World Patient Safety Day 2025

2025's World Patient Safety Day: An International Appeal for Safer Healthcare

Celebrated on September 17 every year, World Patient Safety Day is a major international occasion aimed at improving patient safety and lowering avoidable medical errors. Patients, healthcare professionals, legislators, and international organizations come together on this day to promote safer healthcare practices across the globe.

Sources and International Acknowledgment

The World Health Assembly declared World Patient Safety Day in resolution WHA 72.6 in appreciation of the urgent need for increased patient safety. This program encourages worldwide cooperation to address the issues affecting patient safety and emphasizes the significance of healthcare safety as a global health priority.

World Patient Safety Day's goals are as follows:

Increase public understanding of the significance of patient safety as the cornerstone of healthcare on a global scale.

Promote the adoption of procedures that lessen harm in healthcare environments to strengthen healthcare systems.

Encourage Global Knowledge Sharing and Exchange of Best Practices in Patient Safety to Promote International Collaboration.

Compatibility with the Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and World Patient Safety Day are strongly related, especially:

SDG 3: Optimal Health and Well-Being: This project directly improves health outcomes worldwide by concentrating on lowering errors and harm in the healthcare system.

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goal: In order to address patient safety concerns, it highlights the significance of international collaborations and promotes cross-border cooperation.

Impact and Advocacy Worldwide

World Patient Safety Day has become an occasion for global advocacy and action, bringing stakeholders together around the shared objective of improving healthcare safety. It reminds people of the continuous hazards in healthcare environments and their shared accountability for preventing damage.

Resources as well as Engagement

To assist people and organizations in taking part in World Patient Safety Day, a variety of tools are available, such as educational materials and campaign toolkits. Stakeholders may enhance patient outcomes by participating in this worldwide movement and fostering a culture of safety in the healthcare industry.

Engagement's Significance

Taking part in World Patient Safety Day is a commitment to raising the standard and safety of healthcare around the globe. It offers a chance for all those associated with healthcare—from doctors to patients—to contribute to lowering avoidable harm and improving patient care.

A ray of hope for more secure healthcare systems worldwide will be visible on World Patient Safety Day in 2025. By working together and maintaining our momentum, we can minimize injury in healthcare settings and make sure that patient safety is always the top priority for global health. Join us in honoring this important day and advancing universal access to safer healthcare in the future.

Patient Safety Themes by Year

Year	Theme	Description
2019	Patient Safety: A Global Health Priority	The first World Patient Safety Day highlighted the importance of patient safety as a global priority, with the slogan 'Speak up for patient safety!'.
2020	Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety	The theme emphasized the link between health worker safety and patient safety, with the slogan 'Safe health workers, Safe patients' and the call for action 'Speak up for health worker safety!'.
2021	Safe and Respectful Maternal and Newborn Care	WHO Patient Safety Flagship organized a Global Conference on "Together for safe and respectful maternal and newborn care."
2022	Medication Safety	Key focus areas were high-risk situations, transitions of care, and polypharmacy to ensure medication safety in health systems.
2023	Engaging Patients for Patient Safety	2023 WPSD Objectives included raising global awareness of the need for active engagement of patients, families, and caregivers, and engaging policymakers and health care leaders to promote patient safety.
2024	Improving diagnosis for patient safety	The 2024 theme comes with the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, highlighting the critical importance of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes.