Psychological Safety Conference
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Psychological Safety Conference
Date and time
Tue 9 Jun 2026 from 9:00am
to 5:30pm
Location
Royal Society of Medicine
Organised by
Patient Safety
In healthcare, developing a culture of psychological safety is essential to ensuring patient safety; a priority identified in the NHS Patient Safety Strategy. In the context of the NHSE's 10 year plan and healthcare leaders' commitments to psychological safety across all developed nations, it is essential that the safety of patients and staff is at the core of its design and delivery to avoid harm and reduce incidents. If the healthcare system is to truly be transformed over the next decade, matters of culture need to be addressed.
Why attend?
Meet experts in culture, clinicians, patient safety who will be highlighting why changes need to be made and how individual healthcare professionals can apply good practice to address the challenges.
Gain a deep understanding of what psychological safety is and why it is essential to promote and deliver a safety culture in healthcare.
Comprehend the actions needed to improve psychological safety in healthcare - what does good look like?
Be provided with an opportunity to make personal commitments for better patient safety.
Opportunity to engage with key note presentations, panel session discussions, and listen to personal experience of those than have been damaged by poor culture.
Learning outcomes:
Attendees will be able to identify what psychological safety is, how it shows up in team behavior, and how it differs from trust, comfort, or simply being “nice.
Be able to apply practical strategies to build psychologically safe environments by learning specific behaviors - such as framing work as learning, modeling vulnerability, and responding productively to patient safety incidents and risk.
Identify, evaluate, and address barriers to psychological safety. Attendees will be able to spot common organizational, cultural, and interpersonal obstacles and use structured approaches to reduce fear, friction, and silence.
In a healthcare system facing unprecedented change, the opportunity to strengthen psychological safety has never been more vital. By embedding the principles explored in this event into everyday practice, we can move beyond compliance to create cultures where people feel safe to speak up, learn, and lead with integrity. The commitments made here today are a vital step toward safer patients, supported staff, and a healthier future for healthcare.
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Registration for this event will close at 1:00 am on Monday 8 June 2026
. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speakers' organisations.
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