About this event

  • Date and time Tue 9 Jun 2026 from 9:00am to 5:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Patient Safety

In healthcare, developing a culture of psychological safety is essential to ensuring patient safety; a priority identified in the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. In the context of the NHSE's 10 year plan and healthcare leaders' commitments to psychological safety across all developed nations, it is essential that the safety of patients and staff is at the core of its design and delivery to avoid harm and reduce incidents. If the healthcare system is to truly be transformed over the next decade, matters of culture need to be addressed.

Why attend?

  • Meet experts in culture, clinicians, patient safety who will be highlighting why changes need to be made and how individual healthcare professionals can apply good practice to address the challenges.
  • Gain a deep understanding of what psychological safety is and why it is essential to promote and deliver a safety culture in healthcare.
  • Comprehend the actions needed to improve psychological safety in healthcare - what does good look like?
  • Be provided with an opportunity to make personal commitments for better patient safety.
  • Opportunity to engage with key note presentations, panel session discussions, and listen to personal experience of those than have been damaged by poor culture.

Learning outcomes:

  • Attendees will be able to identify what psychological safety is, how it shows up in team behavior, and how it differs from trust, comfort, or simply being “nice.
  • Be able to apply practical strategies to build psychologically safe environments by learning specific behaviors - such as framing work as learning, modeling vulnerability, and responding productively to patient safety incidents and risk.
  • Identify, evaluate, and address barriers to psychological safety. Attendees will be able to spot common organizational, cultural, and interpersonal obstacles and use structured approaches to reduce fear, friction, and silence.

In a healthcare system facing unprecedented change, the opportunity to strengthen psychological safety has never been more vital. By embedding the principles explored in this event into everyday practice, we can move beyond compliance to create cultures where people feel safe to speak up, learn, and lead with integrity. The commitments made here today are a vital step toward safer patients, supported staff, and a healthier future for healthcare.

Attend educational events for free

RSM members enjoy free access to over 200 expert-led events each year, including CPD-accredited learning.

Become a member
From under £10 p/mo

Follow us on
Facebook 
Instagram
LinkedIn
Twitter 
YouTube 

We would like to thank our sponsor RLDatix for their support of this meeting.
Please note that none of the companies listed have had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.

Tickets

Standard pricing available until 08 June 2026.

Member

RSM Associate
Day 1
£0.00 Meeting
£35.75 Lunch
(optional)
RSM Fellow
Day 1
£0.00 Meeting
£35.75 Lunch
(optional)
RSM Retired Fellow
Day 1
£0.00 Meeting
£35.75 Lunch
(optional)
RSM Student
Day 1
£0.00 Meeting
£35.75 Lunch
(optional)
RSM Resident Doctor
Day 1
£0.00 Meeting
£35.75 Lunch
(optional)

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors Other HCPs Resident Doctor Student
£176.00 £105.00 £105.00 £55.00

Agenda

View the programme

Registration, tea, and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Jono Broad, President, Patient Safety Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Session 1: An introduction to psychological safety: what it is and what it isn’t

Chair: Mr Jono Broad, President, Patient Safety Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Expert presentation and discussion with the audience – Psychological safety expert

Dr Daljit Hothi, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for children and Dr Natalie Wyatt, Paediatric Nephrologist at Evelina London Children’s Hospital 

Miro Board ‘What stops me feeling psychologically safe’

Session 2: Psychological safety: Leadership commitment

Chair: Dr Colette Marshall, Regional Medical Director for Commissioning, NHS England (Midlands) and Miss Jess Miranda Peck, Senior Quality and Safety Manager - Patient Safety Portfolio, NHS England

What ‘the centre’ is doing to support culture change, psychological safety and future plans

Dr Chetna Modi, Deputy Director of People & Culture, London and Chris Streather, Regional Medical Director at NHSE

Comfort break

Session 3: Exploring psychological safety real life experiences - learning from the front line

Chair: Mrs Rose Gallagher MBE, Professional Lead Sustainability, Royal College of Nursing

Personal testimony and facilitated interprofessional panel discussion

Mr Peter Duffy MBE, Ex-surgeon/whistleblower/author, Dr Liz Walsh, Professional Lead for Justice and Forensics, Royal College of Nursing and Bethany Carter

Discussion with the audience
Lunch and networking

Session 4: Psychological safety - How do we design culture change into service and organisational redesign ‘What does good look like’

Chair: Ms Helen Hughes, Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning and President Elect, Patient Safety Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Expert panel presentations and facilitated panel discussion with clinical and organisational development leaders

Roger Kirby, ex-RSM President, Roger Kline, Research Fellow at Middlesex University and Beatrice Fraenkel

Discussion with the audience

Session 5: What can we all do, personal reflections and take-home commitment

Chair: Professor Gillian Leng, President of the Royal Society of Medicine

Results from our survey: Insights from patient safety change programmes
Commitments, what I’m taking back and going to do

Session 6: Informal meetings with speakers and panellists

Drinks reception
End of conference

Sponsors

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00 am on Monday 8 June 2026. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speakers' organisations.

Checking in Domus Medica 3

While you’re attending this event

If you're an RSM member, why not stay in the comfort of our hotel, Domus Medica, book dinner in the restaurant, or even hire one of our private dining rooms to socialise with your peers?

RSM members enjoy access to our enviable club facilities. For more information, please contact our team at [email protected] or [email protected].

Find out more