Patient Safety First Award

Finalists

Maternity Assessment Bay: Keeping Women Safe (Hunter New England Local Health District)

Northern Cluster Hospital Acquired Complications Falls Project (Southern NSW Local Health District)

Reducing Inappropriate Arterial Blood Gas Testing in a 58-Bed Quaternary Intensive Care Unit (Northern Sydney Local Health District)

About the Patient Safety First Award​

Providing world-class clinical care where patient safety comes first is a key priority for NSW Health. NSW Health has a shared vision that patient safety is everybody’s business. This award acknowledges a commitment to putting Patient Safety First every day.

Projects within this category will display Patient Safety First in:

• leading quality improvement to ensure safer patient care
• delivering innovative approaches to improving patients safety
• engaging patients in approaches to improve patient safety
• demonstrating leadership or role modelling behaviour that puts patient safety first.