Bolton Hospice has pledged to champion patient safety as part of the Sign up to Safety campaign. Sign up to Safety is a national initiative to help healthcare organisations and their staff achieve their patient safety aspirations and care for their patients in the safest way possible.

The hospice has made pledges under the five Sign up to Safety headings:

1.Putting safety first and committing to reducing avoidable harm.

2.Continually learning to make the organisation more resilient to risks, by acting on feedback from patients and staff.

3.Being honest and transparent about progress to tackle patient safety issues and support staff to be candid with patients and their families if something goes wrong.

4.Collaborating and taking a lead role in supporting local collaborative learning, so improvements are made across all the local services that patients use.

5.Being supportive and helping people understand why things go wrong and how to put them right.

Alongside the organisational pledges made by the hospice, individual teams and members of staff are also making their own pledges to improve safety in the area they work in, from the catering team to fundraising staff. Please click here to access our sign up to safety pack.