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Priorities for diagnostics and medical technology: Regulation, supporting research and innovation, optimising services, and addressing waiting times

This Westminster Health Forum policy conference: will examine what is needed to improve diagnostic speed and outcomes. It will also be an opportunity to discuss the future outlook for medical device regulation in the wake of Brexit, with the MHRA having consulted on a more transparent and flexible approach. Further sessions look at supporting continued research and innovation, with the G

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The NHS and The Prince’s Trust: building your workforce

This free virtual conference is hosted by NHS Employers in partnership with The Prince’s Trust and Health Education England. It celebrates the achievements of The Prince’s Trust health and social care programmes, and the opportunities created for the NHS and local communities by recruiting young people into the workforce. It is aimed at staff working at NHS provider organisations with a responsibi

COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy: Masterclass for midwives

All healthcare professionals have a responsibility to make every contact count in informing and encouraging pregnant women to get vaccinated against Covid-19. On 2 March Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Chief Midwife for England, is hosting a second masterclass for midwives and other interested NHS professionals, to give objective advice on vaccination, based on the best available evidence.

Your Care, Your Way – improving delivery of the Accessible Information Standard

Healthwatch is hosting this event to launch the Your Care, Your Way campaign, which calls for improved accountability and implementation of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). Healthwatch England has joined forces with a coalition of user-led national organisations to highlight how the NHS and social care fail to support people's accessible communication needs. By law, all publicl

Beat Eating Disorders: Worth More Than 2 Hours - Time To Take Action

This Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Beat is asking for all future doctors to be given the training they need on eating disorders, and we need your help. We are holding a webinar to discuss this campaign and your role in taking it to the next level.  During the webinar, the campaigns team will be covering:  The history of medical training on eating disorders in the UK What c

• Webinar, United Kingdom

Deteriorating patient safety network

Would you like to collaborate across the South West to identify, learn and share best practice for managing deterioration? Join us at our next Deteriorating Patient Safety Network (DPSN) Workshop on 4 March 2022. Be inspired – come and listen to our inspirational speakers! Make connections and build new relationships – get to know others in the Deteriorating Patient Safety Network i

2022 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit

It’s time to register for the 2022 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, hosted by Patient Safety Movement in the USA. The 2022 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit (WPSSTS) is co-convened by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and the International Society for Quality in Health Care, and will

International Women’s Day: Expert panel discuss the gender health gap

It’s no secret that there’s a gender health gap between men and women, let alone the far worse experiences many women face because of their race, sexuality or disability. In December, it was announced that a women’s health ambassador will be appointed to help “reset the dial” on decades of gendered health inequality in England. This move was part of the Department for Health and Social Care’s Visi

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Priorities for general practice: Workforce wellbeing, patient access, service integration and improvement, and recovery from the pandemic

This Westminster conference will examine policy and funding priorities for general practice. The agenda also looks at wider issues around GP wellbeing, patient access, service integration, and service recovery in the wake of disruptions caused by the pandemic. Stakeholders and policymakers will discuss progress, issues and next steps for ambitions to increase capacity within general prac

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Safety Management Systems in healthcare

This one day masterclass will focus on Safety Management Systems (SMS) in healthcare. It will look at how other sectors and organisations have developed SMS to improve safety. SMS is a systematic and proactive approach to managing safety risks. A formal management system or framework can help you manage health and safety. Use of SMS can be generally interpreted as applying a quality management app

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NHS Complaints Summit

This National Virtual Summit focuses on the New National NHS Complaint Standards that were published in March 2021 and are due to be introduced across the NHS in 2022. Through national updates, practical case studies including NHS Complaints Standards early adopters sites, and in depth expert sessions the conference aims to improve the effectiveness of complaints handling within your service, and

• Online, United Kingdom

Muckamore Abbey Hospital Public Inquiry virtual information session

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Storytelling Festival – Head of Patient Experience (HOPE) Network

Are you interested in storytelling health?  Do you want to use narrative as the basis for improvement?  Do you want to work with people and hear about their experiences of care?  Are you curious about storytelling?  If so, come along to the NHS/Hope storytelling festival which is taking place between 9 and 23 March. You will find out about filmmaking, arts therapy,

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Living with Long Covid: The UK's next health crisis

The UK may have now past the worse of the pandemic, but the burden of Long Covid is only going to intensify in the weeks and months ahead. Estimates suggest that well over a million people are suffering from the condition, nearly half of whom have struggled with persistent symptoms for at least a year. Many will have developed Long Covid after the recent Omicron wave, which fuelled milli

• Virtual event, United Kingdom

Investigation and learning from deaths in NHS Trusts

The National Guidance on Learning from Deaths has driven a strengthening of systems of mortality case review with emphasis on learning. By collecting the data and taking action in response to failings in care, trusts will be able to give an open and honest account of the circumstances leading to a death. This National Conference focuses on improving the investigation and learning from deaths in NH

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HSJ webinar: Delivering the elective care recovery plan

In the first of the Health Services Journal (HSJ) Elective Care Recovery Virtual Series, we’ll be exploring the requirements of the Elective Recovery Plan – which was published in February - and the role that digital innovations can play in tackling long waiting lists and ensuring patients are prioritised by clinical need. We will start by hearing from Sir Jim Mackey, chief executive, Northum

Public Policy Projects - A Women’s Health Agenda: UK report launch in-person event, London

Women’s health is one of the most political issues of our time. Much like the rest of society, health systems have been created by men for men – and women have been left to fit around the edges. Despite incredible medical advances across the world for women, they remain infantilised and controlled by patriarchal health systems. PPP’s international report, chaired by Dame Clare Gerada and Dame Lesl

• The National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

Motivating staff to change behaviour to improve patient safety

This one day masterclass will focus on improving patient safety by motivating staff to change behaviour and affect organisational culture. It will look at effective ways to encourage health professionals to routinely embed high quality clinical evidence into their everyday work. It will explore the characteristics of relatively successful behaviour change interventions. The course is facilita

• Online event, United Kingdom

Sensemaking in times of uncertainty: Essential for safety

Sensemaking, according to Karl Weick, is the process through which the complex and unpredictable world is given order, within which people can orient themselves, find purpose, and take effective action. Organisations unravel when sensemaking collapses, when they no longer supply meaning, and when they cling to interpretations that no longer work. As we enter the third year of a global COVID-1

• Online event, United States

Closing the Gap. An interactive debate and conversation discussing latest updates on the MBRRACE investigations

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.

Realising the power of appreciative inquiry in a challenging time

East Midlands and West Midlands Patient Safety Collaboratives will be hosting a webinar on appreciative inquiry (AI). Hosted by Appreciating People, it will focus on ‘what works’ and the existing strengths and assets of people, team and organisations. The pandemic and current working challenges has shown how resilient and creative the maternity and neonatal workforce has been, so this worksho

Ambulatory monitoring of arrhythmias: Innovation & the case for adopting

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the UK, yet is largely preventable. It is the single biggest area where the NHS can save lives over the next decade, and as such, is a core priority in the NHS Long Term Plan. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, came an acceleration in adoption of technology as a tool within the NHS - both in clinic and in community - to enhan

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'Getting Boards to deliver on Patient Safety': In conversation with Patient Safety Learning's Chief Executive Helen Hughes

As part of its mission to promote good governance, the Good Governance Institute (GGI) host facilitated, weekly virtual meetings to give NHS non-executive directors an opportunity to share their concerns, challenges and ideas as we rethink the future of health and social care. The goal is to collectively think about the role NEDs play as part of the controlling mind of their organisations, to disc

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Public Policy Projects - Women’s Health Agenda: UK report launch webinar

At the launch of Public Policy Projects' first international women’s health report, this webinar will examine how societies have got it so badly wrong when it comes to inequalities within women’s health, and what can be done to fix it. Join us as we present alongside the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women where we will be launching PPP’s first international women’s health report A Woman’s

Webinar - An approach towards medication safety for patients and family

Patient Academy for Innovation and Research (PAIR Academy) and the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) are launching a series of webinars to introduce the Strategic Framework of the Global Patient Safety Challenge - Medication Without Harm. This is the first webinar of the series and will take place at 17.00 IST (11.30 GMT). The theme is "An approach towards medication sa

Root Cause Analysis: One day masterclass

This intensive masterclass will provide in-house Root Cause Analysis training in line with The NHS Patient Safety Strategy (July 2019). The course will offer a practical guide to Root Cause Analysis with a focus on systems-based patient safety investigation as proposed by the forthcoming National Patient Safety Incident Response Framework which emphasises the requirement for investigations to

• Online event, United Kingdom

Long COVID Improving patient care and access to support, progress in service development, and priority areas for research

This Westminster Forum is an opportunity to discuss the implementation of the NHS Long COVID plan for 2021/22, how to utilise funding set out for the expansion of services and management of Long COVID within primary care, the future outlook for Long COVID research, and the impact of new NIHR-funded projects. Key areas for discussion include: delivery of the Long COVID Plan and the uti

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Bridging the Gap: The role of digitally-enabled innovation in the NHS's post-pandemic recovery and restoration

Yorkshire & Humber AHSN are hosting the latest in our Bridging the Gap series that are designed to help healthtech innovators work with the NHS. If you are a healthtech SME, start-up, scale-up or clinical entrepreneur then our Bridging the Gap events are designed with you in mind. We aim to give you a better understanding of how The AHSN Network and our national and regional partners can

• Hilton Leeds City, Neville Street, Leeds, LS1 4BX, United Kingdom

Preventing Medication errors across European hospitals to protect patient safety: Launch of the White Paper on Medication Errors and Traceability

The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) invites you to join its Parliament roundtable debate entitled “Preventing Medication errors across European hospitals to protect patient safety: Launch of the White Paper on Medication Errors and Traceability” , taking place on 22 March 2022 from 11:30 to 13:30 CET, on Zoom. The EAASM has been coordinating the European Collaborative A

Why and how Integrated Care Systems should partner with the voluntary sector to tackle health inequalities

Join cross-sector leaders and their learning partners to explore the role the voluntary sector can play in helping to tackle health inequalities in neighbourhoods, places and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). As ICS structures are set to become formalised in July, The King’s Fund, Innovation Unit and Institute for Voluntary Action Research are providing support to understand effective cross-sec

RCM: Ensuring every voice is heard: promoting inclusivity in education, research and midwifery care

The Royal College of Midwives education and research conference 2022 - Ensuring every voice is heard: promoting inclusivity in education, research and midwifery care  This exciting annual conference is aimed at all those involved or interested in midwifery education and research and the overall theme is promoting inclusivity in research and education. The conference is free for RCM membe

• Coventry Building Society Area, Judds Lane, Coventry, CV6 6AQ, United Kingdom

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 are running this virtual conferenc

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Virtual Eating Disorders International Conference 2022

Bringing together clinical expertise, lived experience and new research, EDIC 2022 will showcase and debate approaches for re-establishing our eating disorder services in the most equitable, accessible and impactful way possible as we rebuild after the pandemic. Register

Speeding up NHS service transformation – how can we do better?

This webinar chaired by Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of The Health Foundation and featuring Dr Tim Ferris, NHS England’s Director of Transformation, will explore the next steps for service transformation at scale. Against the backdrop of the recent Wade-Gery review, the data strategy, the forthcoming Goldacre review and AI strategy, the new tech fund to support elective recovery, and a renew

Stop the Pressure: Pressure ulcer prevention & management

This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement and will focus on Learning from the Inaugural National Pressure Ulcer Prevalence and Quality of Care Audit and reflecting on the challenges of Covid-19. The conference will open with National Developments from the National Wound Care Strategy Programme, learning from the inau

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Cultural safety and unconscious bias in maternity care

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.

Involving patients and families in serious incident investigations: a deceptively simple endeavour?

This seminar is hosted by the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group and hosted by Professor Jane O'Hara from the University of Leeds. Understanding what happens when things go wrong in healthcare remains the cornerstone of patient safety policy globally. Organisations want, and need, to learn about safety failures in order to try and reduce the likelihood of similar events happening in

Improving quality of care: the vital role of people’s voices

The King's Fund and Healthwatch England join forces on 28–31 March 2022 to explore how meaningful engagement and listening to people’s experiences can result in better-quality care. We will all need to use health and social care services at some point in our lives. Many complex factors can influence the quality of care we receive. However, policy-makers and researchers are increasingly highli

Using patient insight for quality improvement

How can meaningful patient engagement result in better-quality care? We will all need to use health and social care services at some point in our lives. Many complex factors can influence the quality of care we receive. Policy-makers and researchers are increasingly highlighting the importance of putting people's voices at the centre of organising and planning health care services. Join

• The King's Fund, London, W1G 0AN, United Kingdom

Priorities for utilising AI-driven technologies within health and social care

This Westminster Health Forum conference will examine the priorities and next steps for utilising AI-driven technologies within health and social care. Delegates will consider the opportunities for increased use, what is needed to tackle barriers to implementation, data protection, questions of ethics and bias, wider regulatory challenges, and priorities for research. It will be a timely

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HSJ webinar: Can the NHS make virtual wards work at scale?

Virtual wards were a key part of the response to the early phases of the pandemic and again to Omicron. Indeed, in late December 2021 NHS England issued urgent guidance saying a minimum of 15 per cent of covid positive hospital patients should be treated in virtual wards. And the national body’s 2022/23 priorities and operational planning guidance – issued around the same time – goes further, stat

Public Policy Projects webinar - The climate crisis and its health impacts

With more than 70,000 excess deaths during the 2003 heatwave in Europe, the acceleration of certain vector-borne diseases, poor air quality and increasing levels of climate anxiety, climate change is already having adverse health impacts on people’s physical and mental health. This report comprehensively addresses some of the most threatening health impacts of climate change. Each of the chap

Quality indicators and public reporting in Flanders

This webinar from The European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE) on 29 March at 14:00 BST (15.00 CEST) will look at the Flemish Institute for Quality of Care (VIKZ). VIKZ is a network organisation financed by the Flemish government that has as primary goal to measure, follow up and publicly report quality and safety of care in the Flemish healthcare sector for the purpose of quality improv

Safety for All - Challenges in healthcare supply chain and patient and staff safety

The Safety for All campaign has organised this webinar in partnership with NHS Supply Chain and Patient Safety Learning. It will look at the challenges in healthcare supply chain and patient and staff safety. As we emerge from Covid restrictions, it is timely to look back and forward at the challenges facing the supply chain in healthcare, but also to ensure that safety for both patients and staff

Day surgery in gynaecology

Day surgery is now provided for an increasing range of procedures, in patients ranging from the very fit to the rather frail. It has become the standard of care for many elective surgery procedures and should be the default option for all 200 procedures within the BADS Directory of Procedures. As the healthcare industry faces a cost predicament, it is incumbent upon healthcare professionals t

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Measuring, understanding and acting on patient experience insight from insight to improvement

This conference will focus on measuring, understanding and acting on patient experience insight, and demonstrating responsiveness to that insight to ensure Patient Feedback is translated into quality improvement and assurance. This is particularly important during COVID-19 where feedback and engagement is key in identifying opportunities to create the best possible experiences for patients and car

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