Safety Leaders Exchange Programme

Safety Leaders Exchange

Leading on safety in a system under pressure   

16 September 2024 | Manchester Central

DAY ONE

9:00

Chair’s Opening Remarks

9:10

HSJ Patient Safety Congress plenary sessions

11:15

Panel discussion:

The role of medical and nursing directors in a time of severe operational and financial pressure

• Discussing proactive leadership culture and strategies towards managing financial and operational decisions that align most closely with safety and quality of care
• Exploring the challenges in board accountability and the need for a collaborative and risk sharing approach towards promoting safety and the QI agenda
• Assessing the importance of clinical and NED perspectives at the board level to elevate the impact of decision-making on patient safety
• Taking a step back and analysing reactive priorities and moving to more sustainable, long-term planning that gets ahead of the elective backlog and UEC curve

Panellists:

Sarah Shingler, Chief Nursing Officer, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Sarah Stanley, Chief Nursing Director, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB

David Levy, Chief Medical Director, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB

Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England

11:45

Panel discussion:

Ensuring clinical quality and safety is given appropriate weight in the development of integrated care services

• Guidance from the top two years in: Moving from the establishment of ICSs to assessing the performance and value they bring to long-term patient safety
• Maximising the impact of clinical leadership: Defining and clarifying clinical roles and how they integrated into the wider system to minimise inconsistencies between and within systems
• Discussing improved quality management systems and system transformation to aid safety leaders through day-to-day pressures 
• Assurance and a clear mandate on how to optimise the tripod of operational performance, quality of care and financial savings – how can Trusts get the most immediate value out of ICS guidance?

Panellists:

Rob Webster, Chief Executive, West Yorkshire ICB

Trish Bennett, Chief Nurse, COO, Deputy Chief Executive for Clinical Services, Mersey Care NHS Trust

Nilesh Sanganee, Chief Medical Officer, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB

12:15

Panel discussion:

Future-ready healthcare: Transformative workforce strategies for safety, innovation, and well-being
In partnership with NES Healthcare

• Developing comprehensive planning strategies that improve staff levels and skillsets which contribute a more resilient and competent workforce
• Reducing dependence on short-term solutions by encouraging medium and long-term resourcing to improve patient outcomes
• Implementing comprehensive well-being initiatives to prevent burnout, promote mental and physical health, all in the midst of long-term workforce structure transparency
• Practical solutions to empower staff with novel technologies to positively influence clinical outcomes through reduced volume of work and foresight, ensuring safe and timely care
• Improved communication lines and morale: Fostering a culture of excellence through mutual understanding of what good should look like between senior managers and frontline staff

Panellists:

Push Mangat, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government

Oliver Soriano, Chief Nursing Officer, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust

Peter Sheppard, Managing Director, NES Healthcare

2:00

Afternoon keynote – To be confirmed

Speaker:

Aidan Fowler, National Director of Patient Safety, NHS England

2:20

Panel discussion:

The role of clinical data in improving outcomes and safety
In partnership with Aqua

• Discussing data sharing solutions that improve patient care coordination to bring effective clinical discussions and anticipated patient influx
• Highlighting integrative and near real-time technologies that can optimize patient flow/capacity, which acknowledge variations based on population needs
• Streamlining the transition of novel incident reporting (PSIRF) to improve efficiency of response and understand the contributing factors to patient safety incidents
• From rear view mirror to proactive integration: How can you ensure you’re asking the right questions on patient safety to prevent incidents before they occur?

Panellists:

Joanne Medhurst, Chief Medical Officer, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

Prof Steven Hams, Chief Nursing Officer, North Bristol NHS Trust

Alan McGlennan, Chief Medical Officer, Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Trust

Sue Holden, Chief Executive, Aqua

2:50

Interactive Discussion Groups:

Join these intimate and focused small-group discussions to share experiences with senior colleagues and get your pressing questions answered. Bringing together 8-12 participants, ensure you sign up early to secure your place at your preferred table.

4:20

HSJ Patient Safety Congress – James Reason Lecture