“The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), is a revolutionary new approach to incident response that centres on maximising learning and patient safety improvement now implemented in every NHS secondary care provider and being piloted in 50+ GP practices. PSIRF embeds systems thinking and improved engagement with patients, families and staff, promoting a patient safety culture. Providers report they are better able to identify safety priorities and act quickly”
NHS Patient Safety Strategy Progress Update April 2025
“The PSIRF can be used by any healthcare service but is mandatory for services provided under the NHS Standard Contract, including acute, ambulance, mental health, and community healthcare providers. This includes maternity and all specialised services… Organisations that provide NHS-funded care under the NHS Standard Contract but are not NHS trusts or foundation trusts (e.g. independent provider organisations) are required to adopt this framework for all aspects of NHS-funded care and may apply this approach to their other services.. Primary care services contracted under the NHS Standard contract are required to comply with PSIRF.”
NHS England July 2024
This national conference looks at the practicalities of responding to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). The conference will also update delegates on best practice in patient safety incident investigation and response systems and include an practical case study based overview of key tools and techniques that can be used to investigate incidents including under PSIRF including After Action Reviews, SEIPS and Thematic Reviews. There will be a focus on understanding your patient safety incident profile and managing and ensuring accountability for ongoing safety actions in response to recommendations for investigations. You will also receive a legal perspective on PSIRF and how PSIRF relates to the learning from deaths criteria, Medical Examiner and Coroner system. The conference will support you to compassionately involve those affected by patient safety incidents and challenge your pre existing lens to inspire cultural change with PSIRF and deliver improvement.
“PSIRF fundamentally shifts how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement”
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
“The framework represents a significant shift in the way the NHS responds to patient safety incidents and is a major step towards establishing a safety management system across the NHS.”
NHS England
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve the response to patient safety incidents for learning and improvement
Update your knowledge on the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework including the July 2024 update
Develop your skills in PSIRF tools and techniques such as AAR, SEIPS and Thematic reviews
Review your practice against the new Patient Safety Incident Response Standards
Understand how to apply the framework to the development and maintenance of your patient safety response policy and plan
Explore and understand your patient safety incident profile
Learn from outstanding practice in the development of patient safety incident investigation
Manage and ensure accountability for ongoing safety actions (in response to recommendations from investigations)
Reflect on the perspectives of a patient who has been involved in a serious incident, and ensure compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incidents
Learn from a legal perspective on how PSIRF interacts with the learning from deaths criteria, Medical Examiner and Coroner system
Understand how to work with staff to ensure a focus on safety actions and continuous improvement
challenge your pre existing lens to inspire cultural change with PSIRF and deliver improvement
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
