• Promoting widespread use of the NHS number to reduce incidents of patient misidentification

• Assessing the need for accurate, unique patient identification to support traceability and safety for improved patient care

• Where can the use of data standards and point of care scanning support efficient data capture for national registries?

• How can health systems overcome interoperability challenges with legacy systems?

Speaker: Alastair McLellan (Chair), Editor, Health Service Journal; Professor Ted Baker, Chair, Healthcare Services Safety Investigations Body; Dr Nnenna Osuji, Chief executive officer, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust; Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE, Patient safety commissioner, England; Dr Zubair Ahmed, PPS to The Rt Hon Wes Streeting; MP Glasgow South West