Harveian Oration 2018: improving quality and safety in healthcare.
Dixon-Woods M. Harveian Oration 2018: Improving quality and safety in healthcare . Clin Med (Lond). 2019;19(1):47-56. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.19-1-47.
The United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) is known for both patient safety achievements and failures. This commentary discusses the unique opportunity the NHS embodies to improve practice. Highlighting system-level challenges due to lack of resources and funding, the author describes the role of health care professions in fostering continued achievements through the application of improvement science.