This year marks the first time that the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare conference will be held in Scotland (27-29 March 2019).
It provides a fantastic opportunity for Scotland to showcase the world-leading quality improvement (QI) work being carried out across health and social care. For more information on the ihub supported sessions see below.
The upcoming International Forum's succinct theme is "people make change", which fits perfectly with our aim to "inspire others about what is possible when we take a systematic approach to improvement that puts people at its heart."
Now in its 24th year, the biannual gathering of healthcare professionals in QI and patient safety supports and energises the movement for healthcare improvement and connects healthcare leaders and practitioners worldwide to improve outcomes for patients and communities.
Site visits
During the first day on 27 March, there is a series of "experience day" visits to healthcare and other settings across Scotland which will showcase the best examples of QI in the NHS, social care and education.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland's ihub is part of visit X1 at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and X8 to NHS Ayrshire and Arran about shaping high-quality health services in a community setting.
Keynotes, sessions and workshops
The second and third days, on 28 and 29 March, involve a series of keynote speeches, plenary sessions and workshops.
We are delighted to be delivering the following sessions:
| Date | Topic | Session stream | ihub speakers |
| Wed 27 March 09.00-12.30 |
M4: Transitioning from QI to Quality Management: a system to continuously reduce healthcare system costs | Building capability and leadership |
Ruth Glassborow Jo Matthews |
| Wed 27 March 09.00-12.30 |
M5: How to build a large scale collaborative: Lessons from global projects in maternity care |
Safety |
Bernie McCulloch |
| Thu 28 March 13.15-14.30 |
B2: Overcoming the challenge of medication error | Safety | Aravind Veiraiah |
| Thu 28 March 13.15-14.30 |
B4: Living well with dementia – coproducing care for vulnerable patients | Person and family centred care | Lynn Flannigan |
| Thu 28 March 15.00-16.00 |
C2: Building a national patient safety programme |
Safety |
Jo Matthews |
| Thu 28 March 15.00-16.00 |
C3: Caring for older populations in the community through ceding power | Population and public health | Graham Ellis |
| Fri 29 March 11.00-12.15 |
D3: Three different methods to identify and rescue deteriorating patients | Safety | Callum McGregor |
| Fri 29 March 13.15-14.30 |
E6: Using patient feedback to lead improvement | Person and family centred care | Diane Graham |
| Fri 29 March 15.00-16.00 |
F2: Safety improvement in mental health | Safety | David Hall |
Posters and Healthcare Improvement Scotland's stand
In addition, Healthcare Improvement Scotland has an exhibition stand (no. 12) that is jointly run by Scottish Government and NHS Scotland, plus a number of posters on display, covering:
- Primary healthcare transformation in Scotland and Nova Scotia (Canada): journeys and lessons learned
- Evidence into action: creating resources that help you use evidence in improvement
- Creating the conditions for system and culture change to support improvement
- Empowering families to make informed choices: enabling reduction of Scottish stillbirth rate
- Outcomes that matter: an experience based approach to co-designing improvement priorities
- Design by everyone: how QI and service design approaches can transform health and social care
- Scottish reduction in antimicrobial prescribing: implementation of a national primary care QI resource
- 'What matters to you?' day
- Improving Death Certification Review
- Repatriation audit abstract
- Scottish rheumatology quality registry pilot
We look forward to seeing you there!
Visit the conference website to find out more.