WHO Patient Safety Flagship in collaboration with all WHO Regional Offices organized a high-level Policy Makers’ Forum: Patient Safety Implementation on 23–24 February 2022. The forum was convened to sustain the global patient safety movement and initiate national action by policy makers and health care leaders for implementation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030, adopted by the 74th WHA in May 2021. The forum was attended by ˜310 participants from ˜90 countries and key international organizations.
The forum provided a global platform for engaging with senior policy makers and health care leaders in the discussion around implementation approaches for the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 within the broader health agenda at country level; and also allowed sharing of best practices and lessons learned in addressing patient safety at policy and practice levels.
WHO’s top leadership, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Deputy Director-General Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, and Global patient safety advocate Mr Jeremy Hunt, Chair of the UK Health and Social Care Select Committee delivered messages expressing their commitment to patient safety. The event also included keynote addresses, diverse country experiences with innovative implementation approaches, and a panel discussion on the role of policy makers and health care leaders in implementing the global action plan.
WHO introduced a draft consensus statement on the same topic for review by the event participants during highly interactive breakout sessions, which was finalized based on the collective input received. Find the consensus statement “Role of policy makers and health care leaders in implementation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030" here.