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Pursuit of Safety Culture Excellence

This one day masterclass, Mr Perbinder Grewal, General & Vascular Surgeon and Human Factors Trainer, will focus on teams working effectively and productively through improving the culture within healthcare organisations. There will be a focus on how safety and culture is perceived by healthcare staff and how culture relates to QI and audit. The outcome of the day is to not only improve safety

• Online event, United Kingdom

Foundations in Patient Leadership course May 2022

The Point of Care Foundation has partnered with others whose mission is to Humanise Healthcare. Our next cohort for the Patient Leadership Programme is scheduled for May 2022, when we once again partner with David Gilbert, mental health service user, director of InHealth Associates and the first Patient Director in the NHS, to host his ground-breaking Patient Leadership programme. Patient Lea

BAPM Webinar: Sudden unexpected postnatal collapse

This free to attend webinar is being delivered by BAPM in partnership with the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) to support the launch of the revised framework for practice on newborn infants who suffer a sudden and unexpected postnatal collapse (SUPC). Speakers will provide an overview of the new framework, cover ways to support good practice and reduce the risk of SUPC. This web

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Webinar: World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

When people seek healthcare, they are hoping to get better. Too often, however, they end up getting a new, avoidable infection – which is often resistant to antimicrobials and can sometimes even be fatal.  When a health facility’s “quality and safety climate or culture” values hand hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC), this results in both patients and health workers feeling pro

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Home oximetry for COVID-19: Safety, effectiveness, and global applications

This webinar from the Institute of Global Health Innovation explores the safety, effectiveness and global relevance of pulse oximetry for at-home monitoring of Covid-19.  Pulse oximeters are being explored as a tool for people with COVID-19 to keep an eye on their health at home, away from healthcare settings. These are widely available, low-cost devices that shine light through a person’s fi

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. The National Framework for involving patients in patient safety was released by NHS England in June 2021. This conference

• Online event, United Kingdom

Cyber threats to health and patient safety

Through multidisciplinary lectures from expert speakers and lively panel discussions, this Royal Society of Medicine conference will look at the current cybersecurity threats facing health and care organisations and examine the progress made by healthcare institutions since 2017 in rising to the challenge of cybersecurity. We will focus on the issues facing the NHS today and the steps that NHS org

• Online event, United Kingdom

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

• Online event, United Kingdom

Challenges to treatment limitation within critical care

At this Bevan Brittan webinar, Dr Bell, a Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia will cover the following: 1. Background on scenarios in which consideration is given to treatment limitations. 2. Factors influencing decision-making. 3. The evolution of conflict. 4. Clinical perspective on the role of the courts. Register

Intelligent ventilation - ​​​​​​​A bedside assistant to help protect the lungs: ​​​​​​​The clinical use of intelligent software

This Webinar hosted by Hamilton Medical, will focus on the clinical use of intelligent ventilation software. Agenda Intro from Chair Luigi Camporata Presentation from Prof. Giorgio A. Iotti : “ The birth and growth of the visionary idea” Presentation from Laura Buiteman-Kruizinga: “Lung protective ventilation in the time of COVID-19” Followed by a Q&A R

The NHS Big Conversation for Improvement

The Big Conversation will bring people together for a range of interactive discussions, workshops and presentations, giving a space for people to talk through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, explore continuous improvement opportunities and share fresh insights and ideas on how to promote the improvement of health and care for the benefit of everyone, those who experience services and thos

Fitter, healthier, happier: Rebuilding the nation’s health after COVID-19

The Healthier Nation Index (HNI) is Nuffield Health’s annual survey of the nation’s physical and mental health. The HNI aims to understand how people are feeling, how they are managing their own physical and mental health, and explore some of the factors that are impacting the health of the nation.  This session run by Public Policy Projects will explore the findings of the HNI and provide us

Clinical negligence: Update for clinicians & managers

This conference, chaired by Simon Hammond Director of Claims Management NHS Resolution will update clinicians and managers on Clinical Negligence with a particular focus on current issues and the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact on clinical negligence claims. Featuring leading legal experts,  and experienced clinicians the event will provide an update on current claims the conference will discuss

• Online event, United Kingdom

NHS Confederation - Scalable solutions in mental health

This webinar will look at how integration between different parts of the health system can provide solutions to some of challenges that mental health services face. Why attend? We often hear of the challenges in providing great mental health support. However, we hear less about the innovative solutions that the health and care system is implementing to meet the challenges, and how these

Wound care webinars - Stop, Think and Behave Differently

Choose the right dressing for the right wound: reduce waste, save time, save money, enhance lives In this webinar the following topics will be discussed: FarlaCare and their simple colour coding wound assistive solutions Demistifying wound care and helping you to do your job with ease Pick the right dressing every time, less waste, less time and less consumption.

Why is it so difficult to improve patient safety and learn from harm?

This conference will focus on why it remains so difficult to improve patient safety and learn from harm Despite huge efforts on the part of healthcare professionals to improve patient safety within the NHS, significant barriers remain. Prominent researchers have argued that it is difficult to ascertain whether patients are any safer, even after the many patient safety campaigns that have been

• Online event, United Kingdom

Improving psychological safety to improve patient safety

This one day masterclass will focus on improving Patient Safety through enhancing psychological safety and safety culture.  It looks at effective ways to encourage health professionals to routinely embed high-quality clinical evidence into their everyday work. We will explore the characteristics of relatively successful behaviour change interventions. All Clinical Staff and Team Leads should

• Online event, United Kingdom

WHO's Medication Without Harm series: Medication safety in high-risk situations

Part of the ongoing series of monthly webinars on WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm. Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in health care systems across the world.  WHO Patient Safety Flagship has initiated a series of monthly webinars on the topic of “WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Withou

• Online event, Switzerland

WHO: The Heart of Nursing

To recognise and celebrate International Nurses Day, this webinar will shine a light on nurses who are working in challenging environments around the world. You will hear stories from nurses who have experienced work in communities that have become affected by conflict and natural disaster, and who have maintained healthcare delivery when routine services have been interrupted. Through this webina

• Online event, Switzerland

Public Procurement 2022: Towards continuous commercial improvement across the public sector

Gross spending on public sector procurement was £357 billion in 2020/21 across the UK a rise of 17% from 2019/20 due to the public sector response to the pandemic. This figure equates to approximately a third of all public expenditure every year and government accounts published for 2021/22 suggest that public sector procurement will remain around these higher levels. On the eve of the UK lea

• Online event, United Kingdom

PRSB: Overprescribing standard

Around 1 in 5 hospital admissions in over-65s and around 6.5% of total hospital admissions are caused by the adverse effects of medicines. Prescribing people medicines that they neither need nor want can lead to serious harm, as identified in the Government’s 2021 National overprescribing review report. This is why the PRSB has been tasked with reviewing and revising our eDischarge summary st

• Online event, United Kingdom

Delivering Net Zero targets through environmentally conscious wound care

This free webinar will cover: Understanding the Government’s Net Zero Strategy Its impact on Health Care Professionals and Clinical Procurement teams Sharing practical initiatives in wound care Speakers: Professor Matthew Cripps, Director, Behaviour Change Team, NHS England and NHS Improvement Paddy Markey, Marketing Manager Wound Care, Coloplast

Improving the representation of women and underrepresented minorities in clinical trials and research: Report launch

Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Improving the Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research as it discusses its newly released report Improving Representation in Clinical Trials and Research: Building Research Equity for Women and Underrepresented Groups. This new report makes a compelling case for why

The Healthcare Show

Join 6,000 senior healthcare managers and clinicians striving to transform care and improve quality against a backdrop of Covid-19. Incorporating The Patient Safety and Infection Prevention Show and part of Health Plus Care, The Healthcare Show will return to ExCeL London on 18-19 May 2022. The show provides an unprecedented opportunity to step out of your silos to share best practice, no mat

• ExCeL, London, United Kingdom

Parliament & HealthTech Conference 2022 – ‘The Road to Resilience’

This half-day conference will be hosted in Parliament by Chris Green MP on 12 May 2022 at 2pm and chaired by Dame Barbara Hakin, Former Deputy Chief Executive of NHS England and Chair of the Health Tech Alliance. The NHS has been critically impacted by the pandemic as well as dealing with workforce challenges resulting from the exit of the European Union and is now preparing for significant s

• House of Parliament, Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom

International Alliance of Patient Safety Organizations Webinar: Understanding the process of medication management to reduce medication harm

Patient Academy for Innovation and Research (PAIR Academy) and the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) in partnership with Dakshama Health are launching a series of webinars to introduce the Strategic Framework of the Global Patient Safety Challenge - Medication Without Harm. The 3rd webinar of the medication without harm webinar series is scheduled on 21 May 2022, from 1

Collaborative: Involving patients in patient safety

Following the publication of the NHS England and NHS Improvement’s ‘Framework for involving patients in patient safety’, NHSE&I has designed a brand new collaborative to support organisations to fulfil the framework implementation. The NHS Patient Safety Strategy includes the ambition for all safety-related clinical governance committees (or equivalents) in NHS organisations to include two Pat

Integrated care in practice: ensuring systems deliver for people, places and populations

From 1 July 2022, integrated care systems (ICSs) will be established as statutory bodies in all parts of England, with place-based partnerships also taking on a central role in the new system. As ICSs begin the next stage of development, how can all involved ensure they are truly different to what has come before and have a meaningful impact? The King's Fund is running this virtual conference

• Online event, United Kingdom

The Caldicott Guardian National Annual Conference 2022

Healthcare Conferences UK in association with Christopher Fincken Former Chair of the UK Caldicott Guardian Council are pleased to announce the 9th National Annual Caldicott Guardians Conference which will return to an in person event with the option of virtual attendance. There are now more than 22,000 Caldicott Guardians in place in health, social care and beyond. Following the success of  previ

• Hallam Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom

Five X More - The Black Maternity Experience Report launch event

The results from the Five X More nationwide survey on Black women’s maternity experiences will be officially launching on Tuesday 24th May "No decisions about us, without us" For many years Black women and birthing people in the UK have experienced poorer health outcomes and lower quality of care. This is particularly true within maternity. In the recent MBRRACE reports, clear racial var

• 10 - 18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ

Informed consent: Sharing the decision (ICONS)

This innovative educational initiative from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was developed as a direct and constructive response to the communication inadequacies exposed by the Montgomery case, and subsequent legislation. While it is not difficult to give ‘more information’ it is harder for surgeons and patients to achieve a decision partnership. The ICONS workshop content has been

• Birmingham, United Kingdom

Systemic safety inequities for people with learning disabilities: learning from online feedback

In this conversation, James Munro, CEO of Care Opinion, will speak with Dr Lauren Paige Ramsey of the University of Leeds. They will be talking about the safety of people with learning disabilities in care settings, and what we can learn about that from feedback shared on Care Opinion. Here is the research we will be discussing: Systemic safety inequities for people with learning disabil

EuroHealthNet Annual Seminar: Growing strong in times of crisis – Investing in wellbeing and health equity for young and old

Our societies are currently at a crossroads. Demographic change, growing inequalities, the climate crisis, COVID-19, and the impacts of the war in Ukraine are all having a negative impact on the health and well-being of our societies. These challenges are straining public resources and the social fabric of our communities. How can we overcome these issues and grow stronger in times of crisis? 

• Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, Rue Ducale 1, Brussels