innovation in Health Management
Welsh Assembly Government
World Alliance for Patient Safety

Patient Safety Research links

Below are some more specific links to patient safety research organisations; some specialise in a particular area of patient safety.

• The Department of Public Health at Birmingham University hosted the Patient Safety Research Portfolio, which until recently was the main avenue for patient safety research in the UK. Details of the research undertaken (including links to the final reports where available) can be found at
  http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/psrp/

• Aberdeen University patient safety research can be found at
  http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iprc/apscurrentprojects.shtml

• In addition, Aberdeen University is collaborating with the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews to undertake new research as the Scottish Patient Safety Research Network. Details can be found at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mediareleases/release.php?id=1033

• Imperial College London has an established patient safety research unit which can be found at www.csru.org.uk. In addition, in collaboration with St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, London they have just received new research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. They will be researching into ‘Safety, quality, resilience and reliability of technology; effective use of information technology; the role of NHS managers and staff in enhancing patient safety.’

• King’s College London have also received NIHR funds: they will be researching ‘New and emerging health technologies; the organisation and management of health services and staff to reduce risk.’

• The NIHR link is at
  http://www.nihr.ac.uk/infrastructure_research_centres_for_nhs_patient_safety_and_service_quality.aspx

• The University of Manchester has also undertaken patient safety research.  They co-ordinate the Patient Safety Research Network: their site is at http://www.ihs.manchester.ac.uk/ResearchNetworks/patientsafety/

• Cambridge University has collaborated with Surrey University and the Royal College of Art in the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre, looking at the role of design in patient safety. Their site is at http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/healthcaredesign/
  
  

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