Event details
This event will explore successful strategies for enhancing patient safety and driving quality improvement in mental health services.
This timely event addresses the critical issues highlighted by recent high-profile incidents in mental health care. Keynote speakers, including Adrian James, the National Clinical Director of Mental Health, and Shubulade Smith, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, will share their experiences of leading organisations through challenging situations. Jonathan Warren, co-author of the Edenfield report, will also provide unique insights.
Key themes:
- Supporting staff through traumatic incidents.
- Amplifying patient and family voices.
- Service redesign for safer care.
- Innovative use of data for improved outcomes.
- Learning from significant events to prevent recurrence.
- Balancing human rights with public protection.
Interactive workshops will showcase best practices from pioneering trusts and innovative approaches, including assertive outreach and data-driven improvements. The event also provides valuable opportunities to network with peers and experts.
This event is essential for clinicians, managers, trainees, and those in the voluntary sector aiming to navigate current challenges and shape the future of mental health care.
By attending, you will:
- Attend learning lessons from serious high profile incidents in mental health – participants will learn how incidents have been managed, lessons learned and how to reduce prevention of similar events in future by service redesign
- Learn how to support staff affected by serious incidents – participants will learn successful strategies for supporting staff after serious incidents
- Hear strategies for re-designing services to reduce harm to patients including the use of date for quality surveillance
- Know how to balance the human rights of individuals against protecting the public.