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The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) was published on 16th August 2022 and replaces the Serious incident Framework.
This national conference looks at the practicalities of Serious Incident Investigation and how this has changed with the publication of PSIRF. The conference will also update delegates on best practice in serious incident investigation under PSIRF and ensuring the focus is on safety actions for improvement. There will also be an extended focus on learning, including mortality governance and learning from deaths ensuring insight and investigation findings lead to improvement. The conference will include updates from PSIRF early adopter sites.
The conference update delegates on the new Patient Safety Incident Response Standards and how to review your current practice against these standards.
Not all systems have developed a uniform understanding of PSIRF which may impact timely transition and may result in variation
PSIRF fundamentally shifts how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement.
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve the investigation of serious incident
- Ensure your approach to Serious Incident Investigation is in line with the NHS Patient Safety Strategy
- Update your knowledge on the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework published in August 2022
- Understand developments and learning from the PSIRF early adopter sites
- Review your practice against the new Patient Safety Incident Response Standards
- Explore decision making around which incidents should be investigated fully v after action reviews
- Learn from outstanding practice in the development of patient safety incident investigation and mortality review
- Reflect on the perspectives of a patient who has been involved in a serious incident, and understand how to engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a patient safety incident
- Reflect on the development of mortality governance within your organization
- Understand how to work with staff to ensure a focus on safety actions and continuous improvement
- Develop your skills in Patient Incident Investigation and PSIRF
- Apply a human factors approach to move the focus of investigation from acts or omissions of staff, to identifying systems improvement
- Identify key strategies for improving investigation of serious incidents
- 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
