Health and social care-associated harm amongst vulnerable children in primary care: mixed methods analysis of national safety reports

Purpose Patient safety failures are recognised as a global threat to public health, yet remain a leading cause of death internationally. Vulnerable children are inversely more in need of high-quality primary health and social-care but little is known about the quality of care received. Using national patient safety data, this study aimed to characterise primary care-related safety incidents among vulnerable children. Methods This was a...