The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out how NHS providers must approach patient safety incidents, learning and accountability. This focused, half-day PSIRF training course gives board members, executive leaders and senior managers a clear understanding of their responsibilities under PSIRF.
The session explores the four key aims of PSIRF:
- Compassionate engagement with patients, families and staff
- Systems-based learning, not blame
- Proportionate responses to safety incidents
- Supportive oversight that promotes improvement
What you will learn on our PSIRF Oversight Training for Executives and Board Members
- Understand how PSIRF changes expectations for Boards, leadership teams and Integrated Care Boards
- Learn the core aims, principles and key differences between PSIRF and previous patient safety frameworks
- Clarify the roles and responsibilities of providers, ICBs, NHS England and the CQC within PSIRF oversight
- Apply the six principles of effective, supportive oversight
- Shift from assurance through paperwork to assurance through understanding
- Strengthen Board accountability for provider-led Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSIIs)
- Recognise the implications and risks when oversight is ineffective or inconsistent
- Ensure Boards meet the required standards, principles and competencies under PSIRF
Course format & logistics
- Duration: Half-day (virtual or in-person)
- Format: Interactive workshop with practical exercises
- CPD-accredited and tailored for NHS and care settings
- Includes: Templates, structures and take-home tools
- Public course format and fee: virtual £99 + vat per person
- In-house course format and fee: virtual £1250 + vat and in-person £1750 + vat
Why this course is different
This programme is specifically designed for senior leaders and board members. It focuses not only on compliance but on practical, high-level governance, helping leaders understand what good PSIRF oversight looks like and how to embed it at organisational and system level.
Testimonial
“Today’s session has been extremely helpful in detailing the skill involved in having proper oversight with regards to PSII investigations and patient safety in the new world of PSIRF. Today was invaluable and we will be incorporating the tools and techniques shared into the work plan for the future patient safety team and the sub-committee tasked with oversight.”
Director of Quality Assurance
Useful links
NHS England PSIRF Oversight Guidance
Independent Healthcare Provider Network PSIRF Guide
NHS England PSIRF Response Standards
HSSIB Safety Management Report
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