This meeting brings together international pioneers of patient safety models and national experts leading the current fight against HCAIs in order to identify new infection threats, whilst analysing and sharing best practice examples of effective management systems, clinical practice, prevention procedures, and the technology solutions for the future.

With the imminent closure of the National Programme for HCAIs and the radical reform of NHS services following the Health White Paper 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS' and the 'Healthy Lives, Healthy People' Public Health White Paper in July and November 2010 respectively, there is a real danger that confusion arising from change will lead to a lapse in patient safety and thereby an increase in healthcare associated infections from the community to the hospital environment and vice versa.

This Conference will provide vital criteria for maintaining patient safety, highlighting the prerequisites necessary for achieving a 'zero tolerance' approach and breaking the cycle of infection across the healthcare economy.

A limited number of fully funded tickets are currently available for BSG members to attend the conference free of charge. See details in flyer below:

• Meeting Flyer  [ 172 kb ]