Exploring the feasibility of patient safety huddles in general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient safety is a key priority for healthcare systems. Patient safety huddles have been advocated as a way to improve safety. We explored the feasibility of huddles in general practice.

Methods

We invited all general practices in West Yorkshire to complete an online survey and interviewed practice staff.

Results

Thirty-four out of 306 practices (11.1%) responded to our survey. Of these, 22 practices (64.7%) reported having breaks for staff to meet and eight (23.5%) reported no longer having breaks in their practices. Seven interviewees identified several barriers to safety huddles including time and current culture; individuals felt meetings or breaks would not be easily integrated into current primary care structure.

Discussion

Despite their initi

SUBMITTER: Panayiotou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature