Table 2 Conditions for the county council’s patient safety work

Patient involvement is important for patient safety

43

41

14

3

164

Patient safety work has good support from the county council’s management

32

47

21

0

167

Patient safety work has good support from the heads of departments/clinics

17

58

25

1

166

Inadequate time and/or resources to analyse adverse events and risks

13

53

31

3

167

Inadequate time and/or resources for preventive action

12

61

23

3

163

The county council has good systems in place for conducting root cause analyses

12

59

22

2

166

The county council provides a supportive environment for patient safety work

11

55

29

5

167

The county council has good systems in place for analysing adverse events

11

48

31

10

164

The county council provides support for forums and meetings concerning patient safety

11

40

41

8

165

The county council has good systems in place for conducting risk analyses

11

38

40

9

166

Personnel who work with patient safety are required to have specific training in the area

6

32

48

13

162

Root cause and risk analyses and related analyses result in changes to routines and practice

5

60

33

1

162

Patient complaints and reports are systematically analysed and followed up

5

52

41

2

164

Identification of adverse events and risks usually results in interventions to improve patient safety

4

50

43

4

161

There is an adequate budget for patient safety work

2

26

42

30

156

The interventions implemented to improve patient safety are evaluated

2

23

64

11

160

Information about adverse events and risks are systematically communicated to health care workers throughout the county council

2

21

54

24

165

The county council is supportive and commits resources of various kinds (financial support, personnel, etc.) to improve patient safety

1

15

55

29

161