Background How do we show that neurological services and neurological practice are safe? We aimed to identify the range of safety practices in neurology, develop a means of measuring safety practice activity at individual, service and national levels, assess safety culture across UK neuroscience centres and create benchmarks to allow future comparison of safety practice. We intend that this will provide information for service improvement and individual revalidation.

Methods Items assessing safety practice were collated from medical literature and direct experience of ABN Quality and Service Committee members. These were combined into a pilot survey for distribution to ABN Advisory Groups and ABN Committee members.

Results 18 questions on individual practice and 15 service-level questions were identified for the pilot. Results of the pilot will be presented and delegates will be asked for feedback during the meeting on the safety questions and their use in appraisal and revalidation.

Conclusion A suite of individual metrics can be combined to evidence safety practice at a personal and service level in neurology.