“For greater safety in healthcare — together with politics and industry. That is our mission, and Safety Camp is the platform.”
Prof. Dr. Klaus Markstaller
Medical Director and Chairman of the Board at Augsburg University Hospital
“Patient safety begins in research and education. Safety Camp is the place where we discuss this with the healthcare sector, policymakers, and the industry.”
Prof. Dr. Martina Kadmon
Dean of the new Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg and member of the Executive Board of the University Hospital of Augsburg
“Patient safety is a key driver of innovation. Safety Camp demonstrates how medical expertise, applied research, and business practices can come together to create new solutions with a regional and national impact.”
Dr. Marc Lucassen
Chief Executive Officer of the Swabian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Augsburg
“High-quality discourse, journalistic responsibility, and social relevance go hand in hand. Safety Camp is proof of how this can work.”
Andreas Schmutterer
CEO, Pressedruck Media Group / Augsburger Allgemeine
“Safety Camp 2026 has clearly demonstrated that healthcare during crises only works if all stakeholders collaborate much more closely and with a greater sense of commitment than before”
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jens Scholz
President of the Association of University Hospitals in Germany (VUD)
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Preamble
Safety in healthcare, as the sum of expertise, guidelines, quality indicators, and personal responsibility, is no longer sufficient on its own. The world in which healthcare is delivered has changed fundamentally.
Increasing complexity in medicine, geopolitical tensions, hybrid threats, cyberattacks, fragile supply chains, and a growing dependence on digital infrastructure have shifted the framework of medical care. This is precisely where Safety Camp — the 1st Conference on Medical Safety — comes in.
Read the full preamble here.
By 2027, we will:
- Implement resilience in practice
- Anchor patient safety in leadership and governance
- Build amd ensure specialised medical knowledge
- Systematically develop a safety culture
- Use standarisation as a prerequisite for freedom, innovation, and safety
- Make data responsibly usable for prevention and early detection
- Incentivise quality and prevention structurally
- Actively shape a constructive culture of error and learning
- Systematically involve patients in safety processes
- Purposefully break down barriers between medicine, industry, and science
- Expand regional networking as a safety factor
Read more in our Safety Camp Declaration 2026.
Epilogue
Safety Camp invites all past and future participants to actively implement the action items outlined in this Declaration. At Safety Camp 2027, we will highlight our progress, openly identify obstacles, and report on them transparently.
Safety Camp remains a permanent platform for collaborative learning, accountability, and implementation. The Conference on Medical Safety is organized by two strong partners: the University Hospital Augsburg (UKA) and the Augsburger Allgemeine.
