In a paper published in JRSM Short Reports, Carmen Tsang and colleagues from the Department of Primary Care & Public Health at Imperial College London interviewed a sample of NHS general practitioners to determine what they felt were the main patient safety issues and priorities for improvement in general practice. The study provided a snapshot of general practitioners' views on patient safety concerns, uses of routinely collected data to measure adverse events and existing methods for monitoring incidents of patient harm in primary care. Medication-related issues were identified a major cause for concern. Issues such as communication and training were also identified as important factors in ensuring patient safety in primary care. Further investigation of the patient safety topics identified by Tsang and colleagues will help develop methods to improve the involvement of general practitioners and other health professionals in schemes to improve patient safety in primary care.In a paper published in JRSM Short Reports, Carmen Tsang and colleagues from the Department of Primary Care & Public Health at Imperial College London interviewed a sample of NHS general practitioners to determine what they felt were the main patient safety issues and priorities for improvement in general practice. The study provided a snapshot of general practitioners' views on patient safety concerns, uses of routinely collected data to measure adverse events and existing methods for monitoring incidents of patient harm in primary care. Medication-related issues were identified a major cause for concern. Issues such as communication and training were also identified as important factors in ensuring patient safety in primary care. Further investigation of the patient safety topics identified by Tsang and colleagues will help develop methods to improve the involvement of general practitioners and other health professionals in schemes to improve patient safety in primary care.
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