Safety recommendation
HSIB recommends that NHS Digital and NHSX promote the organisational requirements for digital clinical safety, including organisations’ responsibilities in terms of safety cases and clinical safety officers, to encompass system functionality and processes.
Response:
NHS Digital and NHSX accept this recommendation and are actively promoting the requirements for Digital Clinical Safety via the implementation of the Digital Clinical Safety Strategy which was published on 17 September 2021.
Both Clinical Safety teams are working with Health Education England and other patient safety specialists in developing an updated training programme on Digital Clinical Safety to improve awareness of Clinical Risk Management and the mandated Safety standards DCB0129 & DCB0160.
We are also working with the wider NHS, ALBs and suppliers to improve the understanding and compliance with the Safety standards and encouraging the training of Clinical Safety Officers in all health and care organisations.
Actions planned to deliver safety recommendation:
- Ongoing promoting Clinical Risk Management and this relates to the work of the Digital Clinical Safety Strategy Implementation Board.
Response received on 28 April 2022.