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The National Patient Safety Agency leads and contributes to improved, safe patient care by informing, supporting and influencing organisations and people working in the health sector.
They cover the UK health service, splitting it into three sections:
- National Reporting and Learning Service - aims to reduce risks to patients receiving NHS care and improve safety and it leads on national initiatives to improve patient safety.
- National Clinical Assessment Service - supports the resolution of concerns about the performance of individual clinical practitioners to help ensure their practice is safe and valued.
- National Research Ethics Service - protects the rights, safety, dignity and well-being of research participants that are part of clinical trials and other research within the NHS.
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