title: Implementing national patient safety alerts.
abstract: National patient safety alerts are sometimes difficult to implement in an effective way. All trusts have to declare compliance with alerts as part of a three-step process to improve patient safety. This article discusses an alternative way of implementing national patient safety alerts and describes how behaviour-change methods can be used to successfully implement lasting changes in practice at ward or departmental level.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Slater
mesh_terms: D054869:Clinical Audit; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061214:Patient Safety; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom