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This conference will provide a platform to exchange ideas, learn from leading professionals and support delegates to improve patient safety and implement the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) in maternity care . The conference will also update delegates on multidisciplinary approach to improving safety in maternity services – learning, and implementing recommendations from the Ockenden Review and Final Report 2022, the Kirkup Independent Investigation into East Kent October 2022 and the forthcoming Nottingham Review.
Women should feel confident that they will receive safe, effective, compassionate maternity care that focuses on their individual needs. That is the experience of many people. But too many families still face care that puts the safety and wellbeing of women and babies at risk… Maternity services have had more policy recommendations than any other health area. But there have still been major service failures… If we do not start tackling these issues differently, there will be more tragedies.
It’s up to us as an organisation to govern ourselves when it comes to PSIRF; are we happy with the quality of the work we’re producing? What are we going to do with the safety actions and areas for improvement? We are not time bound to deliver something to our commissioners by 5pm on a Friday anymore; we are bound to deliver something for our patients involved in patient safety incidents. This shift in thinking has had a huge impact on how we manage all incidents in our Trust, not just serious ones.
The introduction of this framework represents a significant shift in the way the NHS responds to patient safety incidents, increasing focus on understanding how incidents happen – including the factors which contribute to them.
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve safety in maternity services
- Reflect on national developments and learning and how you can accelerate improvements in your maternity service
- Update your knowledge on the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and how it applies to maternity services
- Self assess your service against the Local Actions for Learning, (LAfL) and Immediate and Essential Actions from the Ockenden Report
- Develop your skills in PSIRF implementation and understand decision making in incident investigation
- Ensure assurance and accountability for implementing the recommendations and learning from Ockenden, East Kent and Nottingham
- Improving Maternity Care & Safety for Women from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
- Understand the role and ensure effective engagements with Maternity Voice Partnerships
- Improve the way you embed the role of the MVP in services
- Reflect on training and education in maternity services and how this can be supported and improved
- Understand how you can nurture a positive culture and freedom to speak up in maternity care
- Identify key strategies for improving leadership, teamwork and culture in maternity services
- Learn from the Ockenden Report and implement recommendations regarding stillbirth
- Improve investigation and learning from adverse outcomes
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- 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