Patient Safety Congress

Overview

The Health Foundation is proud to be a strategic partner of this year’s Patient Safety Congress – the largest event in the UK covering all aspects of patient safety and bringing together experts from the UK and beyond.

'Patient safety is as important as ever and we are proud to be giving our full support to the Patient Safety Congress. It is a great opportunity for us to take forward our work with healthcare leaders and frontline staff. The Congress is an essential platform for helping us to build a network of safety minded people and organisations to test and develop new approaches in patient safety and create an evidence base for safer care.'
Jo Bibby, Director of Improvement Programmes, The Health Foundation.

As strategic partner we have worked very closely with the organisers HSJ and Nursing Times, and the Congress’s advisory board, to research and develop this year’s programme. We hope you will agree that this year’s event looks better than ever and brings together the latest best practice in patient safety from across the UK and beyond.

About the event

Patient safety is at the heart of the healthcare system, but is it still being delivered from ward to board? As the NHS moves through a period of radical change and budgetary pressures intensify, it is critical that we maintain the drive on safety and quality in the NHS.

Over 700 visitors on 29 and 30 May 2012 will have the opportunity to hear from a wide-range of other experienced safety practitioners – including from our programmes and partners.

The Patient Safety Congress 2012 is packed with the clinical and operational tools and learning that you can take away to effect change in your organisation, reduce clinical risks, communicate effectively within an organisation, and develop systems that are safer.

Five reasons not to miss Patient Safety Congress 2011:

1. The Congress is the largest patient safety event in the UK, with over 700 attendees in 2011 from 12 countries and more than 200 NHS organisations
2. Meet and hear from over 80 national and international experts sharing their thoughts and commitments to patient safety
3. Gain free attendance to the James Reason Annual Lecture delivered by Professor Bob Wachter
4. Access digital post-event content for you to share with colleagues
5. Take advantage of networking opportunities with over 700 patient safety advocates

How can you get involved?

We can offer our readers a 25% discount for the Patient Safety Congress. Please quote: H203-HF-DISC in your registration details. To book call: 0845 056 8299 or book online.

Highlights from the 2012 Patient Safety Congress programme include:

• Learning from disasters: what are the lessons for healthcare following low profile mistakes?
• Sir David Nicholson discussing the Mid Staffordshire report and its implications for patient safety
• Primary care surgery: put your questions to the experts in this roundtable session
• How far have we come in patient safety? Lessons from around the world in our international panel
• James Reason Annual Lecture, delivered this year by Professor Bob Wachter, Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of California
• Moving to GP control: understanding the impact on patient safety and gaining assurance across multiple providers
• Improving handovers and innovations to reduce falls
• Safari at University Hospitals Birmingham: full day’s learning looking at innovative patient safety work in practice, with the team focused on making improvements to safety and efficiency in their Trust

Hear over 80 speakers outline their commitments to patient safety, including:

• Sir David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive, Department of Health
• Professor Bob Wachter, Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of California
• Professor Erik Hollnagel, Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University
• Dr Jim Livingstone, Director of Safety, Quality and Standards, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland
• Dr Phil Hammond, GP and Broadcaster
• Professor Hilary Chapman, Chief Nurse and Chief Operating Officer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Robert Varnam, Clinical Lead for Commissioning, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, GP, Moss Side Medical Centre, The Robert Darbishire Practice
• Dr Paul Zollinger-Read, GP and Director of Commissioning Development,  NHS East of England
• Sherry Nolan, Clinical Manager, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
• Professor Charles Vincent, Professor of Clinical Safety Research, Imperial College
• Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Professor of Medical Sociology, University of Leicester
• Frank Strang, Scottish Government Health Directorate, Primary Care, Healthcare Improvement Scotland