Caring for people with long-term conditions puts enormous strain on our public services and, if we continue to treat these conditions in the same way, our health services will become unsustainable. There are estimated to be over 15 million people affected by conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, dementia and asthma, and treatment accounts for a staggering seventy per cent of all healthcare spending. Currently three out of five people aged over 60 in England suffer from a long-term condition and, as our population continues to age, the figures are only predicted to increase. The Equality and Human Rights Commission found that 58 per cent of people over the age of 50 will have a long-term condition by 2020. We need a new approach to treatment, services and care that not only improves outcomes but is also cost-effective.

At Tackling Long-Term Conditions: Health and Wellbeing our programme of prestigious speakers will be discussing how to shift towards a more flexible, integrated and people-centred health system. Delegates will hear from leading case studies, discover the latest developments of new services and gain a better understanding of how to improve patient outcomes.