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25 June 2026
The SimNet Conference 2026 will take place on Thursday 25 June 2026, in partnership with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, on the University of Sussex campus.
This year’s theme, The Power of Simulation in a New NHS Era, will explore how simulation is advancing innovation, workforce development and patient safety in support of NHS priorities and the Long-Term Workforce Plan.
Keynote speakers:
Professor Sharon Weldon: Professor of Healthcare Simulation and Workforce Development and Associate Head of Research & Knowledge Exchange at the University of Greenwich. Prof Weldon is an internationally recognised leader in simulation and workforce transformation. Her work focuses on using simulation to support organisational learning, cultural change and system improvement. She has led major national and international collaborations, secured over £4m in funding and published widely in the field. Dr Jane Roome: Dr Roome is GP Associate Dean, Kent Surrey and Sussex Primary Care School. Jane has been a GP in West Kent for over 20 years. She is Associate Dean, Locality Training Hub Lead and one of the GP Tutors for West Kent. She has a focus on developing simulation and leads the multi-professional KSS Primary Care Simulation Faculty. She is an Executive Committee member of the Association of Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPIH), chairs the Oversight Committee for the 16 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and co-chairs the Primary and Community Care SIG. Find out more about the conference in this brochure
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25 June 2026 09:30 11:00
This online session will look at the essential role of robust data and learning from audit in helping identify risks, prevent harm, and build safer systems of care.
Drawing on practical examples, the session will explore how data from audits and registries can be used to detect safety signals, understand where harm is occurring, and support action to reduce risk and improve patient safety.
This session includes:
Welcome from the Chair: Dr Jacqueline Andrews, Executive Medical Director, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust and HQIP Trustee Using data for safety – A perspective from the Patient Safety Commissioner: Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE, Patient Safety Commissioner The role of the National Joint Registry in patient safety: Chris Boulton, Director of Operations, National Joint Registry Using national maternity data to drive patient safety improvement: Faith Sheils, Director of Midwifery, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust From incident to improvement: using Epilepsy12 data to commission a safer first seizure pathway: Dr Colin Dunkley, Consultant Paediatrician, Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Epillepsy12 Clinical Lead Update from Patient Safety Learning: Clare Wade, Director, Patient Safety Learning Register here.
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25 June 2026 11:00
The Safer Healthcare and Biosafety Network has launched a joint campaign, Protecting Healthcare Workers: Safer Handling of Hazardous Medicinal Products, to raise awareness of the dangers of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products.
This webinar will explore the frontline clinical challenges shaping risk today, as well as the guidance, education and cultural change needed to protect healthcare workers for the future. Hosted by the Safer Healthcare and Biosafety Network (SHBN) with presentations from:
Sam Toland, Nurse Consultant in Cancer Care and Lead SACT Nurse, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust
Alison Simons, Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Midwifery at Birmingham City University
Sam Toland will draw on her experience leading chemotherapy services to examine how the clinical landscape has changed for nurses handling hazardous medicinal products. She will discuss the growth in treatment volumes, the increasing complexity of SACT regimes, and the implications of the growing shift towards subcutaneous administration, a route that eases capacity pressures but introduces new and harder-to-control exposure risks for nursing staff.
Alison Simons will address the policy and practice environment in which these clinical pressures play out. She will discuss the current state of UK guidance on the safe handling of HMPs and what meaningful improvements to education and training look like in practice. She will also consider the barriers that prevent safer practice taking hold across healthcare settings, even where guidance exists.
This session is intended for nurses, pharmacists, oncology healthcare professionals, safety leads, educators and policymakers with an interest in the safe handling of hazardous medicinal products and the systemic changes needed to better protect the healthcare workforce.
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