This national virtual summit focuses on supporting staff to deliver positive patient identification as well as implementation and adoption of the recommendations from the HSSIB Positive Patient Identification report.
Through national updates, practical case studies and in depth expert sessions the conference aims to improve the effectiveness of patient identification within your service, and ensure that new technology and optimisations lead to change and improvements in patient care. The conference will also reflect on the staff training needs for positive patient identification, as well as evaluating the current systems and technology in clinical practice.
“The risk of patient misidentification is underestimated. This is preventing allocation of already limited safety resources to further mitigate the risk. When a patient is misidentified, it is difficult to correct the misidentification and ensure their records are made accurate.”
Positive Patient Identification - National Learning Report, HSSIB, February 2024
“Hundreds of patients are being harmed each year because NHS organisations have incorrectly identified who they are. Responses to Freedom of Information requests from 166 trusts revealed 58,537 cases of patient misidentification logged in Datix or other patient safety systems between 2019 and 2023, including 4,713 causing some sort of harm. This is equivalent to 11,707 incidents a year, with 943 leading to harm.”
The Health Service Journal, June 2024
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve patient identification
Update your knowledge from the latest HSSIB report recommendations
Understand what the current statistics show us about patients affected by misidentification
Reflect on the training needs required for all staff working in patient identification from a patient safety lead
Learn what the risks associated with patient misidentification are and how to address them
Understand the complexities of implementing a new Electronic Patient Record system from a case study
Self assess your service against the HSSIB report
Improve the way patient misidentification incidents are handled
Develop your skills in utilising the NHS number in clinical practice
Understand how to improve patient identification accuracy for safe blood transfusion
Develop your skills in adopting new patient scanning technologies
Support staff through the complaints process including inquests
Identify key strategies for implementing Scan4Safety technology across an NHS Trust
Self assess, reflect and expand your skills in patient identification
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
