Patient Safety

The PSI is a partner organisation and signatory to the Patient Safety First initiative of the Department of Health and Children, which is focussed on implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, 'Building a Culture of Patient Safety' (2008).

The PSI is also a member of the Medication Safety Forum, one of the projects established to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, and which is chaired by the Chief Pharmacist of the Department of Health and Children.

The PSI supports the work of the Irish Medication Safety Network a voluntary, independent group of hospital pharmacy based specialists with an interest in medication safety, which publishes safety briefings, alerts and guidelines regarding medication safety issues.

The PSI is a signatory to the European Road Safety Charter and in collaboration with the Road Safety Authority has developed a public information leaflet entitled Medicines and Driving.