Human Factors in the development of a National Medicines Safety Improvement Programme

|Publish Date: Jun 7, 2026|Keywords: Contemporary EHF 2026, Healthcare, Publications, Systems|

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Gill Gookey
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This paper explores how human factors principles shaped the design and implementation of England’s National Medicines Safety Improvement Programme (MedSIP) to help people with learning disability, at risk of behaviour that challenges, avoid harm from psychotropic medicines. Frameworks such as SEIPS v2 and AcciMap supported a systems approach to analysing data from a national Appreciative Inquiry. Findings highlighted the need for whole system change and key work system components for effective medication reviews, informing the national programme launched in April 2025 to promote safer prescribing across health and social care.