The 2014 – 2016 actions from the National Patient Safety Consortium are well underway, and overall 60% of all Consortium actions are complete, as of March 31, 2016 (see figure below).

The Evaluation Action Team continues to meet to develop the evaluation plan for the National Patient Safety Consortium and Integrated Patient Safety Action Plan.  The meetings are held monthly and co-chaired by Dr. Lianne Jeffs and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.  The Steering Committee also meets regularly with the next meeting scheduled for August.  The National Patient Safety Consortium will meet face to face for the fourth time in September in Ottawa. ​

The National Patient Safety Consortium is thrilled with this progress and highlights two events below during the National Healthcare Leadership Conference in Ottawa from June 6-7: 

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute hosted a 90-minute panel presentation sharing the work of the National Patient Safety Consortium and the Integrated Patient Safety Action Plan.  The session showcased key contributions from partners such as Health Quality Ontario and Patients for Patient Safety Canada (a patient led program of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute). This was a chance for an in-depth dialogue with health care leaders about this large-scale, collective impact initiative.   We were thrilled to have participants learn about this large scale change initiative.  Helen Bevan also attended the session leading to fruitful discussions. 

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute, with support from Health Quality Ontario, sponsored motion "Public Reporting of the 15 Never Events" was selected as one of the top five motions of approximately 40 submissions for the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate by health leaders across Canada and was subsequently voted as one of the top three by the conference delegation. Never events are patient safety incidents that result in serious patient harm or death, and that can be prevented by using organizational checks and balances.  The Never Events for Hospital Care in Canada report was prepared by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Health Quality Ontario along with the Atlantic Health Quality and Patient Safety Collaborative, British Columbia Patient Safety and Quality Council, Health Quality Council of Alberta, Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety, New Brunswick Health Council, Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Safety and Quality Committee, and Patients for Patient Safety Canada (a patient led program of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute) for the National Patient Safety Consortium.