Submitted by Geraldine Nosowska on Wed, 06/04/2014 - 17:01
A safety culture is the outcome that organizations reach through a strong commitment to acquiring necessary data and taking proactive steps to reduce the probability of errors and the severity of those that occur.
(Merritt & Helmreich, 1997).
As the Care Quality Commission reforms and refocuses, there is a rare opportunity to build a safety culture in adult social care.