The New NHS

A major conference on the future of health and social care with the Secretary of State for Health. 

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RG

Please find here the brochure to accompany the conference, which includes articles from speakers and an outline of the day.

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The Government has set out its ambition for “an NHS which achieves results that are amongst the best in the world”, while at the same time delivering £20 billion in productivity improvements over the course of this Parliament. To achieve this, the Government has introduced reforms to the NHS that aim to make it more accountable to patients, clinically led, and with greater freedoms for providers. The aim of this new system is to deliver organic change to services in the NHS. This major conference will explore how the new NHS is taking shape and what will be the challenges and opportunities for patients, commissioners and providers. It will take place shortly before the new system comes into effect in April 2013. It will bring together the key leaders and stakeholders in the new system and seek to set the agenda for the new organisations.

For more information, please contact Thomas Cawston at thomas.cawston@reform.co.uk.

Speakers will include:

• Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health
• Dr Charles Alessi, Chair, National Association of Primary Care
• Dr Amit Bhargava, Chair, NHS Crawley CCG
• Dr Mark Britnell, Partner and Chairman, Global Healthcare Practice, KPMG
• Dr Anthony Falconer, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, Foundation Trust Network
• Liz Kendall MP, Shadow Minister for Care and Older People
• Dr Yi Mien Koh, Chief Executive, Whittington Health

Full programme details:

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and registration

13.00 – 13.15 Welcome and introduction

13.15 – 14.05 The new health and care landscape

Following the NHS Future Forum the Government has made the development of integrated care a priority. Improving the coordination of primary, community, secondary and social care will be essential to reduce costs and improve the quality of care for patients with long term conditions. This session will explore how the reforms to the NHS will enable more integrated services.

14.05 – 14.50 Keynote speech: The New NHS

Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP will deliver a keynote speech on the Government’s vision for better health and social care. This will be follow by questions and answers from the audience, chaired by Andrew Haldenby, Director, Reform.

14.50 – 15.20 Coffee

15.20 – 16.10 The new commissioners

Improving the quality of commissioning is essential to improve quality and productivity in the NHS. Bringing clinical expertise into commissioning has the potential to deliver a better service for patients. This session will consider what the priorities are for new commissioners and how CCGs can promote more integrated and accountable care.

16.10 – 17.00 The new competition

Better organisations deliver better care, and making healthcare providers more autonomous and independent should promote excellence from board to ward. The new provider landscape will make all providers independent Foundation Trusts and encourage competition between providers. This session will explore how providers will respond to the new regulatory regime and use their freedoms.

17.00 – 17.45 Closing keynote speech: The New NHS

Liz Kendall MP will deliver a keynote speech on the Opposition’s vision for better health and social care. This will be follow by questions and answers from the audience, chaired by Andrew Haldenby, Director, Reform.

17.45 – 17.50 Close

This conference is kindly supported by:

• Baxter Healthcare
• BMI Healthcare
• Cerner
• MITIE
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist