The Scottish Patient Safety Fellowship Programme was introduced to develop and strengthen clinical leadership and improvement capability in NHSScotland in order to support the implementation of SPSP.  The Fellowship Programme is lead by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and NHSScotland territorial NHS boards.

The specific aims and objectives of the Fellowship are:

• to develop and strengthen clinical leadership capability to support the SPSP, 
• to contribute to the development of a long term quality improvement and patient safety culture, 
• to establish a learning support network for transformational leadership, and 
• to strengthen existing collaborations within NHSScotland.

An evaluation of the Fellowship Programme, by NHS Education for Scotland (NES), was undertaken to:

• evaluate the effectiveness of the SPSF as the return on expectation (ROE) of the fellows, the organisers and the various stakeholders, and 
• identify strengths, areas for improvement and to make specific recommendations regarding the fellowship’s potential viability, design and future delivery.

To view the full report click here

An SPSP Fellows community page allows fellows to share ideas and support each other throughout the length of the fellowship programme and beyond. If you would like more information please click here or contact:
Anna Gregor, Clinical Lead for SPSP Fellowship annagregor@doctors.org.uk
Dawn Robb, Project Administrator, SPSP dawn.robb@nhs.net