17/09/2026
Today is World Patient Safety Day and this year's focus could not be more relevant to what we do every day at PHL Group.
The 2026 campaign, led by the World Health Organization, centres on safe care for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory conditions. These conditions account for 74% of deaths worldwide, and the people living with them often need ongoing, lifelong care, which means more touchpoints with health systems and more opportunities for things to go wrong.
At PHL Group, this sits right at the heart of what we believe. Truly Care means putting the person receiving care first, always. Team First means recognising that safety is never one person's job, it depends on everyone working together across every part of the system. And Pioneering Innovation means we keep looking for better, safer ways to deliver care rather than settling for how things have always been done.
This World Patient Safety Day, we're standing with WHO and health systems around the world in calling for stronger, more integrated care for people living with NCDs, and for patients to be treated as genuine partners in their own safety.