Read the official Montreux Charter on Patient Safety here.
The 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety took place in Montreux on 23 and 24 February 2023, with the slogan of “Less Harm, Better Care – From Resolution to Implementation”. It has marked another crucial turning point for improvements on patient safety on a global scale. Ministers, high-ranking leaders, and experts across the world discussed about the group's successes, challenges, top priorities, and essential next actions. The delegates highlighted that patient harm in healthcare is a major threat to public health that affects nations of all income levels and geographical locations, making it an issue that affects all of humanity. The achievement of universal health coverage and the security of the global health system depend on patient safety.
The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) wholeheartedly endorses and commits to supporting the intentions and the actions outlined in the Montreux Charter. In doing so, we wish to strengthen further our longstanding collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministerial Summit. WHO’s “Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030” clearly outlines a positive way forward and lists specific objectives for stakeholders. Closing the implementation gap has the highest priority.
ISQua’s stakeholders (Board, staff, academicians, institutional members, individual members, Fellows, supporters and partners) are deeply committed to the patient safety agenda. Keeping people safe is the fundamental goal of all who work collaboratively with ISQua. ISQua will leverage its strategy, based on “Knowledge, Network, Voice – Action”, to continuously achieve patient safety goals.
And, as it clearly emerged from the 5th Global Ministerial Summit 2023, knowledge is not only about evidence-based best practices but, importantly, includes knowledge and tools that will allow healthcare professionals, leaders, policymakers, and patients to partner to implement change and real-world practice improvement.
The full ISQua support statement can be found here.