RiskReimagined 2026: The Convenzis NHS Risk Management Conference

Workforce & Care Integration

08:30 am
28 Apr, 2026
The Studio, 3rd Floor, 7 Cannon St, Birmingham B2 5EP

RiskReimagined 2026: The Convenzis NHS Risk Management Conference

Workforce & Care Integration

08:30 am
28 Apr, 2026
The Studio, 3rd Floor, 7 Cannon St, Birmingham B2 5EP

A Strategic Summit on Safety, Governance and Incident Learning - All Convenzis Events Provide 8 CPD Points Per Delegate

Across the NHS, risk management is entering a critical transformation. The Dash Review, alongside the NHS 10-Year Health Plan and Workforce Plan, is redefining safety, accountability, and governance, moving the system from reactive compliance to proactive prevention. Leadership capability is now central to ensuring safer, more reliable services while meeting statutory and regulatory expectations.

Despite national ambition, legacy infrastructure, digital vulnerabilities, and fragmented oversight continue to expose patients to avoidable harm. Each year, more than 13,500 avoidable deaths occur, with infections, maternity incidents, and diagnostic delays revealing systemic weaknesses. Hospital maintenance backlogs exceeding £13 billion and evolving cyber threats further intensify the challenge. RiskReimagined 2026 offers a practical forum for senior NHS leaders to translate policy into capability, equipping teams to embed safety leadership, strengthen governance, and turn incident learning into measurable improvement.

Summit Focus:

The RiskReimagined 2026 Conference is a premier event for sharing best practice and innovation, designed to help NHS professionals move from awareness to applied implementation. Delegates will gain hands-on frameworks, tested delivery models, and peer-derived insights on embedding safe, equitable, and sustainable transformation within their organisations.

Dedicated Skill Clinics provide practical tools, checklists, and implementation templates for enhancing governance, risk oversight, and incident response. Lessons Learned Sessions offer candid reflections from NHS leaders on real-world challenges, course corrections, and successes.

This is not a showcase of what to achieve, but a skills exchange on how to achieve it, translating national ambition into measurable improvement.

This year’s event is structured around clear outcomes. Delegates will leave understanding:

  • Navigating governance transformation – clarifying system-level safety oversight roles and strengthening board accountability for quality and risk.
  • Applying AI and early warning systems – enhancing proactive risk management and integrating predictive analytics within clinical workflows.
  • Fostering a culture of incident learning – promoting open reporting, transparent follow-up, and effective use of PSIRF, HSSIB outputs, and proactive medicines management.
  • Strengthening infrastructure and cyber resilience – addressing capital and cybersecurity deficits and developing robust service continuity strategies.
  • Enhancing data integration and patient record governance – enabling the transition to unified, safely governed “patient passports.”
  • Building workforce risk capability – through targeted training, multidisciplinary governance structures, and safety leadership aligned with People and Quality frameworks.

What’s New for 2026:

  • Morning & Afternoon Skill Clinics: immersive sessions focused on actionable tools, checklists, and templates delegates can implement immediately.
  • Lessons Learned Sessions: real-world reflections from NHS leaders detailing what went wrong, what changed, and what succeeded.
  • Peer Learning Circles: small-group exchanges to explore common challenges and co-design solutions across ICBs and provider collaboratives.
  • Action-Driven Case Studies: showcasing not only outcomes achieved, but how results were delivered through process and workforce innovation.

Why Attend:

  • Earn 8 CPD Points by attending.
  • Build professional confidence through applied, hands-on learning.
  • Access ready-to-use frameworks for governance, interoperability, and workforce transformation.
  • Hear real experiences from peers and leaders driving NHS improvement.
  • Leave with practical artefacts, toolkits, and action plans for local rollout.
  • Join a community of NHS professionals committed to capability-building and sustainable delivery.

Who Would Benefit:

This conference is ideal for Board Members, Chief Executives, Governance and Quality Leads, Patient Safety Managers, Risk and Assurance Directors, and ICS Executives driving NHS transformation. It will also benefit clinical and operational leaders, CCIOs, CIOs, service managers, and workforce planners seeking practical guidance on embedding safety, accountability, and resilience. Suppliers, digital partners, and academic collaborators will gain insight into implementation priorities, workforce skill gaps, and the real-world enablers shaping the next decade of NHS transformation.

The programme

08:30

Registration & Networking

Registration - Open from 8:30 am - Closes at 11:00 am

All delegates must complete their registration process before the 11:00 AM cut-off time. Please arrive in a timely manner to allow for registration and to avoid any inconvenience. Delegates who arrive after the registration deadline will be refused entry to the event.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain the event's schedule and ensuring that everyone can fully participate in the Conference. If you have any questions or require assistance, our event staff will be available to assist you with the registration process.

Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to an insightful and productive event together!

09:30

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

09:40

Keynote Presentation - Redesigning Risk: Governance, Accountability & the New Safety Landscape (Speaker TBC)

Keynote Presentation

This opening session sets out how the NHS’s 10-Year Health Plan and the forthcoming Dash Review are reshaping patient-safety oversight. Delegates will explore the shift from fragmented governance toward empowered local boards and learn what leadership capabilities are needed to embed transparency, accountability, and proactive risk management across organisations.

10:00

Morning Skill Clinic - Leading a Culture of Learning: Upskilling Teams for Proactive Risk Management (Speakers TBC)

Morning Skill Clinic

A hands-on, leadership-focused clinic designed to help senior managers and governance leads build confident, risk-literate teams. Using real NHS scenarios, participants will map skill gaps, design training pathways, and create local frameworks that turn incident learning into continuous improvement.

Learning Outcomes:

  • How to embed safety and quality training into everyday leadership practice.
  • How to design multidisciplinary governance forums that surface risks early.
  • How to connect PSIRF, Martha’s Rule, and HSSIB learning to frontline culture.

10:30

Main Sponsor

Main Sponsor

10:50

Morning Break

Morning Break

11:50

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

11:55

Case Study - Concentric.ai

Case Study - Concentric.ai

12:15

Case Study

Case Study

12:35

Fireside Interview - Lessons from Failure: When Systems Broke and What Changed After (Speaker TBC)

Fireside Interview

A candid, story-driven conversation with an NHS leader who has navigated serious incidents and governance crises. The discussion will highlight early warning signs, organisational blind spots, and the leadership behaviours that helped restore safety culture and trust.

12:55

Case Study

Case Study

13:15

Lunch and Networking

Lunch and Networking

14:00

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

14:05

Case Study

Case Study

14:25

NHS Deep Dive - Galvanising Clinical Governance: Sustainably engaging clinicians in continuous improvement (Confirmed)

Genevieve Hirst
Paediatric ST2 Doctor
North Middlesex University Hospital
Valerie Milton
Paediatric ST4 Doctor
North Middlesex University Hospital

Over the past two years, within the paediatric department at a busy London hospital, we have been working to strengthen our incident learning culture. This has included the introduction of clinical governance champions (resident doctors) alongside a lead nurse, both of which are now well established within the department.

We have also developed a clinical governance newsletter that shares learning from recent incidents and more detailed reviews relevant to our team. This has received excellent feedback as an engaging way to support clinicians in applying learning to practice. Most recently, we have created a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlining these roles and how incident reporting and review processes can be optimally utilised—an approach that could be highly applicable across other NHS departments and hospitals.

14:45

Case Study

Case Study

15:05

NHS Deep Dive - Governance in Transition: Building Accountability Through Simplified Structures (Speaker TBC)

NHS Deep Dive

As national safety bodies consolidate, this session looks at how local boards can take ownership of risk without adding bureaucracy. Attendees will gain practical approaches for clarifying roles, streamlining reporting lines, and using assurance data to strengthen decision-making.

15:25

Afternoon Skill Clinic - Proving Value & Resilience: Measuring Risk Capability for Boards and ICS Leads (Speakers TBC)

Afternoon Skill Clinic

This closing clinic equips senior leaders with evaluation and reporting tools that demonstrate progress in risk maturity. Delegates will learn how to translate qualitative culture change into measurable board evidence and build assurance packs that connect governance to patient outcomes.

Learning Outcomes:

  • How to assess organisational risk maturity using standardised matrices.
  • How to link safety improvements to workforce capability metrics.
  • How to communicate risk performance clearly to regulators and the public.

15:35

Hot Buffet food and drinks

Hot Buffet food and drinks

17:00

End of Day

End of Day

Convenzisvents

Your Pass Includes....

  • This conference is CPD accredited. Attendees will be eligible to gain 8 CPD points upon completion of the event.
  • Access to a leading conference speaker programme
  • Interactive Q&A sessions
  • Fireside interviews
  • Cross-sector best practice
  • Meet the supplier opportunities
  • Hot breakfast & Lunch included
  • Access to post event drinks reception and Street food

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