The Joint Action focuses on sharing information; identifying best practices in quality and patient safety also at clinical level, learning from each other and reaching an understanding on what quality of care actually is. Regarding the Joint Action’s work on safety and quality of care, a respondent closely involved indicated that the aim is to learn how better quality can be achieved and also how to make healthcare systems more effective in times of economic crisis. Part of the Joint Action is the establishment of national contact points on patient safety and quality in each Member State within the so-called European Union network for patient safety and quality of care to ensure that this collaboration will continue in the future.