Patient Safety Improvement Competition

The HSJ Patient Safety Congress Patient Safety Improvement Competition recognises safety and quality improvement initiatives from around the UK and worldwide. It gives entrants a platform to share and exchange safety and quality breakthroughs with other patient safety advocates, and national and international experts.  

If your entry is celebrated as one of 10 category winners, it will be showcased to over 1,000 patient safety experts and advocates who attend the Congress this September via the event app. You will also have the chance to present in a 10-minute lightning talk in the Innovation Spotlight theatre, and be in a chance to be the overall winner. 

What are the criteria for a good entry?  

• A brief outline of the context  
• A brief outline of the problem  
• An assessment of the problem and analysis of its causes  
• The strategy for change  
• Measurement of improvement  
• The effects of change(s) implemented  
• The lessons learnt  
• What others can learn from what you have done 

Please note: you can submit your entry as a word document, pdf or ppt. If using the ppt template below, you will have the opportunity to make changes to your slides before your presentation (should you be a category winner).

Extended deadline: 5pm, Friday 27 June. 

Enter here Download the entry template