Patient safety at a crossroads: What's needed now?
Monday, September 15, 2025 10:20 AM to 10:40 AM · 20 min. (Europe/London)
Exchange Hall
Leadership stream: Safety Leaders Exchange
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Despite progress, too many patients still experience preventable harm—so are our safety systems keeping up, or are they falling short?
- Is healthcare safety evolving, or are we still firefighting within a permacrises?
- What is needed to make safety systems truly fit for purpose?
- Could the NHS improve quality by the introduction of a safety management system approach?
In this honest and solutions-focused discussion our panel will examine the gaps, challenges, and opportunities within the rapidly changing patient safety landscape. From regulatory failures to drastic reforms, cultural shifts and the role of transparency, they'll explore what’s working, what’s broken, and what must change now in-order-to rebuild trust and prevent future harm.
Agenda
Safety Leaders Exchange
Format
Panel discussion
Keynote Speaker

Aidan Fowler
National Director of Patient SafetyNHS EnglandSpeaker

Professor Mary Dixon-Woods
THIS Institute and The Health Foundation and Professor, Healthcare Improvement Studies in the Department of Public Health and Primary CareUniversity of Cambridge
Sir Julian Hartley
Chief ExecutiveCQC
Professor Nicola Ranger
General Secretary and Chief ExecutiveRoyal College of Nursing
Jono Broad
President - Patient Safety SectionRoyal Society of Medicine
