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Scottish Speak Up Conference

This conference is for staff involved in managing concerns in NHS Scotland, including the promotion, delivery, and use of the Whistleblowing Standards. The Independent National Whistleblowing Office are supporting the event. It will explore the legislative requirements around whistleblowing and the benefits of effective management of concerns. The programme concludes with a focus on what a healt

• COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Patient Safety Learning Summits

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Quality Governance team is hosting a series of Patient Safety Learning Summits. Throughout the year they will be holding four events, focusing on patient safety, with a range of speakers (national and international).  WHO are the summits aimed for? All healthcare professionals and students who want to learn more about patient safety, participate

• Watford Football Club and Online , United Kingdom

Mental Health Conference 2023: Delivering collaborative whole pathways of care

The NHS long term plan (LTP) builds on the commitments for mental health services set out in the five-year forward view for mental health (FYFVMH), emphasising collaboration and the use of digital innovations to deliver more personalised and streamlined care. The mental health implementation plan 2019/20-2023/24 provides a framework to support the delivery of these commitments locally, and sets ou

NHS Resolution Virtual Forum: Psychological safety in primary care

The purpose of this webinar is to raise awareness of the relationship between culture, staff experience and retention with practical examples and data to aid improvement in practice. You will hear from a range of experts in the field with experience in developing and spreading best practice. The format is interactive, with delegate questions and panel discussion. Psychological safety pro

Patient Safety Incident Response Framework transition webinar 6: From transition to embedding

The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out a new approach to learning and improving following patient safety incidents across the NHS in England. Transition webinars focus on the different phases of the PSIRF preparation guide and feature presentations from NHS organisations currently transitioning to PSIRF. Presenters: Tracey Herlihey, Head of Patient Safety

• Virtual event, United Kingdom

Clinical audit masterclass

This one day clinical audit masterclass will provide you with a full understanding of why clinical audit is important to organisations, teams and individuals (e.g. helping to meet your revalidation requirements).   Short activities will help you understand how clinical audit relates to research, service evaluation and other current quality improvement techniques. Register hub members r

AHRQ’s CAHPS Program: Addressing emerging needs for patient experience measurement and improvement

AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) program will host a free webcast about how the agency’s CAHPS Consortium is addressing survey stakeholders’ emerging needs for patient experience measurement and improvement. Topics of the webcast include: The value of AHRQ’s CAHPS program and its use of survey results to improve patient experience. Updates

ISMP Canada: Incident analysis and proactive risk assessment

This virtual workshop will provide paramedics with background theory and hands-on practice in incident analysis using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and in proactive risk assessment using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Register

Systems approach to patient safety including Human Factors

This one day masterclass is part of a series of masterclasses focusing on how to use Human Factors in your workplace. Leadership in the NHS is the responsibility of all staff. Understanding human factors will allow healthcare to enhance performance, culture and organisation. These masterclasses have been designed to align with the new Patient Safety Syllabus and subsequent Patient Safety

Elevating patient voices: Celebrating World Patient Safety Day

This September, join the global patient safety community for the annual World Patient Safety Day (WPSD), organised by the World Health Organization. This year’s theme is ‘Engaging patients for patient safety’, in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of healthcare. The Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London and Im

Safety for All - Employee investigations webinar

Employee investigations refers to the investigation of allegations made by and against staff. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) is responsible for the planning, delivery, and commissioning of NHS Wales services for a population of over 660,000 citizens. It employs over 15,000 staff.  ABUHB started a programme of work to improve its employee investigations because its HR team

Antibiotic stewardship webinar series: Clinical decision making

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem in healthcare, especially in nursing homes, where up to 75% of antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately. Contributing to this is pressure from residents and families, antiquated prescribing practices, and a “What could it hurt?” mentality. Whether you need to rebuild your antibiotic stewardship program from scratch or just want to make sure all

Webinar: Engaging patients for patient safety

This year's World Patient Safety Day on 17 September will focus on engaging patients for patient safety, in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of healthcare. Ahead of World Patient Safety Day this webinar will provide an opportunity for those involved in patient safety to hear from patient safety leaders and discuss the opportunities and barri

Five X More Women's Health Summit 2023: The life cycle from a girl to woman

This event from Five X More is all about celebrating and empowering women's health at every stage of life, from pre-teen to pregnancy and beyond. It includes a line up of esteemed guest speakers who are experts in their fields, ready to share insights, knowledge and inspiration that you won't want to miss. Join Five X More for a day filled with engaging discussions, interactive sessions, and

• 10 Union Street, London Bridge, SE1 1SZ

HSJ Patient Safety Congress - Facing reality: Honest conversations about safety

The 16th HSJ Patient Safety Congress and Awards will take place on 18 – 19 September 2023. The Congress theme will be:  Facing reality: Honest conversations about safety. Join 1000+ NHS and independent healthcare leaders, managers, clinicians, and patient representatives from across the country and worldwide. Acknowledging the current healthcare environment in the UK, we will challe

• Manchester Central, Manchester, United Kingdom

Root Cause Analysis: 1 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

Engaging patients for patient safety: Educating and reporting medication harm in hospitals

World Patient Safety Day, observed annually on 17 September, aims to raise global awareness about patient safety and calls for solidarity and united action by all countries and international partners to reduce harm to patients. Patient and family engagement is one of the main strategies to eliminate avoidable harm in healthcare and ‘Engaging Patients for Patient Safety’ is the defining theme for W

Care leavers' experiences of health inequalities

Care experienced young people are much more likely to experience poorer health, wellbeing, social and educational outcomes compared with the general population. These inequalities are not new, but were exacerbated by Covid-19 as care leavers experienced disrupted relationships and reduced access to support services. Specific groups of care leavers are likely to face additional disadvantages, such

Putting a spotlight on women’s health: addressing the poor experiences and worse health outcomes women experience

Gender health inequalities have long been an issue. Women often struggle to be heard and to have their health and wellbeing needs met. There have been, and continue to be, many missed opportunities for health services to improve the health and wellbeing of all women.  The event from the King's Fund will bring together those working in the health and care system to find practical solutions to

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

IPS Joint London Branches Conference 2023 - League of Legends

This year's conference is all about IPC Legends focusing on individuals who in their respective fields are experts willing to share their knowledge with us, and exploring new ideas in the field of IPS. Alyson Prince – Built Environment Infection Prevention & Control Nurse Specialist/Engineering, Archus Healthcare Infrastructure Specialist who will be covering Ventilation in the Healthc

• CEME Centre for Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence, CEME Campus, Marsh Way, Rainham , RM13 8EU, United Kingdom

Aortic Dissection Research Grant Awards 2023

Join the Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust on Aortic Dissection Awareness Day to discover ground-breaking research, hear from esteemed experts, and learn how you can contribute to aortic dissection research.  The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will kick off the event, followed by Professor Lord Kakkar KBE, Chair of the UK Biobank. Lord Kakkar will di

Empowering patient engagement and pharmacovigilance for enhanced patient safety: The vital role of patients and families

Patient safety is a paramount concern in healthcare systems worldwide. Empowering patients and their families to actively participate in the process of care and pharmacovigilance contributes significantly to reducing medical errors and adverse events. This webinar proposes an exploration of the crucial role patients and families play in enhancing patient engagement and pharmacovigilance, ultimatel

Roundtable: Improving access to genomic testing and medicine for cancer to better outcomes and reduce inequalities

Public Policy Projects is holding a roundtable "Improving access to genomic testing and medicine for better outcomes and reduced inequalities" on the 20th September from 10:30am to 12pm on Zoom. This session will be chaired by Parker Moss, Chief Commercial & Partnerships Officer at Genomics England, and will seek to explore how genomic technologies can be better utilised, and how services

Webinar: Children and Young People’s attitudes and experiences of vaccinations – turning evidence into practice

Vaccine uptake in the UK is dropping, and we are failing to meet the WHO’s 95% coverage target. To help address this, we must understand people’s attitudes and experiences of vaccines, so we can grasp their concerns and better support them. Children’s attitudes are important too, because they must feel empowered to make health decisions. RSPH research with Children and Young People (CYP) show

WPA webinar: Patient engagement in patient safety around the world

World Patient Safety Day 2023 will be observed on 17 September under the theme “Engaging patients for patient safety", in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of health care. Evidence shows that when patients are treated as partners in their care, significant gains are made in safety, patient satisfaction and health outcomes. By becoming active membe

The National Maternity Safety Conference 2023

Baby Lifeline has announced that their fourth annual National Maternity Safety Conference will take place on Thursday 21st September 2023 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham. Once again it will be focussing on learning together for a safer maternity future, building on the overwhelming success of the previous three conferences. Baby Lifeline is always keen to showcase best practi

• Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, United Kingdom

World Patient Safety Day: Primary Health Care and patient participation in the quality and safety of care

To celebrate World Patient Safety Day, PAHO will hold a virtual seminar that will bring together patients, decision makers, health teams, and academics to discuss and share their experiences and reflections on how to increase patient and family participation in improving the quality and safety of health care. Further information and registeration

ISMP Canada: Multi-incident analysis & Medication Safety Culture Indicator Matrix (MedSCIM)

This virtual workshop will provide participants with background theory and hands-on practice in using a multi-incident analysis to analyse a group of medication incidents that share a common topic on day 1 and introduce a novel tool called the Medication Safety Culture Indicator Matrix (MedSCIM) on day 2. Register

HSIB: After Action Review course

This practical course is aimed at those who are planning to use, or may already be using, After Action Review (AAR) as one of their learning responses to patient safety events. It will also be useful for those in Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) oversight roles.  The course includes: Defining what After Action Review is. Understanding the principles of After Action

Patient Safety Incident investigations

The Patient Safety Strategy (2019) and Patient Safety Investigation Framework (PSIRF) both outline a fundamental shift in the way that patient safety investigations are conducted. This ‘new era’ in patient safety represents a considerable shift in the way that investigations are conducted, particularly for those NHS Trusts implementing PSIRF. As the Serious Incident Framework (2015) becomes o

Patient and families’ engagement for safer healthcare: Elevating voices of patients for change

Dedicating WPSD 2023 to patient engagement presents a unique opportunity to unite stakeholders and drive action across healthcare settings and at all levels of the healthcare system. Patient safety is a universal concern that transcends borders and cultures, emphasizing the shared imperative of reinforcing patient safety through patient empowerment. T This webinar aspires to bring patient voi

Mobilising the system to tackle health inequalities

Professor Bola Owolabi, Director of the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme at NHS England, will be kicking off Patient Partnership Week 2023 on Monday 25th September. Prof Owolabi, who also works as GP in the Midlands, will be in conversation with Rachel Power, Chief Executive of the Patients Association. They'll be talking about the vital role partnerships with patients a

In conversation with the Patient Safety Commissioner

The Patient's Association is delighted to welcome back Dr Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner, to Patient Partnership Week. Her conversation with Chief Executive Rachel Power during last year's Patient Partnership Week was one of the week's most popular events. If you missed last year's webinar, then the event on Monday 25th September at 2.30pm is your chance to hear from Dr Hughes

The King's Fund: Health and care explained 2023

At this event, policy and leadership experts will explain and explore the health and care system in England. They will discuss the current opportunities and challenges the system faces in 2023 and how these could affect the health and care workforce, people, patients and populations.   During the event, which takes place virtually over two days, you will be able to interact with policy and le

Error and systems-based solutions to patient safety

This one day masterclass is part of a series of masterclasses focusing on how to use Human Factors in your workplace. Leadership in the NHS is the responsibility of all staff. Understanding human factors will allow healthcare to enhance performance, culture and organisation. These masterclasses have been designed to align with the new Patient Safety Syllabus and subsequent Patient Safety

HETT: Enabling meaningful collaboration across digital health and care

HETT 2023 will explore the systems and infrastructure that underpin and enable a data-driven NHS, supporting the ecosystem to deliver patient outcomes through the meaningful implementation of technology. Register

• ExCEL, London, United Kingdom

Building trust in AI-driven healthcare: Governance strategies for ensuring patient safety and data security

Developing trust when it comes to the employment of AI-driven healthcare is a complex challenge, and one that’s easy to get wrong. Daniel Morris, Partner at Bevan Brittan, Mahesh Hariharan, Founder and CEO of Zupervise, and Surabhi Srivastava, Commercial VP of Qure.ai, will together explore the importance of trust in AI-driven healthcare, and how effective governance can help build trust betw

Patient to Partnership: Sara Turle in conversation with Rachel Power

Sara Turle is a Patient and Public Voice Partner with NHS England and a member of Kent & Medway Cancer Alliance. She is passionate about partnership working with the NHS. On Tuesday 26th September at 12pm, she'll be talking about her journey in patient partnership, why partnership is important, and advice she would give to patients and professionals with our Chief Executive Rachel. T

Shared decision making for structured medication reviews

AHSN are launching new resources to help patients participate fully in Structured Medication Reviews with Shared Decision Making. During this lunchtime webinar, you will learn about: The importance of shared decision making when undertaking Structured Medication Reviews with patients. How our new range of free, evidenced-based resources can support and help prepare patients inv

HSIB Safety Investigations Conference 2023

The annual Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) conference agenda will cover: A focus on patient and family engagement. Sharing learning from HSIB national investigations – what has been learnt and how it can help support and improve local investigation practice. HSIB's maternity investigation programme work with families and trusts. This includes how HSIB implements

How to deal with difficult people

This one day virtual masterclass facilitated by Mr Perbinder Grewal,  will focus on how to deal with difficult people. Do you have someone at work who consistently triggers you? Doesn’t listen? Takes credit for work you’ve done? Wastes your time with trivial issues? Acts like a know-it-all? Can only talk about themselves? Constantly criticises? We

NHS Confederation: Health beyond the hospital conference

NHS Confederation are bringing together organisations working to treat people closer to home. This conference will offer an opportunity for senior leaders across health and care to come together and explore health beyond the hospital. Health beyond the hospital is a chance to come together with others working in this space to explore how we can work collaboratively to support people in their

• London, United Kingdom

Patients Association: Working in partnership to improve patients' experiences of outpatients

In this Patient Partnership Week webinar, the Patients Association will be talking about their work with patients, the Royal College of Physicians and NHS England to explore what the future of outpatient care should look like.  The webinar will be chaired by Sarah Tilsed, Head of Patient Partnership. Joining her are: Dr Fiona McKevitt, Clinical Director for Outpatient Recovery and Tra

Deprivation of liberty safeguards: Moving forward

The Department of Health and Social Care announced on the 5th April 2023 that the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards will be delayed until at least the next general election (anticipated to be in Autumn 2024). With the delay to the Liberty Protection Safeguards it is more important than ever to ensure the existing scheme of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) works, that

King's Fund: Ensuring virtual wards are a positive option for the future

Virtual wards have the potential to improve patient experience by enabling them to receive care at home, and to alleviate workforce pressures by freeing up staff time. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to improve capacity and use of virtual wards if patients and staff are to feel the benefits. Additionally, there are still extensive variations progress and use of virtual wards

Spotlight on Long Covid: Part 3

At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have Long Covid, and more than 200 symptoms have been identified and attached to this often-debilitating illness*. Three years on from the start of the pandemic we continue to navigate and build our understanding of Long Covid’s impact, its best treatment pathways and question what the future holds. Following on from their first two e

SEIPS masterclass in paramedic – Urgent & emergency care

The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) encourages investigations across the NHS to apply SEIPS. This 3 hour masterclass will focus upon using SEIPS in paramedic – urgent & emergency care. The SEIPS trainer Dr Dawn Benson has extensive experience of using and teaching SEIPS, as a Human Factors tool, in health and social care safety investigation. She will be joined in this maste

Social prescribing: what's in it for patients?

At this event, Christiana Melam will be talking about all things to do with social prescribing.  Christiana is the Chief Executive of the National Association of Link Workers, the UK's professional network for social prescribing link workers. She is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, coproduction, bottom-up approaches, social justice, empowering people and reducing inequality. In conv

Investigation of deaths & serious incidents in mental health services - Implementing the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) in Mental health

This national conference looks at the practicalities of Serious Incident Investigation and Learning from Deaths in Mental Health Services and implementation of the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF previously known as the Serious Incident Framework). The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) was published on 16th August 2022 and replaces the Serious incident Framew

Spotlight on patient partnership in elective surgery

This webinar looks at a project by the Patients' Association and the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme that focuses on elective surgical hubs. These are surgical centres on existing hospital sites, separated from emergency services, which means the facilities can be kept free for patients waiting for planned operations, reducing the risk of short-notice cancellations. They can hel