The ‘NIHR PSTRCs Joint Symposium: The future of patient safety research’, hosted by the three NIHR-funded Patient Safety Translational Research Centres (PSTRCs) in Greater Manchester, Yorkshire & Humber, and Imperial College London, took place in Leeds on Thursday 16 June 2022, and explored current and future developments in patient safety research.

The symposium was chaired by Professor Rhona Flin, Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen and Professor of Industrial Psychology at Robert Gordon University and a keynote introduction was provided by Dr Frances Healey, Former Deputy Director of Patient Safety, NHS England and NHS Improvement.

There were three session themes, each of which included speakers from all three PSTRCs, and there was also a panel discussion and a poster competition.

Pictured l-r below are:

• Prof Bryony Dean Franklin, NIHR Imperial PSTRC
• Prof Darren Ashcroft, Director of NIHR Greater Manchester PSTRC
• Prof Rebecca Lawton, Director of Yorkshire and Humber PSTRC
• Prof Rhona Flin, Chair and Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen and Professor of Industrial Psychology at Robert Gordon University
• Dr Frances Healey, Former Deputy Director of Patient Safety NHS England and NHS Improvement

The session themes at the event were:

• ‘Involvement’ – we discussed examples of successfully involving diverse groups of patients/public and health and care stakeholders in patient safety research.
• ‘Insight’ – we explored new approaches from the PSTRCs which will inform future research and address patient safety priorities.
• ‘Improvement’ – we shared novel solutions and developments that transform the delivery of safer care. ‌

Read this blog post about the symposium, or this visual summary of the event, using tweets, photos and illustrations.

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