PATIENT SAFETY CONGRESS 2013
Welcome to the UK's largest patient safety event. Created in
conjunction with the Health Foundation, an exceptional Advisory
Board, and on recommendations from the healthcare community, the
Patient Safety Congress provides everything you need to provide
safe, quality care in a new era for healthcare.
What's new for 2013?
- A move back to the ICC, Birmingham
- Over 100
exceptional speakers, including over 70% new speakers and
rising stars in patient safety
- Interactive voting for the winner of the new and improved poster
zone showcasing the exceptional projects from around the UK and
internationally
- 78+ hours of presentations and learning
- New and exciting expert speakers from around the world
- 7+ hours of networking
What's on the 2013 programme?
- The movers and shakers in patient safety:
Including Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, National
Medical Director, NHS Commissioning Board, Robert Francis
QC, Chairman, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation
Trust Public Inquiry, Dr Mike Durkin, Director of Patient
Safety, NHS Commissioning Board and Sir
Keith Pearson, Chair, Health Education
England
- Yet more international experts: Be inspired by
exciting new speakers breaking the mould in patient safety around
the world, including our James Reason Annual Lecture speaker
Professor René Amalberti, Patient Safety Advisor,
Haute Autorité de Santé and Beth
Lilja, Executive Director of the Danish Society
for Patient Safety
- Two new specialised one-day events: Dig deeper
into one of two critical, unique safety areas at the PSC Infection
Control Summit, or the PSC Paediatrics Conference. Featuring
internationally renowned, expert speakers, these specialised events
will provide you with in-depth knowledge and an opportunity to
share ideas and learning with a key community
- Practical approaches to harm free care: We
answer the question 'How do we implement what we know works?'
through our warts and all case studies from speakers including
Ron Daniels, Dr Ruth May, Dr Jean MacLeod and
Jamie Hayes
- Senior delegates and unparalleled networking
opportunities: The seniority of attendees at the Patient
Safety Congress is changing, and in 2012 we expect to see an
unrivalled number of chief executives, directors and managers in
attendance
- 'Leading and governing with purpose' and 'building
engagement and transforming culture': Join our inspiring
speaker line up, including Manjit Obhrai, former
Medical Director, formerly Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation
Trust and Colin Ovington, Director
of Nursing, from Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation
Trust as they give us their insight on how they have led
organisations to deliver safer patient care and fundamentally
changed culture and governance to ensure active clinical and
management participation
the health foundation
The Health Foundation is an independent charity
working to improve the quality of healthcare in the UK.
The Health Foundation wants the UK to have a healthcare system
of the highest possible quality - safe, effective, person-centred,
timely, efficient and equitable. It believes that in order to
achieve this, health services need to continually improve the way
they work.
The Health Foundation is here to inspire and create the space
for people to make lasting improvements to health services.
The Foundation conducts research and evaluation, puts ideas into
practice through a range of improvement programmes, supports and
develops leaders and shares evidence to drive wider change.
For more information please visit The
Health Foundation's website.
