28 February 2013  |  Harrogate International Centre

PROGRAMME

08:30
Registration and Coffee in the Networking Surgery
09:25
Chair's Opening Address
Becky Malby (confirmed)
Director, Centre for Innovation in Health Management
09:30
Keynote Address
Mike Farrar (confirmed)
Chief Executive, NHS Confederation
“Transforming healthcare”
The NHS is facing increasing demands and rising public expectations. It must meet these demands from within its current real terms funding, while at the same time improving quality. It is not an option to continue as before – the NHS needs to radically transform how it delivers services.
09:45
Julian Hartley (invited)
Managing Director Designate, NHS Improvement Body
“Enabling delivery of transformational change”
The new NHS Improvement Body will be central to building improvement capability at scale across the NHS to enable delivery of transformational change, establishing a new vision and reshaping the improvement landscape in health and healthcare.
10:00
Anita Charlesworth (confirmed)
Chief Economist, Nuffield Trust
“Productivity across the NHS”
10:15
Speaker to be confirmed
10:30-10:40
Question and Answer Session
10:45
Masterclass Session 1
A series of Masterclasses will run throughout the day. You have the opportunity to pick a stream from the following three topics: Quality and efficiency, Leadership and management, and Innovation and technology.
11:30
Coffee in the Networking Surgery
12:15
Masterclass Session 2
13:00
Lunch in the Networking Surgery
14:00
Masterclass Session 3
14:45
Coffee in the Networking Surgery
15:15
Chair's Afternoon Address
15:20
Tim Kelsey (invited)
National Director for Patients and Information, NHS Commissioning Board
“Using new technologies: Digital First”
The Digital First initiative aims to reduce unnecessary face-to-face contact between patients and healthcare professionals by incorporating technology into these interactions, delivering high standards at a lower cost, in a way that is more flexible and convenient for patients.
15:35
Damon Palmer (confirmed)
Head of Social Care, Older People and Integration, Department of Health
“Integration: taking a system-wide perspective”
There is need to integrate hospital, community and social care in order to improve patient experience and find efficiency gains. But integration is still the exception rather than the rule.
15:50
Iain Smith (confirmed)
Head, North East Transformation System, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
“Transforming culture: the North East Transformation System”
The North East Transformation System (NETS) is a powerful model for organisational change. Within its simple framework of vision, compact and method, it comprises transformation and change techniques from international exemplars in industry as well as healthcare.
16:05
Question and Answer Session
16:15
Panel Discussion
“Making sense of change”
What makes change successful in the NHS? How can resistance to change be managed and talented staff supported and developed? How can services be designed to ensure improved productivity? Integration - generating a commitment to a shared purpose through collaboration - presents a challenge for even the strongest leaders. Join our expert panel for this engaging and stimulating debate.
Chair
Becky Malby (confirmed)
Director, Centre for Innovation in Health Management
Ben Willmott (confirmed)
Head of Public Policy, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Julia Manning (confirmed)
Chief Executive, 2020health
16:55
Chair's Closing Remarks
17:00
Conference Close