Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice
Join us for this one-day event to discuss patient safety, drawing upon your existing knowledge and building upon clinical practice, previous errors and the use of education and quality improvement programmes used to deliver safe perioperative care.
A joint event with the RCoA, this one day meeting will discuss patient safety, including the barriers to delivering safe perioperative care and strategies on how to overcome them.
Our aims are to build upon knowledge and practice to make systems, processes and organisations safer. Through an understanding of the science of patient safety, different perspectives and approaches, coupled with collaboration, education & quality improvement programmes we hope to inspire delegates to make safety the golden thread of patient care.
The lectures will be recorded and made available to delegates post-event. This event does not require live attendance, once registered you will have access to all of the recorded material for up to six months after the live event.
| 09:10-09:15 | Online registration opens & technical checks | |
| 09:15-09:35 | Welcome and Introduction | Prof Denny Levett, CCL & CPOC Director |
| Session 1: | ||
| 09:35-09:55 | The patient experience | |
| 09:55-10:15 | Surgery as a teachable moment to improve patient safety | |
| 10:15-10:35 | The patient voice in perioperative care and CPOC | Michelle Deans, London |
| 10:35-10:50 | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 10:50-11:10 | BREAK | |
| Session 2: | ||
| 11:10-11:35 | Safety in a degraded system | Prof Mary Dixon-Woods, Cambridge |
| 11:35-12:00 | Measurement of safety in perioperative care | |
| 12:00-12:15 | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 12:15-13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Session 3: | ||
| 13:00-13:25 | Learning from deaths and inquest via SALG | Dr Philip Barclay, London |
| 13:25-13:50 | M&M in 2025 | Dr John Bramall, Stevenage |
| 13:50-14:00 | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 14:00-14:20 | BREAK | |
| 14:20-14:30 | RESIDENT SAFETY PRIZE - Presentation 1 | |
| 14:30-14:40 | RESIDENT SAFETY PRIZE - Presentation 2 | |
| 14:40-14:50 | RESIDENT SAFETY PRIZE - Presentation 3 | |
| 14:50-15:00 | RESIDENT SAFETY PRIZE - Presentation 4 | |
| Session 4: | ||
| 15:00-15:25 | How AI can be used to support safety | Indresh Umaichelvam, London |
| 15:25-15:50 | Team based Quality Improvement | |
| 15:50-16:00 | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 16:00-16:05 | Resident, Specialty and SAS Safety Prize award winner | Prof Denny Levett |
| 16:05 | CLOSE | |
Pricing
ODPs and Nurses are welcome to register under the Anaesthetist in Training rate.
Pricing Terms and Conditions
Payment must be made at the time of booking unless otherwise stated. The RCoA, FICM and FPM are unable to hold places on events without payment. Credit or debit card payments must be made online via our card payment handler Stripe, or by phone. We do not accept purchase orders or raise invoices for places on our events.
Discounts are available for some membership types at the rates stated below. You must be eligible for the discount both at the time of the booking and at the time of the event itself. We may ask for proof of your member status at any point. If you are unable to prove your entitlement to the discount we may charge you the full event rate, or invite you to update your membership status accordingly. In such a situation we may withhold access to the event until your updated payment clears, or your new membership status is confirmed.
Abstract Competition
You are invited to submit an abstract for e-presentation at the virtual Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice meeting.
Four abstracts will be selected by a panel to present orally and have the opportunity to win a prize. The winner will also be invited to join a Podcast with the CPOC Director to discuss their abstract.
Abstracts should fall under the theme of 'Patient Safety and / or Quality Improvement'. The quality improvement project should be relevant to anaesthesia, perioperative medicine or intensive care. The shortlisted entries will be judged on their use and reporting of QI methodologies.
The closing date for entries is midnight on Monday 19 January 2026.
A panel of RCoA judges will assess all submissions shortly after the closing date. Authors will be notified week commencing 2 February 2026 if they have been invited to display their poster at the Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice conference.
Further details, including the application form are available by clicking here.