The European Commission launched on 25 March 2008 a public consultation on patient safety.
The consultation aims at developing the Commission’s proposal for on general patient safety issues planned for the end of 2008.The proposal will address the important issue of patient safety throughout the European Union including a specific section on addressing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI), on which separate public consultations have been held.
Two main goals of the Commission’s general patient safety proposal will be:
supporting Members States in their efforts to minimise harm to patients from adverse events in their health systems, through appropriate policies and actions to improve safety and, therefore, quality of care.
improving EU citizens’ confidence that they will receive sufficient and comprehensible information available on levels of safety and available redress in EU health systems, including healthcare providers in their own country and in other Member States.
Contributions should be completed on-line by 20 May 2008.
Given the public relevance of patient safety issues, EPHA invites all interested parties to participate to the consultation.
For further information, please visit the European Commission website.
