Patient Safety Launch meeting

Thursday 25 February 2010

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England

Registration is now closed, places are still available, please come and register at the registration desk on the day

Registration Details:
Alarm Member: Free of charge
Consultant/GP: £135
RSM Associate: £65
RSM Retired Fellow: £65
RSM Student: £25
RSM Trainee: £65
RSM Fellow: £85
Student: £30
Trainee: £80
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £80

Meeting ref: PAA01

CPD (Applied for)



9.45 am

Registration and coffee

10.15 am

Opening of the meeting
Margaret Dangoor, President, Patient Safety Section, RSM

10.20 am

Welcome address
Dr David Misselbrook, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine

10.30 am

Patient safety: A priority for regulators?
Dame Deidre Hine, Past President of the RSM, President of the BMA 2005-06, Past Chairman of the Commission for Health Improvement, Immediate Past Deputy Chair of the Dr Foster Ethics Committee

10.40 am

Public information and patient safety
Roger Taylor, Director, Dr Foster Intelligence

11.15 am

Coffee break

11.45 am

The National Health Service Litigation Authority: How the NHSLA can support the patient safety agenda.
Dame Joan Higgins, Chair of the NHS Litigation Authority

12.20 pm

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) Its role in reviewing medical and surgical clinical practice to improve the quality and safety of the delivery of care
Bertie Leigh Chair NCEPOD and Senior Partner Hempsons

1.00 pm

Lunch

2.00 pm

Learning from adverse events within healthcare
Brian Capstick, Retired Senior Partner, Capsticks solicitors, Founder of ALARM, Founder of Datix

2.35 pm

Teamwork and safety in the operating theatre
Krishna Moorthy, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Safety Research Unit,
Imperial College London

3.15 pm

Patient safety: Priority and process. The work of the NPSA
Bruce Warner, Head of Primary Care, Ambulance and Specialist Programmes, National Patient Safety Agency

3.50 pm

An opportunity for delegates and members of the Section to put forward suggestions for topics to be covered in future Patient Safety Section meeting

4.00 pm

Conclusion to the meeting and completion of evaluation forms
Margaret Dangoor, President, Patient Safety Section, RSM

The meeting will be followed by Afternoon Tea and a Toast to Patient Safety Section Launch
All delegates are invited to attend

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