As the criminal and regulatory burden on NHS trusts increases, internal SUI reports are increasingly important, not only as a means of closing the risk management loop, but also to present the trust as a responsible and professional well-run organisation to external bodies.
Coroners, health and safety inspectors, police officers, care quality commission inspectors, disciplinary panels and even the media can use an internal document, produced for one purpose, to criticise a trust.
It is therefore essential that those investigating incidents are not only trained in root cause analysis but also have some understanding of the different regulatory arenas in which their final work may be exposed; that they understand the basic evidential approach they should be taking to an investigation and how they can protect an organisation even where significant problems have been found.
This seminar is designed to help equip those carrying out investigations within the healthcare arena, with the necessary understanding to convert their undoubted skills of incident analysis into equally impressive incident reports that can stand up to scrutiny and positively influence external organisations. This seminar is aimed at governance/operations directors, senior clinicians, senior managers, professionals and health and safety professionals.
The seminar will consider:
- the context of an investigation within the wider regulatory framework;
- evidence;
- analysis;
- reports and recommendations; and
- pitfalls and practical advice.