2. Jane Doris
Clinical Safety Officer
Health and Social Care Information Centre

3. Clinical Safety Officers
Networks
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Presented by
Jane Doris HSCIC Clinical Safety Officer

4. What is a Clinical Safety Officer?
• MUST be a suitably qualified and experienced clinician.
• MUST hold a current registration with an appropriate
professional body relevant to their training and
experience.
• MUST be knowledgeable in risk management and its
application to clinical domains.
• MUST make sure that the processes defined by the
clinical management process are followed

5. 2013 - Key changes to Safety Standards
• Widen the scope to cover the health IT system rather
than just health software
• Affirm the scope of the standard applies in a social care
setting in circumstances where this impacts on the
provision of healthcare
• Affirm the role of the Clinical Safety Officer
• Introduce the Hazard Log as an appropriate mechanism
to capture the results of the clinical risk management
analysis, estimation and evaluation activities
• Introduce the need for a defined safety incident
management process
• Sponsored, owned and mandated by NHS England.

6. Information Standards Board
Link to the standards on the Information Standards Board Website:
http://www.isb.nhs.uk/documents/isb-0129/amd-39-2012/index_html
http://www.isb.nhs.uk/documents/isb-0160/amd-38-2012/index_html

7. Clinical Safety Networks in UK
• NHS
– Four Countries Virtual Group
o England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
– National Clinical Safety Officers Group
– Clinicians Page on SharePoint
– Regional Clinical Safety Officers Groups
o North East
o Yorkshire and the Humber

8. Clinical Safety SharePoint Site

9. Purpose of Regional CSO Networks
• To share information about implementation
of the safety standards
• To identify and share areas of best practice
in patient safety and IT
• To share information about patient safety
issues and IT
• To support CSO colleagues

10. Next Steps
• Attend the North East CSO Meeting this afternoon
• Set up and test a discussion page on SharePoint
• Set up local CSO networks across England
• Share information with the National CSO Group
• Forge links with supplier CSOs

11. Clinical Safety
More information or suggestions contact:
clinical.safety@hscic.gov.uk
jane.doris@hscic.gov.uk