Have your say on planning for Patient Safety and Clinical Quality

We asked the following questions of all survey respondents:

• What are your biggest current strategic challenges for safety and quality in WA Health?
• How can the DoH support your S&Q initiatives and priorities?
• How can the DoH improve collaboration to drive effective safety and quality in WA Health?

We also asked a series of specific questions depending on whether respondents worked in a Health Service Provider or the Department of Health.

You said the key issues facing our safety and quality system include:

• The availability of high-quality, accessible safety and quality data, and a desire for more skills to use data effectively to support safety and quality initiatives;
• HSP and DOH awareness and ability to implement contemporary approaches to quality and quality improvement in healthcare;
• Resourcing to support a strong, positive patient safety culture, and to sustain positive safety culture long-term;
• Barriers to compliance with safety and quality measures and engagement between the Department and Health Service Providers to proactively resolve patient safety issues

Your feedback contained a mix of concrete suggestions for safety and quality activities and initiatives, and ways of working towards these within the confines of our health system.

We have used your feedback to help shape detailed goal setting for the Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Directorate’s Strategy 2022-2025. 

We will continue to refer to specific comments and feedback as we implement the Strategy.