Ghana Patient
Safety Forum 2026
"Safe Care: Bridging Policy and Practice"
A national gathering of clinicians, policymakers, and patient advocates working to close the gap between national policy and daily care across Ghana's health system.
The Ghana Patient Safety Forum 2026 is underway.
A national platform for safe patient care prioritisation
The Ghana Patient Safety Forum is the country's foremost convening on the quality and safety of care. Now in its maiden edition, the 2026 Forum brings together frontline clinicians, hospital leaders, policymakers, researchers, and patient advocates to move from national commitment to daily practice.
Anchored in the World Health Organization's Global Patient Safety Action Plan and Ghana's National Quality of Care Strategy, the FORUM THAT WILL IGNITE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS. Every session is designed to produce tools, commitments, and networks that return with delegates to their facilities.
A FORUM THAT WILL IGNITE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS
THE PATIENT — AT THE CENTRE OF EVERY DECISION
Share what works
Surface homegrown safety improvements from district hospitals to teaching centres, and make them transferable.
Build the workforce
Equip clinicians and managers with practical skills in incident reporting, root-cause analysis, and safety culture.
Shape policy
Translate forum outcomes into recommendations for the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service.
Three tracks, one goal
The 2026 programme is organised around patient safety themes. Each combines keynote insight, lived experience, and panel discussions so delegates leave with something they can use in their daily practice.
Human Factors Ergonomics
Designing systems, tools, and environments that work with — not against — human limitations. From medication labelling to theatre layout, reducing error by design rather than relying on vigilance alone.
Patient & Family Co-production
Patients and families as partners in safe care — not passive recipients. Voice in decisions, honest disclosure after harm, and building a just culture where lived experience shapes improvement.
Patient Safety through Effective Teamwork
How teams communicate, coordinate, and recover from error. Briefings, debriefs, speak-up culture, and shared mental models that turn a group of clinicians into a reliable safety system.
Voices from the frontline
Clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and patient advocates who have shaped safety practice in Ghana and beyond. The full speaker list will be announced in the coming weeks.
Prof Aneel Bhangu
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon & Professor of Surgery
University Hospitals Birmingham & University of Birmingham
Mr Melvin Tommy
The Quality Manager
The Bank Hospital
Dr Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih
PhD Clinical Research Fellow
University of Birmingham NIHR Global Surgery Unit
Dr. Edward Addo Dankwa, Esq
Public Health Physician & Lawyer
Oseawuo Chambers & Co
Dr Dorcas (Osei-Poku) Sackey
General Surgery Specialist & Healthcare Quality and Safety Advocate
The Bank Hospital
Selina Dussey
Chief Nursing Officer
Head, Quality Management Unit — Ministry of Health
Your hosts for the day
Guiding the conversation from the opening welcome to the closing remarks — two clinicians who will keep the programme moving and the dialogue open throughout World Patient Safety Day.
Dr. Sheba Kunfah
MBChB, MPH, MWACP
Dr. Wisdom Effiong
MBChB
Convened with the institutions that shape Ghanaian care
The Ghana Patient Safety Forum is independently organised by the International Student Surgical Network Ghana LBG in partnership with The Bank Hospital, White Deer Ghana Limited Company and InciSioN Global. Partnership and exhibition enquiries: admin@ghanapatientsafetyforum2026.com
One day of working sessions
A single, intensive programme to mark World Patient Safety Day — moving from national direction, to clinical skills, to the commitments that will shape 2027.
Breakfast Session
· OptionalHistorical Reflection on World Patient Safety Day
Presentation by Dr Dorcas (Osei-Poku) Sackey
Coffee break & Registrations
Morning Session
Welcome Address by the Chair · Patient Safety Documentary · Introduction of distinguished guests, speakers
Dr Emmanuel Yeboah Gyabaah
The Basics of Patient Safety Science — The Global Community Experience
Prof Aneel Bhangu · International Patient Safety Expert
A practical approach to patient safety — the National Health Quality Strategy 2024 in perspective
Mr Melvin Tommy · Local Patient Safety Expert
Harnessing malpractice data to improve patient safety
Dr. Edward Addo Dankwa, Esq · Lawyer with experience in malpractice suits
Snack Break & Networking
Panel Discussion — Safe Care: Bridging Policy and Practice — A System Approach
Moderated by Dr Wisdom Effiong · 2 Patients: Mr. Rene Vincent-Ernst · Lawyer: Dr. Edward Addo Dankwa, Esq · Local Patient Safety Expert: Mr Melvin Tommy · International Patient Safety Expert: Prof Aneel Bhangu · Head of Quality, MOH: Selina Dussey
Harnessing Health Data to Ensure Patient Safety
Presentation by Dr Prince Ankrah-Twumasi
Afternoon Session
Ensuring Patient Safety through Teamwork
Dr Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih
Patient safety indicators prioritization & resolution — tracking priority no. 1 for a national patient safety initiative
Facilitated by Dr Dorcas (Osei-Poku) Sackey
Closing Remarks from the Advocacy Lead · Photo session — Dignitaries, guests and speakers · Organizing committee members · Everyone
Dr Fondop Tene Noe Othniel
PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO REFINEMENT — FULL DETAILS PUBLISHED AUGUST 2026
Join us in Accra
The 2026 Forum is a free event. Registration is open to all healthcare professionals, trainees and members of the public — in person at The Bank Hospital, Accra, or online via RxAccredit |Microsoft Teams and YouTube. Places are limited, so early registration is encouraged.
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Registration is closed.
Registration for the Ghana Patient Safety Forum 2026 has now closed. Thank you to everyone who registered.
For any enquiries, contact the secretariat at admin@ghanapatientsafetyforum2026.com.
The Bank Hospital, Accra
The 2026 Forum is hosted at The Bank Hospital — a modern healthcare facility in the heart of Accra — bringing the conversation about safer care directly into a working clinical environment.
Join us in person at The Bank Hospital, or online via RxAccredit |Microsoft Teams and YouTube. All plenaries and selected sessions are live-streamed, with on-demand access for registered delegates.