Webinar: Parallel planets or partners? Professional regulation and a systems approach to patient safety (14 May 2026)

Summary

This webinar, hosted by the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA), explored how medical and health profession regulators and broader patient safety systems can work more closely together to strengthen care and reduce harm to patients. It aims to help improve understanding of the opportunities to better connect people and system focused safety systems, including through potential partnership models, to best support and ensure a safe and competent health workforce.

Facilitator: Professor Martin Fletcher, IAMRA Board Member

Speakers: Helen Hughes, Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning, UK, and Dr Gerry Hickson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA.

Related reading on the hub:

• Professional regulation and patient safety systems: parallel planets or partners in improvement?
• Professional regulation and patient safety: parallel systems or purposeful partners?