Listening and learning from the experts: patient perspectives, co-production and peer-led health improvement programmes.

Safeguarding approaches: Do current systems protect patients from institutional harm? Lessons from Inquiries, the importance of clinical independence, external scrutiny, and speaking up to protect patients and staff.

Suicide and self-harm: promoting learning from deaths in custody, Coroners’ Inquests and Prevention of Future Death Reports.

Empowering teams and promoting psychological safety: Promoting civility, kindness and compassion. Balancing the humanity of teams with operational targets and financial pressures. Handling burnout, compassion fatigue, moral injury, managing violence and abuse, and the problem of staff retention. Reflective supervision and coaching: Do they protect against staff sickness and promote well-being? Is patient care safer in a psychologically safe environment?

Managing complexity safely: The central importance of effective multi-professional working, avoiding ‘serial silos’ and ‘task dumping’. The importance of clinical leadership and the value of employing clinicians skilled in handling complexity. Are we training and transforming teams safely or do financial pressures and staffing difficulties result in teams stretched too far too fast?

Emerging issues and areas of change within the justice landscape: demographics, workforce, and professional and political advocacy within the justice system.