The 2-day programme will start and end with keynote session with some of the biggest names in patient safety. During the day, the programme will breakout into 5 different tracks on each day, giving you plenty of choice to attend the sessions that align most closely to your role.
7 keynote sessions on the main stage:
- Why aren’t we learning from past mistakes? Breaking the cycle of repeat errors to advance the safety agenda
- Putting an end to gender bias in medicine and research: Key considerations and developments in women’s health
- Planning for the unthinkable: Responding to catastrophe in a healthcare setting
- Are we losing sight of what good looks like? Reversing the impact of normalised deviance on patient safety
- Faster improvement of care: What can we learn from high performing NHS organisations?
- The road to zero: Eliminating unnecessary deaths in a post-pandemic NHS
- Patient Safety Question Time
Check out our keynote speakers and panellists here
10 Content tracks:
- Building a restorative culture
Looking into deep-rooted systematic cultures and identifying ways to break them down to put an end to blame, wilful blindness and discrimination
- Integrating human factors approach to improve safety
The challenges and possibilities of integrating human factors into health systems with strategies on how to translate this into practice
- Focusing on patient safety in non-acute settings
Attend different sessions on safety outside the hospital setting, with examples on how to ensure safety is sustained in virtual care models and through service integration
- Practical approaches to patient and family engagement
Meaningful, sustainable work co-produced by patients and trusts and its impact on safety
- Safety and equity in women’s health – NEW
Addressing gender bias in healthcare, informed consent, medical paternalism and medicines and medical devices safety for female patients and how to
- Protecting and supporting our workforce
New, refreshing approaches to supporting staff mental health, as well as debates on digital integration vs staff skills and the disconnect between frontline realities vs national expectations
- Improving governance and regulation to achieve consistent care
What does good look like in a safety investigation? Get updated on new national frameworks and guidance. Find out what you need to do differently and what this means for patient safety
- Encouraging clinician-led innovation – NEW
Case studies on local projects led by frontline clinicians, with focus on the importance of giving staff the freedom to innovate and impact on care
- Examining safety for vulnerable people
Exploring successful projects that have provided long-term care to patients who are not able to look after themselves, with focus on inequalities experienced by vulnerable patients
- Recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient
Early detection and improving outcomes for deteriorating patients care focus
Networking zones
Use the event app to send messages and arrange meetings with other attendees at our designated Meet Up zone. Speakers are also encouraged to spend time in the Outpatient’s Department zone, so you can follow up after sessions with your questions!
Poster competition
Take time to view 100 virtual posters which demonstrate successful projects that have positively impacted patient safety. All attendees have the opportunity to vote and help choose the overall winner via the event app. And if you haven’t entered yet – you still have time to do so here.
CPR training
Take the opportunity to receive free CPR training delivered by the Resuscitation Council UK (Sign-up basis only. More information tbc)
Support dogs
Pay a visit to our Charity partner, Support Dogs – a national assistance dog charity dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children and adults affected by epilepsy, autism and disabilities. The charity is entirely funded by voluntary donations and estimated to save the NHS approximately £19 million a year – so be sure to pay the pups a visit – any donations are appreciated.
On-demand content
This year we’ve ensured you get access to all session recordings, so you can watch anything you miss in your own time! On-demand content will be available for 4 months post event
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