The NHS Patient Safety Conference, in partnership with Patient Safety Learning, is a long-standing virtual and in-person event series that has welcomed over 1500 NHS professionals through its doors. The event provides a platform for NHS Safety Managers and leaders to listen, learn and engage with sector-leading speakers, innovative suppliers, and 300+ peers from across the NHS estate.
Thanks for inviting me to be part of a great 2-day patient safety conference. Lots of great topics and speakers” West Midlands Academic Health Science Network
In February 2021, further updates and changes were made to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. The most significant strategy update is the new commitment to address patient safety inequalities, with a new objective added to the safety system strand of the strategy. Our event series provides a timely platform to discuss these changes.
Key event topics are run across 3 key pillars:
Insight
Involvement
Improvement
*Research sources for NHS Patient Safety Conference: A Strategy for continuous Improvement: 2019 NHS Patient Safety Strategy
At Convenzis we pride ourselves on our ability to develop, manage, and host both virtual and physical events for the public and commercial sectors.
Our physical events offer a unique opportunity to meet with key sector stakeholders in an informal and relaxed atmosphere, this provides an ideal chance to discuss strategic change and learn from some of the most well-respected public sector professionals in the country, all while soaking up the lovely atmosphere our venues and audience provide.
Registration, Networking & Breakfast
Chairs Opening Address
Patient Safety Transformation Change: A standards based approach and ‘how to’ Case Study with GOSH
All organisations are committed to patient safety, but how do leaders ensure that they’re doing all they can to deliver safe and effective care?
In this presentation, Dr Sanjiv Sharma, Executive Medical Director at Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children will outline their ambitious patient safety transformation journey, how they are designing and delivering an innovative safety systems approach.
Embedding Patient Safety Learning’s new standards for patient safety, hear how GOSH’s self assessment has informed the development of prioritised action plans, strengthened governance and leadership engagement and cross organisation collaboration.
Helen Hughes, Chief Executive of Patient Safety Learning, will outline why a standards based approach to patient safety is needed and the benefits it can bring.
Exploration of innovation in Nursing and Midwifery: UK Experience (Confirmed)
To explore UK nurses and midwives’ experiences of healthcare innovation within the UK. This presentation will report the findings of a short survey which explores the current experiences around healthcare innovation.
Nurses in 2019 reported that their ideas for innovation were stifled by a culture that “ignores new ideas.” We look to see if this has changed following the pandemic and how we can move forward to create an inclusive culture for innovation to flourish at all levels.
Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Confirmed)
An over-reliance on a ‘Serum B12’ Competitive Binding Luminescent Assay (CBLA) with a 35% sensitivity for Vitamin B12 Deficiency (B12d) has led to a National Health Service that under-diagnoses and under-treats B12d, known comorbidity in a broad-spectrum of health conditions.
Widespread adoption of more sustainable Plant-Based Diets is exacerbating the issue. In this presentation we will outline the diagnostic issues, the wider health consequences of under-diagnosis and under-treatment and offer simple measures that would go some way towards mitigating the risk.
Q&A Panel
Morning Break, Networking & Refreshments
Chairs Morning Reflection
Improving Patient and Staff Safety through technology and real world study
Case Study - Airpurity
Improving Patient and Staff Safety through technology and real world study
Mental Capacity Assessment (Confirmed)
Case Study 55 male presented with abdominal pain to A&E with a background of Down Syndrome. My case discusses the approach to patients when are unable to consent for medical procedures.
I will be discussing the importance of patient safety, use of formal documentation including the Mental Capacity Assessment and my own learning and reflection from this case.
Q&A Panel
Networking & Lunch
Chairs Afternoon Address
Utilising a systems approach to deliver the Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (Confirmed)
The presentation will provide a brief introduction to the National Patient Safety Programmes (NatPatSIP), set out as part of the Patient Safety Strategy (2019). It will then go on to explore the need for a systems-wide approach to delivering patient safety improvements.
The presentation will provide an opportunity for delegates, especially Patient Safety Specialists to understand how they can support the delivery of the programmes within their regions.
Implementing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management in complex healthcare environments (Confirmed)
Aim
To describe the complexity of healthcare processes that leads to system failures and harm. Describe how to build teams who can support the implementation of a structured OSH system.
Objectives
Abstract
Healthcare has multiple ‘players’ with potentially different goals, skills and assumptions. Delivering services in a range of complex environments with growing therapeutic options, expanding knowledge and evidence.
As a result, there are many sources of (incomplete) information with interruptions with multitasking being the norm. System error/failure through transfer of data and information increases as the safety features and defences degrade over time, with checklists forgotten.
The environmental conditions, expectations and demands of patients have increased. The challenges to the safety system have resulted in a number of failures and prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the risks associated with OSH, potential lack of knowledge or individual accountability.
Within a cultural context of a more litigious society and greater scrutiny by the regulator. It describes the process of building a Team and a safety management system that protects the staff and the patients from harm.
Q&A Panel
Q&A Panel
Close of Day