The HSJ Patient Safety Congress Honest Conversations with… series which shares a candid and thought-provoking look into the key issues shaping patient safety today.
Each episode brings together influential voices from this year’s Congress, sharing personal insights and ideas that will spark the essential conversations we’ll be continuing together in September.
In the last episode ahead of this year's Congress, Professor Nicola Ranger, General Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing, sits down with Oliver Hudson, Content Director, HSJ for a wide-ranging conversation covering:
- Doing more with less: Why some things, such as safe nurse staffing, cannot be compromised, and the dangers of risk-averse decision making
- Workforce investment: Why investing in skills, not just numbers, is critical for patient safety
- Technology and innovation: How digital solutions could free up nursing time, and why nurses must have a stronger voice in shaping them
- The three Government shifts: The role of nursing in prevention, moving care closer to home, and digital transformation
- Public trust: Why corridor care, workforce shortages and underinvestment risk eroding patient confidence in the NHS