One-Third of European Countries Have No National Plan for Patient Safety, WHO Warns

The World Health Organization's (WHO) European office has released a groundbreaking report highlighting the connection between healthcare quality and overall health outcomes in its 53 Member States. The report, titled “Taking the pulse of quality of care and patient safety in the WHO European Region,” reveals significant links between quality healthcare and life expectancy, as well as the rates of death from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and preventable patient harm.

The assessment shows that only one-third of the countries in the WHO European Region have established national action plans for quality of care and patient safety....