Development and implementation of Local Patient Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures

June 18, 2024

Updated standards for National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs 2) were then introduced in 2023. These standards provided a structured approach to safety of procedures performed inside or outside of operating theatres. These improvements were done to standardise, harmonise and educate teams to reduce errors and further enhance teamworking. The implementation ‘key stop/s’ culture was put into place to act like a gatekeeper before continuing onto the next step of the pathway, this input made sure a further supporting mechanism was in place for the checklist.

The NatSSIPs 2 standards should be used to develop your own Local Patient Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs). LocSSIPs are basically Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) used as a checklist to that ensure safe care is delivered to patients undergoing invasive procedures inside and outside of operating theatres. The eight sequential steps to follow for safer invasive procedures in your checklist are:

Do you want to update/develop a LocSSIP checklist? The clinical effectiveness can provide interested teams with help and support to update/develop their LocSSIPs. For more information please email swbh.auditteam-clineffec@nhs.net

Note: LocSSIP must follow Trust policy – you can access the policy by clicking here.