Patient Safety Congress 2026 to Bring Healthcare Leaders Together as Safety Challenges Continue

Healthcare professionals from across the UK will come together later this year for the HSJ Patient Safety Congress 2026, with the spotlight firmly on one of the NHS’s biggest priorities: delivering safer care in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

Taking place on 28 and 29 September at the Telford International Centre, the annual congress will explore how organisations can continue improving patient safety while managing workforce pressures, service transformation and the implementation of the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan.

More than 1,000 healthcare leaders, clinicians, patient safety specialists and improvement professionals are expected to attend, creating one of the UK’s largest forums dedicated solely to patient safety.

According to the organisers, this year’s programme will examine how healthcare organisations can deliver safer care while responding to the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan, national restructuring and ongoing workforce pressures.

Among the key topics expected to dominate discussions are:

• Building stronger patient safety cultures that focus on learning rather than blame.
• Embedding the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) across healthcare organisations.
• Strengthening patient and family involvement in service design and safety improvement.
• Supporting healthcare staff through continued workforce pressures while maintaining high-quality care.
• Sharing innovations that are already delivering safer care across NHS organisations.

The congress comes at a significant time for the NHS. Patient safety continues to sit at the heart of national healthcare policy, with organisations balancing increasing demand, workforce shortages and financial pressures while striving to improve quality of care.

Events such as the Patient Safety Congress provide an opportunity for organisations to learn from one another, share successful initiatives and discuss practical solutions that can be implemented across hospitals, community services and primary care.

For many attendees, the value lies not only in hearing from national experts but also in discovering examples of frontline innovation already making a difference in healthcare settings across the country.

As the NHS continues its transformation journey, patient safety remains one of the few priorities that touches every profession, every service and every patient interaction. Conversations taking place in Telford this September are therefore likely to influence improvement programmes long after the event has finished.

Healthcare professionals interested in quality improvement, clinical governance, patient experience or organisational leadership are expected to find the congress particularly relevant as the sector continues working towards safer, more effective care for everyone.

Will you be attending?

The Daily Round will be following the key announcements, discussions and innovations emerging from this year’s Patient Safety Congress.

If you’re attending the event, we’d love to hear from you. Share your insights, photographs and biggest takeaways with our editorial team, and you could feature in our post-event coverage as we highlight the conversations shaping the future of patient safety across UK health and social care. Send us your updates via newsdesk@dailyround.news