To improve every healthcare, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has launched a National Patient Safety and Care Quality Policy and Implementation Strategy 2024, NPCQPIS, to ensure quality healthcare service delivery in Nigeria. The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Daju Kachollom, who represented the coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, said during the occasion marking 2024 World Patient Safety Day in Abuja that it was imperative to ensure no harm is done to patients who seek healthcare services in government facilities. Pate said Nigeria must get it right to make it safe, adding that World Patient Safety Day is an opportunity to raise public awareness and foster collaboration between patients, health workers, policymakers and healthcare leaders to improve patient safety.
Also speaking, the Director of Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Jimoh Salaudeen, said this year’s theme is “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” with the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!” highlighting the critical importance of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes, he said diagnosis identifies a patient’s health problem and is key to accessing the care and treatment they need. The theme for this year’s World Patient Safety Day is focused on improving diagnosis for patient safety, using the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!” a gr.