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Details the Trust's policy and procedure relating to Being Open in line with the NPSA's National Framework and the Statutory Duty of Candour.Keywords: Being open, candour, patient safety incident, duty, duty of candour.

This policy outlines:• The Organisation's values and beliefs about clinical audit.• Working definitions of clinical audit• Key responsibilities of the staff involved in clinical audit.• A best practice framework – systems and processes.• Expectations for good governance.Keywords: Audit, Clinical Audit, Quality Improvement, Monitoring, Outcomes, National Guidance.

This document outlines the Clinical Audit Strategy for RCHT.Keywords: Clinical Audit.

This policy confirms the process that has been developed to ensure a process consistent with the recommendations of the National Guidance for Learning from Deaths.Keywords: Mortality, Learning from Deaths.

As an early adopter of the Patient Safety Response Framework, RCHT has developed a Patient Safety Incident Response Plan which explains the new approach to patient safety.

The document describes the policy and procedures for the reporting and management of incidents including the patient safety incident response framework.

The policy details how RCHT and CFT will engage and embrace patients in organisational safety conversations as Patient Safety Partners in accordance with the relevant NHS England Frameworks (NHS, 2019). The role of Patient Safety Partners (Patient Safety Partners) is to support and contribute to a healthcare organisations governance and management processes for patient safety.Keywords:Patient Safety Partner, safety, patient, volunteer, role 4, safety conversation, public, voice, strategy, framework. Partner, incident, learning, improvement, risk, conversations, strategy, framework, PSIRF, safety, wellbeing, staff, patients, families, just culture, response.

This policy has been developed to ensure that the Trust has in place a systematic and coordinated approach for reviewing the findings and recommendations from the range of nationally agreed safety alerts.Keywords:Safety Alerts, MHRA, Central Alert System, CAS, Patient Safety Alerts, PSA, Medical Device, MDSB, Safety Bulletin, Estates and Facilities Alerts, EFA, Internal Safety Alert, ISA, Field Safety Notice, FSN, Clinical Effectiveness, Incident Review and Learning Group.

The Trust must have established protocols for the introduction of new interventional procedures that promote safe practice and reduce risks. The introduction of new procedures should be based on:• Evidence based practice.• Risk assessment.• Audit.• Sound business cases.Keywords: Interventional procedure, new procedure, NICE.This policy aims to ensure that a robust process is in place for the introduction of all new procedures and that staff are appropriately trained.