World Patient Safety Day 2025

Annually, World Patient Safety Day falls on 17 September

Annually on World Patient Safety Day, all nations and international allies are encouraged to collaborate and take action to enhance patient safety globally. The event unites patients, families, caregivers, communities, health care professionals, leaders, and policymakers in demonstrating their dedication to patient safety.

World Patient Safety Day 2025 theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”, recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks and harm caused by unsafe care.

To support the commemoration of this year's World Patient Safety Day, we invite you to start sharing your organization's resources and best practices on improving diagnosis for patient safety with our global patient safety community!

*Note: all submitted resource will be reviewed by the IAG before it gets published on GKPS.

Type of Resource	Title	Link	Organization
Checklist Implementation Guide	WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Implementation Guide	Click to access	World Health Organization
Guidance	Integrating stakeholder and community engagement in quality of care initiatives for maternal, newborn and child health	Click to access	World Health Organization
Manual	WHO labour care guide: user’s manual	Click to access	World Health Organization
Measurement Tool	Evidencing the impact of culture on patient safety – maternity and newborn safety	Click to access	Patient Safety Learning
Policy, strategy, framework or action plan	Addressing racial inequalities in paediatric diabetes	Click to access	Patient Safety Learning
Guidance	Blood Transfusion	Click to access	National Institute for Health & Care Excellence, UK
Podcasts	Podcast Series -Keeping our Children Safe in Healthcare Settings	Click to access	Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Patient story	One Pill Can Kill	Click to access	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Communication and advocacy material (Podcast, infographic, poster, video)	Up and Away and Out of Sight program	Click to access	Up & Away is an initiative of PROTECT in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Patient Story	Maile's Story- Maternal Sepsis	Click to access	Sepsis Alliance
Patient story	Clean Hands May Have Saved My Son’s Life	Click to access	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patient story	Just and Restorative Cultures – Healing, not Harm. (Sam Morrish)	Click to access	Patient Safety Movement
Patient story	A paediatric medication error - a staff story	Click to access	Health Service Executive Ireland (HSE)
Communication and advocacy material (Podcast, infographic, poster, video)	Patient safety books for children	Click to access	World Patients Alliance (WPA)