Patient safety moves onto the EU agenda

A conference entitled "Patient Safety - Making it happen - The European perspective" will be held in Luxembourg, Building Jean Monnet, 4-5 April 2005 under the auspices of the Luxembourg EU Presidency and the European Commission.

The objectives of the invitation-only conference are to:

 Identify interests and challenges

 Share best practices and experience

 Sustain and strengthen political momentum

Themes covered include safety in hospitals and primary care, improved adherence to treatment regimes, patient data and IT approaches to improving safety. Successful mechanisms for monitoring and reporting safety issues will be explored.

Outcomes of the conference will be detailed in the "Luxembourg Declaration on Patient Safety".

The conference is organised by several EPHA members: CPME, PGEU, PCN, EHMA and other health stakeholders which are all committed to making patient safety a priority. The initiative on patient safety will be carried forward as a major theme in the UK Presidency.

 Luxembourg Declaration on Patient Safety
 UK presidency Summit on Patient Safety, November 2005