Following the publication of the Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland by the Scottish Government in May 2010, the Scottish Patient Safety Alliance was disbanded and a new Quality Alliance Board (QAB) convened to support and drive the implementation of the Quality Strategy and provide regular updates on progress to the Health Management Board and to Scottish Government ministers. A Delivery Group (DG) for each of the 3 Quality Ambitions (Safe, Effective and Person Centred), and one infrastructure group, will report to the QAB and will be responsible for ensuring coherence and alignment of activity to accelerate the delivery of the relevant Ambition.
An Acute Adult Action Group (AAAG) is one of four patient safety action groups (acute adult, paediatrics, mental health and primary care) which will report to the Quality Strategy Safe Ambitions Delivery Group and will meet to oversee the operational management of acute adult patient safety work.
The Scottish Patient Safety Programme will continue its objective to steadily improve the safety of hospital care right across the country. This will be achieved by using evidence-based tools and techniques to improve the reliability and safety of everyday health care systems and processes. Real-time data will be gathered unit-by-unit, and the staff caring directly for patients will lead the changes required to achieve the aims of the Programme.
The Scottish Patient Safety Programme is being co-ordinated by
Healthcare Improvement Scotland that directly promotes patient safety within NHSScotland. One of Healthcare Improvement Scotlands' key priorities is the support of clinical governance, which is a system of checks and balances that ensures clinical services are of the highest possible quality.