2005 Conference             

Managing patient safety incidents: how do we match theory with practice?
Professor James Reason, CBE, Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester

Nurses’ experience of incident reporting
Fiona Donaldson-Myles, Supervisor of Midwives, SSAFA Forces Help, Gibraltar

Pitfalls in the interpretation of cardiotocographs
Michael C Carter, consultant bioengineer and expert witness, London

Intimate examinations in women’s healthcare: good practice and medico-legal issues
Dilly Anumba, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Honorary Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Fetomaternal Medicine, The University of Sheffield

Teaching and learning about patient safety: the SaFE study
Bryony Strachan, Consultant Obstetrician, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol

Preparing for CNST Maternity, Levels I and II: experience of the Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Helen Scholefield, Consultant Obstetrician, Liverpool Women’s Hospital

Investigating incidents: system analysis in gynaecology
Louise Samworth, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester

From blame culture to a culture of safety: the NHS in transition
Professor Sir John Lilleyman, President of the Royal Society of Medicine; Medical Director, National Patient Safety Agency

Medico-legal casebook: lessons from recent cases in maternity and gynaecology
John Mead, Technical Claims Director, NHS Litigation Authority

Enhancing safety in women’s healthcare: does the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services offer new opportunities?
Heather Mellows, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Bassetlaw Hospital; Co-chair of the NSF’s External Working Group on Maternity Services

A voyage of discovery: what clinicians can learn from recurrent errors
Professor Gordon Stirrat, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Bristol

Mock trial
Scripted and facilitated by John Pollitt, Solicitor, Pearson Hinchcliffe