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In 2004-05, a survey of NHS acute, ambulance and mental health Trusts found 974,000 patient safety incidents (PSI's) were reported.
Hospital acquired infections were estimated to increase the PSI figures by around 300,000 incidents. It is estimated that about 50% of these incidents are preventable (National Audit Office 2005:1).

It is estimated from International studies that at least a quarter of these figures may relate to medically negligent PSI's, yet in 2005-06 there were only 5, 697 legal claims (NHSLA 2006) making about 2% of all possible claims.

The Breakthrough Programme

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The Break Through Programme is a self-management initiative set up to empower individuals affected by medical harm to work together in a supportive group context..

The Break Through Planning team is made up of Josephine, as well as Louise Price and John McConnell and has been supported by AvMA as part of its support services. The concept of the Break Through Programme came into being following the success of a one day event ‘From Pain to Gain' which took place in May 2004 at Global Co operation House in London. This event was organised by what was to become the Breakthrough Planning Group and supported by AvMA and the Brahma Kumaris..

What was overwhelmingly clear throughout the course of this day and the feedback received from the evaluation of the event, was the need for a more in depth and ongoing programme of support to be developed for the future. Therefore in October 2005, a two day residential programme was held at Charney Manor Conference Centre near Wantage, Oxford, which was attended by twenty one people.

What follows is the collation of the material that came out of this programme - a combination of the participants experiences and their valuable contributions for an agenda for change -. This forms part of the research being carried out by Josephine Ocloo as part of her PhD on Medical Harm and Patient Empowerment within the NHS. The research design was constructed as a way of also enabling the programme participants to have a voice and tell their stories from their own perspectives. The participants also wanted to see the development of a fully funded ongoing programme for the future.

You can view the whole programme document in PDF format by clicking this link TheBreakthroughProgramme.pdf 152KB