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Responding to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)

Thu, 30 Jan 2025

Virtual, Online

“The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety… The PSIRF replaces the Serious Incident Framework (SIF) (2015) and makes no distinction between ‘patient safety incidents’ and ‘Serious Incidents’. As such it removes the ‘Serious Incidents’ classification and the threshold for it. Instead, the PSIRF promotes a proportionate approach to responding to patient safety incidents by ensuring resources allocated to learning are balanced with those needed to deliver improvement. The PSIRF is not a different way of describing what came before – it fundamentally shifts how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement.”

NHS England July 2024

“The PSIRF can be used by any healthcare service but is mandatory for services provided under the NHS Standard Contract, including acute, ambulance, mental health, and community healthcare providers. This includes maternity and all specialised services… Organisations that provide NHS-funded care under the NHS Standard Contract but are not NHS trusts or foundation trusts (e.g. independent provider organisations) are required to adopt this framework for all aspects of NHS-funded care and may apply this approach to their other services.. Primary care services contracted under the NHS Standard contract are required to comply with PSIRF.”

NHS England July 2024

This national conference looks at the practicalities of responding to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). The conference will also update delegates on best practice in patient safety incident investigation and response systems and include an practical case study based overview of key tools and techniques that can be used to investigate incidents including under PSIRF including After Action Reviews, SEIPS and Thematic Reviews.  There will be a focus on understanding your patient safety incident profile and managing and ensuring accountability for ongoing safety actions in response to recommendations for investigations. You will also receive a legal perspective on PSIRF and how PSIRF relates to the learning from deaths criteria, Medical Examiner and Coroner system. The conference will support you to compassionately involve those affected by patient safety incidents and challenge your pre existing lens to inspire cultural change with PSIRF and deliver improvement.

“PSIRF fundamentally shifts how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement”

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

“The framework represents a significant shift in the way the NHS responds to patient safety incidents and is a major step towards establishing a safety management system across the NHS.”

NHS England

This conference will enable you to:

  • Network with colleagues who are working to improve the response to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement

  • Update your knowledge on the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework including the July 2024 update

  • Develop your skills in PSIRF tools and techniques such as AAR, SEIPS and Thematic reviews

  • Review your practice against the new Patient Safety Incident Response Standards

  • Understand how to apply the framework to the development and maintenance of your patient safety response policy and plan

  • Explore and understand your patient safety incident profile

  • Learn from outstanding practice in the development of patient safety incident investigation

  • Manage and ensure accountability for ongoing safety actions (in response to recommendations from investigations)

  • Reflect on the perspectives of a patient who has been involved in a serious incident, and ensure compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incidents

  • Learn from a legal perspective on how PSIRF interacts with the learning from deaths criteria, Medical Examiner and Coroner system

  • Understand how to work with staff to ensure a focus on safety actions and continuous improvement

  • challenge your pre existing lens to inspire cultural change with PSIRF and deliver improvement

  • Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.

Why Exhibit?

Having a presence at this event will give you the opportunity to:

  • Demonstrate your product, system or service
  • Network and engage with your key audience  
  • Generate new business leads
  • Gain exposure for your brand and raise the profile of your organisation
  • Understand the current needs of your audience and challenges they’re facing
  • Update your knowledge of national policy and local developments  

Enquire

Contact Sarah Jane for exhibition and sponsorship prices, or to discuss a tailored package to suit your needs and budget.

Fee Options

Virtual NHS, Schools, Care and Public Sector

£295.00

(£354.00)

Virtual Voluntary sector & charities

£250.00

(£300.00)

Virtual Commercial organisations

£495.00

(£594.00)

(Prices in brackets include VAT)

Discounts

Additional delegate discount:

A discount of 15% will be applied to fees for any extra delegates.

Online discount:

A discount of 10% will be applied if you pay using the website.

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