Patient safety

The Patient Safety Act

According to the Patient Safety Act, we (as a care provider) must plan, manage, control and prevent the occurrence of any care-related injury. This is to ensure that patients receive the best possible care.

Both you (as a patient) and those close to you have the opportunity to participate in our work to ensure patient safety.

Within Stockholm County Healthcare Services, we always investigate serious incidents and reports we receive from patients and their friends/relatives, or other care providers and partners. The supervisory authority for this is the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Inspektionen för vård och omsorg, IVO).