NINTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Chaired by Tom Gray Chief Pharmacist Derby Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and SHA Lead NHS East Midlands this important one day conference will give delegates key updates to reducing medication errors and increasing patient safety. Earl Howe Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality has been invited to follow the Chairman’s welcome and introduction with a keynote address on moving forward: the future for reducing medication errors and delivering safe medication practice. This will be followed by a key update following the Patient Safety First campaign and its progress. Issues to be addressed include how changing the culture can help set the benchmark to zero, critical success factor in reducing medication errors and monitoring medication errors as a patient safety indicator.