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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and BMJ bring you one of the largest international conferences focused on improving outcomes for patients and communities through quality improvement. Themed Adapting to a changing world: equity, sustainability and wellbeing for all, the conference programme will focus on how the improvement movement can help healthcare systems adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Key topics we will address include equity, sustainability, wellbeing and learning from adverse events. Further information and registration

Never events are defined as “serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if healthcare providers have implemented existing national guidance or safety recommendations.” They are designed to act as a red flag for improvement by NHS organisations. This one day masterclass will focus on safety culture around Never Events within healthcare organisations. There were 364 never events in 2020/21 and 349 between April 2021 and Jan 2022. The masterclass will look at how Never Events have been investigated and at Human Factors approaches to improving learning and the systems to reduce harm. It will compare our experiences with learning from serious incidents from other countries. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/learning-from-never-events or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk. hub members receive a 20% discount, Email info@pslhub.org for discount code.

This National Conference focuses on improving the investigation and learning from deaths in NHS Trusts. 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. There will be an extended focus on engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a death, and on learning from deaths including an update from a coroner. The conference will discuss the role of Medical Examiners in learning from deaths which is now being extended to all non-coronial deaths wherever they occur. The conference will also include a split stream where delegates can chose to focus on investigating and learning from either deaths in acute care, or deaths in primary and community care. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/investigation-learning-deaths-hospital-mortality or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk. With only a few places left, HCUK are offering hub members five discounted places at only £195+VAT with discount code HCUK195PSL. Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #LFDNHS

The publication of the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework in August 2022 has shifted the focus towards identifying and investigating patient safety incidents and events that have the greatest potential to lead to learning and improvement. This conference focuses on patient safety learning – maximising learning and improvement from patient safety insight and events. The conference will support you to identify incidents and insight that has the greatest potential for improvement and use a range of system-based approaches for learning from patient safety incidents. The conference will also update delegates on the new Learn from patient safety events (LFPSE) service and how local incident reporting will adapt to this new system. The roles and competencies of the Learning Response Lead, and the practicalities of involving and engaging with patients to deliver continuous improvement will also be discussed. Finally the conference will share examples of Safety Actions & After Action Reviews which is recommended under the new framework. This conference will enable you to: Network with colleagues who are working to improve the learning from Patient Safety Insight and Events. Update your knowledge on the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework published in August 2022. Ensure your approach to learning is in line with PSIRF. Understand the new roles of Patient Safety Partner, Patient Safety Specialist and Learning Response Lead. Identifying and prioritise incidents that have the greatest potential for learning. Explore the requirements and value of the Learn from patient safety events (LFPSE) service. Reflect on the perspectives of a patient who has been engaged as a patient safety partner, and understand how to engaging and involving patients, families and staff can lead to improvement. Understand behaviours, decisions and actions that allow continuous learning and improvement. Develop practical approaches to better aligning the work of patient safety and quality improvement teams. Understand how to work with staff to ensure a focus on learning and continuous improvement. Develop your skills in Leading Patient Safety Improvement and techniques for ensuring a system-based approach to learning. Identify key strategies for delivering Safety Actions & After Action Reviews: Delivering, accountability and monitoring. Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 hours training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes. Register We have five free places for hub members. To secure the places, simply quote HCUK00PSL.

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This free webinar will explore what the future looks like for this critical area of human factors investigation. The presenters will each talk about a different aspect and there will be time for you to ask questions. The future of healthcare investigation: focus on learning and improvement Mark Sujan will talk about the new NHS England Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) which puts emphasis on learning and improvement. You’ll hear about the limitations of existing approaches to learning from incidents in healthcare, which PSIRF tries to overcome. You’ll then find out about the principles of organisational learning for achieving sustainable change, based on the CIEHF guidance. Transition: HSIB to HSSIB and MNSI HSIB’s Deinniol Owens will reveal that in April 2023, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) will transition into two new organisations: The Health Services Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) and the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) Special Health Authority. You’ll get insight into the roles of the new organisations and hear about the additional focus on the new powers and opportunities available to HSSIB now that it’s been confirmed in statute by the Health and Care Act 2022. Investigation education: The transfer of knowledge Andrew Murphy-Pittock will explore one of the key objectives of HSIB, which is to transfer knowledge to those undertaking and overseeing patient safety investigations. You’ll find out how HSIB has developed a flexible, agile programme, working with colleagues at PSIRF, to help healthcare organisations on the move away from the Serious Incident Framework to a systems-focused approach to learning, involving those affected by incidents in the process. You’ll also hear about current and future plans for the education programme. Who will this be of interest to? This webinar should be of interest to healthcare professionals, investigators, change managers, process designers and anyone with an interest in patient safety. Register

The new NHS Patient Safety Syllabus has brought education and training to the fore to push patient safety in healthcare. Based on the syllabus this masterclass will focus on how induction and mandatory training can be improved for patient safety. It will look at the case for change and how we can develop a culture of learning. Key learning objectives: share learning culture person centred care lifelong learning. The course is facilitated by Perbinder Grewal. Register hub members receive a 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for a discount code.

This one day masterclass is part of a series of masterclasses focusing on how to use Human Factors in your workplace and is aligned with the new Patient Safety Syllabus 2021. The new Patient Safety Strategy advises that organisations must adopt a new and broader approach to stimulate learning from patient safety incidents. This course is designed to assist healthcare professionals involved in this important work. The main purpose is to provide learners with a full understanding of the various approaches that can now be used to conduct patient safety incident investigation (PSIIs). Traditionally, root cause analysis has been used as a blanket approach to diagnosing why patient safety have been compromised, but healthcare teams are henceforth being encouraged to adopt a wider range of methods that will both save time and facilitate enhanced learning. The focus is now on appropriate proportionality in response to incidents that occur in their organisation. Key learning objectives: Understand the new patient safety landscape. Understand the need for proportionality of investigation. Learn how to use a range of techniques for conducting PSIIs. Understand how to write an impactful improvement plan. Consider how your current approach to patient safety investigations compares to the agreed national standards. Understand typical pitfalls and traps associated with this wider workstream and tips for avoiding them. Register

The 2023 Safety-II Practical Applications Conference is an opportunity for shared learning to advance organisational safety maturity. Traditional methods for safety management, while important, are limiting and often reactive. Many safety professionals have focused on Safety-II as an expanded, more proactive approach that focuses on maximizing learning. The intent of this conference is to provide practical tools for implementation of Safety-II and other next generation strategies. Major themes: Maximising proactive learning opportunities. Developing effective management and cultural systems. Observing and managing high-risk and/or error-likely situations. Learning to shift narratives and distinctions to influence culture. Case studies from many organisations. Register

This one day masterclass is part of a series of masterclasses focusing on how to use Human Factors in your workplace and is aligned with the new Patient Safety Syllabus 2021. Key learning objectives: Understand the new patient safety landscape Understand the need for proportionality of investigation Learn how to use a range of techniques for conducting PSIIs Understand how to write an impactful improvement plan Consider how your current approach to patient safety investigations compares to the agreed national standards Understand typical pitfalls and traps associated with this wider workstream and tips for avoiding them. The course is facilitated by Tracy Ruthven and Stephen Ashmore who have significant experience of undertaking patient safety reviews in healthcare. They were commissioned to write a national RCA guide by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. They have also authored articles on significant event analysis and clinical audit/quality improvement, all techniques seen as increasingly relevant to improving patient safety. Register

This conference focuses on investigating and learning from deaths in the community/primary care. The conference focuses on the extension of the Medical Examiner role to cover deaths occurring in the community and the role of the GP in working with the Medical Examiner to learn from deaths and to identify constructive learning to improve care for patients. The conference will also focus on implementation of the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and learning from a primary care early adopter. For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/investigation-of-deaths-community or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk hub members receive a 20% discount. Email info@pslhub.org for discount code. Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #LearningfromdeathsPC

This policy paper from the Department of Health and Social Care sets out the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity services.