The State Claims Agency (SCA) is proud to be supporting World Patient Safety Day 2020.

The theme for 2020, 'Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety', serves as an important and timely reminder of the interrelationship between healthcare worker safety and patient safety, particularly in the current challenging COVID-19 environment.

Working together to enhance safety

To mark today, we are reminding health and social care services, which are covered by State indemnity, about the importance of working together to make healthcare workers and service users safer in Ireland

5 things you can do

We have set out 5 things health and social care services can do to enhance safety in a new infographic.