Below is a list of the most useful resources from the HSE National Quality and Patient Safety Team.
Common causes of harm
Sepsis
- The National Clinical Guideline on Sepsis Management
- Adult sepsis form 2025 (PDF, 255 KB, 2 pages)
- Maternity Sepsis Form 2025 (PDF, 372 KB, 2 pages)
National Improvement Programme for Wound Management
QPS Education
QPS Intelligence
QPS Incident Management, Open Disclosure and NIMS
Incident Management
- HSE - Incident Management Framework and Guidance 2020 (PDF, 1 MB, 164 Pages)
- IMF and Open Disclosure Audit Tool (Excel, 1.8 MB)
- IMF and Open Disclosure Audit tool tutorial (video)
Open Disclosure
- Open Disclosure Policy Information Leaflet (PDF, 1 Page, 483 KB)
- HSE Open Disclosure Policy 2025: Communicating with Patients Following Patient Safety or Notifiable Incidents
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (video)
Access all Open Disclosure resources
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
QPS Improvement
Medication Safety
National Centre for Clinical Audit
- National Strategy for Clinical Audit 2026 – 2030
- Clinical Audit Toolkit
- HSE NCCA Clinical Audit Practical Guide 2025 (PDF, 4 MB, 76 pages)
- National Centre for Clinical Audit Nomenclature - Glossary of Terms for Clinical Audit (PDF, 800 KB, 12 pages)
- Clinical Audit Best practice checklist (DOC, 1 Page, 26.8 KB)