title: Leadership and support for safety.
abstract: This is the second in a series of seven articles on the National Patient Safety Agency's Seven Steps to Patient Safety (NPSA 2004a). Leadership and support for staff can be achieved by ensuring that patient safety has a clear focus throughout the organisation. This article considers the context in which nurses work and provides examples of what can be done at organisational, directorate and team levels to ensure patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Nursing, London. sharon.dennis@rcn.org.uk
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dennis
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009729:Nursing; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom