Patient Safety Celebration and Learning Event

The PSIRF replaces Serious Incident Framework (2015). 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. It is a key part of the . The PSIRF supports the development and maintenance of an effective patient safety incident response system that integrates four key aims: compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incidents; application of a range of system-based approaches to learning from patient safety incidents; considered and proportionate responses to patient safety incidents and supportive oversight focused on strengthening response system functioning and improvement.

Martha’s Rule is a patient safety initiative currently being piloted at sites across England in response to the death of Martha Mills and other cases related to the management of deterioration.

Martha Mills died in 2021 after developing sepsis in hospital, where she had been admitted with a pancreatic injury after falling off her bike. Martha’s family’s concerns about her deteriorating condition were not responded to, and in 2023 a coroner ruled that Martha, aged 13, would probably have survived had she been moved to intensive care earlier.

In response to this and other cases related to the management of deterioration, the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and NHS England committed to implement ‘Martha’s Rule’ to ensure the vitally important concerns of the patient and those who know the patient best are listened to and acted upon.

Learning from the pilot sites will inform the development of wider national policy proposals for Martha’s Rule.

The event will be held at Citygate, Suite B, 2nd Floor, 1 Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne where lunch will be provided.

The registration desk will open at 9:15 AM, and the event will begin promptly at 9:30 AM.

Please note: Registration for the event will close on Monday 24th February 2025. When registering, kindly use your employer email address to complete the process.

The agenda will be sent to you in the near future.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Travelling to the venue

The full address of the venue is: Citygate, Suite B, 2nd Floor, 1 Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4WH

Parking

There is no on-site parking at the venue.

Please find the nearest car parks here: City Gate Parking - Car Parks, Street Parking, Private Garages (Parkopedia).

Rail and Metro

For information on local routes to Newcastle, please visit the link below:

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/newcastle/

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