Root Cause Analysis Training for NHS and Healthcare Professionals
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is an established and dynamic investigation tool endorsed by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in the USA and utilised by healthcare organisations across the globe to better understand patient safety incidents. The IHI define RCA as:
““A systematic approach to understanding the causes of an adverse event and identifying system flaws that can be corrected to prevent error from happening again.””
The IHI Definition of RCA
This one-day intensive and interactive masterclass will provide insights into how RCA is being used effectively by healthcare and non-healthcare organisations across the world to enhance safety. RCA relies on the creation of a skilled team of investigators, working together to look beyond surface-level symptoms. By following a clear seven-step process and by embracing a range of established RCA techniques, healthcare teams can collaborate to make their patients safe.
““RCA is a defined process that seeks to explore all of the possible factors associated with an incident.”
The World Health Organisation (WHO)
RCA continues to be used around the world by healthcare teams to better understand and learn from their patient safety incidents. While it is no longer an approved learning response under the NHS Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), many care and non NHS organisations continue to use RCA as a structured and effective approach for understanding incidents and improving safety.
The course is facilitated by Tracy Ruthven and Stephen Ashmore who have significant experience of undertaking patient safety reviews in healthcare. They were commissioned to write a national RCA guide by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.
This course supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
