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NHS England and NHS Improvement - Staff vaccination daily Q&A drop-in series

From Wednesday 26th January 2022 until February 3rd 2022, NHS England and NHS Improvement will be running daily drop-in Vaccine confidence Q&A sessions. These sessions are for all NHS staff to attend and will be an opportunity for you to ask any specific questions you might have regarding Covid-19 vaccines. Each of these drops-in sessions will be tailored towards a specific audience and h

Patient safety: behavioural insights and Nudge Theory in improving patient safety and safety culture

This one day masterclass will focus on how to use Behavioural Insights and Nudge Theory to look at patient safety and safety culture. Nudge-type interventions have the potential for changing behaviours. We will look at examples of Nudge Theory use in healthcare and external organisations and how we can use these to improve patient safety and also to reduce inefficiency and waste. We will look

• Online event, United Kingdom

Medication safety experience in Saudi Arabia: Root cause analysis in high reliability organisation

Objectives: Describe the steps involved in conducting RCA of an error. List the tools that can be used during the RCA process. Identify who should be included on a debriefing team and what the ground rules are that will allow a debriefing meeting to be most effective. Register

• Online event, Saudi Arabia

#SolvingTogether live challenge: supporting people waiting for hip and knee replacement operations

Join the #SolvingTogether Connect Sessions, virtual sessions that anyone can attend where people share their ideas for addressing the challenges.  They are informal opportunities to put forward ideas, and have discussion. Patients and health and care staff are all invited to attend. The MSTeams link to the session will be added to the event page at 9am on Thursday 2nd February.

It’s in the details: Identifying communication strategies that promote shared decision making in acute care

This is the third in a series of online lectures organised by the International Shared Decision Making Society (ISDM). This lecture will be hosted by Kristen Pecanac, UW-Madison School of Nursing. Join the webinar

Equality, diversity and inclusion - how human factors can make a difference

In this online event, the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors will be launching their new guidance packed with information on how human factors as a discipline can help address Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) issues. You’ll learn: How human factors can support the different protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. How human factors techni

Going outside of the standard of care: When, why, and how this should inform better systems and policies

There are a number of circumstances that compromise a clinician’s ability to provide safe care, such as unfollowable policies, malfunctioning equipment, or a culture of blame when something goes wrong. In some cases, these system-based factors force clinicians to step outside of the standard of care. Panelists will discuss how to apply the Just Culture framework to inform improvements when the sta

• Online event, United States

The Impact of Maternity ‘Continuity of Carer’ on Mother and Midwife

Join us for a series of free online webinars brought to you by Bolt Burdon Kemp’s specialist Women’s Health Team to help raise awareness of racial inequality in maternal healthcare. Hear from leaders and influencers in maternal healthcare, focusing on changes required across the profession to improve the level of care provided to those who identify as ethnic minority mothers and birthing people.

Freedom from failure: heart failure through the lens of population health

At a time when deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke are markedly declining, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths from heart failure are increasing. The management of this devastating long-term condition is estimated to account for 2% of the entire NHS budget, with 70% of this spent on acute hospital admissions. Both prevalence and incidence of heart failure increase steeply with increasi

• Webinar, United Kingdom

A practical guide to Human Factors in healthcare

Aimed at Clinicians and Managers, this national virtual conference will provide a practical guide to human factors in healthcare, and how a human factors approach can improve patient care, quality, process and safety. This conference will enable you to: Network with colleagues who are working to embed a human factors approach. Learn from outstanding practice in using human fact

• Online event, United Kingdom

Health and care explained virtual conference

Policy experts will help you cut through the noise and gain a greater understanding of how the health and care system in England currently works and how it is changing. Explore the latest data and hear balanced and honest views from our policy experts about the pressures and opportunities the system faces in 2022. Register

• Virtual conference, United Kingdom

Root Cause Analysis: 1 day masterclass

This one-day course is designed to provide delegates with the key skills and knowledge that they will require to conduct Root Cause Analysis effectively. The course content walks learners through the seven-key stages to conducting a high-quality Root Cause Analysis investigation. It pays particular attention to planning and managing investigations, interviewing staff, mapping information, using ap

• Online, United Kingdom

The WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm Webinar Series

WHO Patient Safety Flagship is planning to organise a series of monthly webinars on the topic of “WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm”, starting from 8 February 2022. The main objective of the webinar series is support implementation of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm at the country level, aligned with national efforts to implement the 72nd

• Online event, Switzerland

Saudi Patient Safety Center: Medication without harm

This event from the Saudi Patient Safety Center will: Define polypharmacy and the risk factors related to it. Illustrate the importance of medication reconciliation process and its implementation strategies. Recognise physicians, pharmacists and nurses’ role in this process. Register

• Online event, Saudi Arabia

Leading Healthcare Innovation Summit

In the dawn of a new era for digital and health tech transformation, the Leading Healthcare Innovation Summit looks to bring together emerging communities in healthcare to solve the most pressing issues facing the UK healthcare sector.  It will be addressing the sector’s biggest challenges and concerns including the mental health of clinicians and patients; clinical pathways; diversity and in

• QEII, London, United Kingdom

NHSE Event: Supporting our NHS people affected by Long Covid

By joining this session, you will be able to take away information and guidelines on how to support the wellbeing of our NHS people who are affected by Long Covid. The session will be run by our fantastic speakers covering a range of key topics, including: An introduction to Long Covid. Guidelines for supporting our NHS people affected by Long Covid. Exploring Long Covid

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Valuing Lived Experience - Learning with National Voices

Voices for Improvement: Facilitating the co-existence of Lived and Learned Experience Rachel Matthews, Head of Experience at National Voices and Associate Lived Experience Leader Keymn Whervin have co-designed and developed a prototype programme of coaching and mentoring, which will bring mutual benefit to those with Lived and Learned Experience and improve health and social care. We kno

• Online event, United Kingdom

Patient safety priorities for 2022: Beds, backlog and bureaucracy

As the health service continues to absorb Covid-19 pressures , and with Omicron adding further strain to an already debilitated workforce, we will look into the core issues and gaps around staff safety and wellbeing and the subsequent risk to patients. Join this HSJ webinar to engage in an open and honest discussion with valuable perspectives from frontline clinicians on some of the key emerging c

• Online event, United Kingdom

Improving communication, improving lives: how professionals should talk to the people they support

In this webinar from Learning Disability Today, Alexis Quinn, autistic woman and author; Dr Jeremy Tudway, Clinical Director for Dimensions, and Max Green, Ambassador for the National Autistic Society, talk about how communication is key to providing good care to people with a learning disability and/or autism. It looks at how professionals communicate with the people they are supporting, what the

Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) webinar - The National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion

The National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion is the largest programme of clinical audits of blood transfusion in the world and is funded by NHS Blood and Transplant. It began in 2002 and audits the administration of blood and blood components as well as assessing appropriate use of blood in various clinical settings. It is concluding its work on three National Comparative Audits:

Racial Bias in Women’s Health

Join us for a series of free online webinars brought to you by Bolt Burdon Kemp’s specialist Women’s Health Team to help raise awareness of racial inequality in maternal healthcare. Hear from leaders and influencers in maternal healthcare, focusing on changes required across the profession to improve the level of care provided to those who identify as ethnic minority mothers and birthing people.

Patient safety in healthcare products and services

Patient safety matters. Recognised as a high-risk industry, healthcare involves complex systems, vulnerable individuals, and constantly evolving clinical treatments and healthcare products. This webinar will see a panel discussion, including Patient Safety Learning's CEO Helen Hughes, on key issues related to patient safety in the NHS. Join to explore examples of learning related to patient s

• Online event, United Kingdom

Could greater patient engagement help with more efficient management of the backlog?

From the perspective of a service user, interactions with health and social care are often exceedingly difficult to navigate. The NHS’s traditional to approach to managing patient pathways has involved letters, appointments at set times, and stress for an individual needing to communicate that a planned consultation is no longer needed – or is needed more urgently. Knowing which service to access,

• Webinar, United Kingdom

National Health Executive presents: NHS backlog

In November 2021, the Chancellor announced £5.9 billion in funding to help the UK's health and social care system address the backlog and provide much-needed support to NHS staff and patients. But how are healthcare professionals addressing the NHS backlog for 2022/23? Whilst the future pattern of COVID-19 transmission and the resulting demands on the NHS are unknown, there is an urgent need

• Online event, United Kingdom

Patient Safety Movement: Performance Improvement Workshop

This interactive, virtual workshop breaks down the principles of performance improvement into ten simple steps. The Performance Improvement Workshops will introduce and detail concepts of performance improvement, which can then be adapted and applied to healthcare organizations around the world. Attendees can expect to gain a thorough understanding of: The basics of performance improv

• Online, United Kingdom

Homes and health: lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the future

The importance of housing for delivering better outcomes for population health is being increasingly understood by health and care services. Throughout the pandemic, the benefit of a healthy home for a healthy life has become central to the nation’s fight against Covid-19. For most people, homes are no longer just a personal space but now serve as workplaces, socialising hubs and more, encapsulati

• Virtual conference, United Kingdom

Next steps for improving patient safety in the NHS

This Westminster Forum conference will be an important opportunity to examine the next steps for improving patient safety in the NHS in the context of the ongoing pandemic, the updated Patient Safety Strategy, and the MHRA consultation launched to improve patient safety and regulation around medical devices. Delegates will also discuss priorities in the context of the Health and Care Bill, wh

• Online event, United Kingdom

Identifying health inequalities: CVDPREVENT a national primary care audit webinar​​​​​​

CVDPREVENT will provide a foundation for professionally-led quality improvement in individual GP practices across Primary Care Networks (PCNs). It will support primary care in understanding how many patients with CVD and/or the six main high-risk conditions are potentially undiagnosed, or under or over treated. These include atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, non

• Online event, United Kingdom

Patient involvement & partnership for patient safety

This conference focuses on patient involvement and partnership for patient safety including implementing the New National Framework for involving patients in patient safety, and developing the role of the Patient Safety Partner (PSP) in  your organisation or service. This conference will enable you to: Network with colleagues who are working to involve patients in improving patient sa

• Online, United Kingdom

“Everybody’s Business” – Quality management at an organisational level (Webinar 1)

Following on from an initial webinar held in September 2021, this is the first in a new series of four webinars designed to support Q members to develop a deeper understanding of Quality Management Systems. Through an interactive session, with guest speakers Dr Amar Shah (East London Foundation Trust) and Dr Nicola Burgess (Warwick Business school), participants will: Gain understandi

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Webinar: Working with the NHS to improve patient flow using virtual wards supported by in-person care

In order to support the NHS Priorities set out for 2022/2023 in delivering significantly more elective care to tackle the elective backlog and to reduce long waits, we take a look at the developing approaches to patient care using collaborations with providers delivering treatments in the home in order to support patient flow. This webinar will explore: How teams have innovated to pro

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Working with the NHS to improve patient flow using virtual wards supported by in-person care’

In order to support the NHS Priorities set out for 2022/2023 in delivering significantly more elective care to tackle the elective backlog and to reduce long waits, this exclusive webinar from GovConnect will take a look at the developing approaches to patient care using collaborations with providers delivering treatments in the home in order to support patient flow. This webinar will explore

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Monitoring & reducing medication errors: High risk medicines & patient groups

This conference focuses on reducing medication errors and the level of severe, avoidable harm related to medications. The conference focuses on prioritising high risk medications and high risk patient groups to enable your interventions to have the highest impact on patient care and reduction in patient harm. The conference which aims to bring together clinicians and pharmacists, managers, and med

• Hallam Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom

Saudi Patient Safety Center: Medication Without Harm

This event will: Define polypharmacy and the risk factors related to it. Illustrate the importance of Medication Reconciliation process and its implementation strategies. Recognise physicians, pharmacists and nurses’ role in this process. Speaker: Dr. Thamir M Alshammari Associate Professor of Health Outcomes, Senior Researcher, Medication Safety Research Chair, KSU

• Online event, Saudi Arabia

Root Cause Analysis: 1 day masterclass

This one-day course is designed to provide delegates with the key skills and knowledge that they will require to conduct Root Cause Analysis effectively. The course content walks learners through the seven-key stages to conducting a high-quality Root Cause Analysis investigation. It pays particular attention to planning and managing investigations, interviewing staff, mapping information, using ap

• Online, United Kingdom

Priorities for NICE in health & social care

This Westminister Forum conference will discuss the priorities for NICE within health and social care following the publication of the NICE Strategy 2021 to 2026: Dynamic, Collaborative, Excellent earlier this year, which sets out NICE’s vision and priorities for transformation over the next five years, including: rapid and responsive evaluation of technology, and increasing uptake and acc

• Online event, United Kingdom

RCN Coventry and Warwickshire Learning Event: Living with Long Covid

The session will focus on the patient experience of Long Covid and will talk about what people with the illness would like from healthcare. It will then look at what we know so far in terms of support plans. The workshop will be presented by Margaret O’Hara, a research professional in the NHS who has Long Covid and Dr Elaine Maxwell, a former Scientific Advisor to the National Institute

• Online event, United Kingdom