Patient safety

This report summarises the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on "Patient Safety", held at the European Parliament in Brussels, on Thursday 30 May 2013. The aim of the workshop was to discuss some of the challenges related to this topic and to provide input into the Parliament's own-initiative report on the implementation of the Council Recommendation on patient safety. The workshop was hosted by MEP Mr Oreste ROSSI (EPP, IT), ENVI Committee Rapporteur for the INI report, and co-chaired by MEP Ms Michèle RIVASI (The Greens/EFA, FR), MEP Ms Renate SOMMER (EPP, DE) and MEP Ms Rebecca TAYLOR (ALDE, UK).