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“Despite the efforts of healthcare staff, patients suffer harm every day in healthcare systems. It is our duty to learn from these patient safety incidents to improve patient care”
Hospice UK, 2024
“Because of our ageing population, the number of deaths in the UK is projected to increase by 25% by 2048. We need a national plan to ensure that everyone in the UK can die in dignity, and with access to the services they need.”
Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK 2024
“The Government must act urgently and radically to ensure that dying people are able to access safe and high-quality care on a 24/7 basis.”
Ruth Driscoll, Marie Curie, 2024
“When things go wrong, patients are at risk of harm and many others may be affected. For the staff involved, incidents can be distressing and members of the clinical teams to which they belong can become demoralised and disengaged. Overwhelmingly these incidents are caused by system design issues, not mistakes by individuals.”
Rachael Marchant, Medical Director at Havens Hospices, March 2024
This conference focuses on improving safety for hospice patients. The conference will highlight best practice in improving safety in hospices, highlight new developments such as the implications of the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), and the new CQC Inspection Framework, and will focus on key clinical safety areas such as falls prevention, medication safety, reduction and management of pressure ulcers, nutrition and hydration, improving the response and investigation of incidents, preparing for onsite inspections and developing a compassionate culture in hospices.
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve patient safety in hospices
Learn from outstanding practice in improving patient safety
Reflect on national developments and learning including implications of PSIRF, and the New CQC Inspection Framework
Improve the way you reduce, investigate and manage pressure ulcers
Support ongoing learning and support for hospice staff
Learn from case studies including the establishment of a 24/7 palliative care helpline
Develop your skills in falls prevention and identify key interventions to reduce falls
Understand how you can improve medication safety and symptom control
Improve nutrition and hydration practice
Train and educate frontline staff in patient safety
Ensure prompt identification of deterioration
Develop your skills in compassionate leadership and drive a safety culture in your hospice
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 hours training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
