What's new for 2026

  1.  Learn from Award-winning projects:  Lightning talks and interaction with shortlisted and winning organisations from the Patient Safety Awards, enabling you to replicate their results  
  2. Even more interaction: Workshops, discussion groups and extended Q&A to ensure you go home with every question answered, plus wraparound activities including a Fun Run  
  3. Secure 1:1 meetings with those that matter the most: Whether informally through the event app or in a more structured way via HSJ's matchmaking service, ensure you get the facetime you need to drive your organisation forwards
  4. Patient Safety “Speed Networking sessions” – a chance to meet and hear from solution-providers, market leaders and top innovators in 1:1 speed networking sessions across coffee breaks.  
  5. Year-round content: Stay tuned for details of webinars, interviews and additional content to benefit you and the wider Patient Safety community  
  6. Upleveled exhibition space: More stands tailored to the solutions you've asked to see, two stages full of innovative sessions and interactive element Hear inspiring positive stories from patients, families of receiving safe and compassionate care, and why it worked. We'll also be showcasing examples from last year's NHS and independent healthcare staff of safety improvements and innovations that they've successfully implemented in their own organisation. 

Key themes for 2026

  1.  PSIRF Implementation and impact:  Moving beyond reporting to meaningful learning, and translating this insight into safer care
  2. The impact of the left shift on patient safety: Optimising outcomes across primary and community care  
  3. Digital, data and AI: How emerging technologies can support earlier detection of risk, and how to avoid introducing new safety hazards along the way 
  4. Patient Safety “Speed Networking sessions” – a chance to meet and hear from solution-providers, market leaders and top innovators in 1:1 speed networking sessions across coffee breaks.  
  5. Safety under pressure: Exploring how to protect patients when demand outstrips capacity, and finding ways to reduce harm in crowded, high-risk settings 
  6. Listening and responding to patients: Embedding patient voice and transparency, learning from Martha's Rule and providing clear pathways for patients with complex

     

Our audience always bring tangible solutions back to their organisations, with 86% of attendees across the last three years saying that their objectives were met.