Past events catch-up

We run a variety of events for people in health and social care, from breakfast discussions with key stakeholders to large open conferences on leading health and social care issues.

Integrated care summit 2013

Our annual International Integrated Care Summit provided an opportunity to hear about how to deliver co-ordinated care and learn from areas of the UK and abroad that are rolling out innovations in integrated care.

Disruptive technology seminar

Catch up with highlights from our disruptive technology seminar, featuring Sir Muir Gray and Soveig Sansom.

Clinical leadership of health care reform

Leadership lecture series
In the third of our series of lectures on leadership in the NHS, Donald Berwick MD discussed clinical leadership of health care reform.

Moving care closer to home: slogan or solution?

Time to Think Differently
As part of our Time to Think Differently programme, this breakfast event explored how to move services closer to home and ensure that hospitals are fit for the future.

Improving public health outcomes

Why clusters of lifestyle behaviours matter
We discussed how the health outcomes for local populations, in particular the poorest sections of the population, can be improved.

The Francis Inquiry

Assuring patient safety and quality across the system of care
Featuring Robert Francis QC, this conference looked at the outcomes and implications of the Francis Inquiry report.

Developing cultures of high-quality care

Leadership lecture series
In the first of our series of lectures on leadership in the NHS, Michael West explored how to develop a culture of high-quality care.

Academic Health Science Networks: leading innovation

Our breakfast seminar focused on the future role of Academic Health Science Networks and how they can make the greatest positive impact in the system.

Facing the future: how will we pay for the next 50 years of care?

Time to Think Differently
Our breakfast event marked the launch of our new report on spending on health and social care over the next 50 years.

Payment reform

Moving beyond Payment by Results
This conference acted as a platform to discuss the findings of our report, Payment by Results: how can payment systems help deliver better care?, and to consider how the NHS can design tariffs and payment models that put patients’ needs first.

Person-centred integrated care

Making it a reality for patients and families
We looked at what good care looks like for people and their families and what challenges and opportunities currently exist to making person-centred, integrated care a reality.

The King's Fund Annual Conference 2012

This year, our Annual Conference took a critical look at NHS performance and considered if we are doing enough to meet productivity goals. It focused on how to deliver patient-centred care, and whether our public health and preventative agendas are robust enough to maintain a healthy population now and in the future.

Leading innovation

This seminar, which was organised in partnership with GE Healthcare, explored how health systems can adopt innovation and good practice more effectively and quickly.

Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) research conference

This conference looked at the role of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) in improving the quality of care in the NHS.

The foundation trust non-executive role

Meeting the challenges
The conference aimed to help non-executive directors to develop a broader and more comprehensive understanding of the NHS, and individual areas including quality, finance, board dynamics, and the strategic challenges facing the health sector.

Time to Think Differently launch

To kick off our Time to Think Differently programme, we held a political debate with leading figures from each of the three main political parties.

Transforming patient experience annual conference 2012

Our transforming patient experience annual conference provided a forum for frontline staff, patients and policy-makers to come together to explore the possibilities for achieving truly patient-centred care in today's NHS.

Sustainable health and social care

Research and development summit
This one-day summit brought together senior people with a role in funding, commissioning and co-ordinating research to explore how we can deliver more sustainable, effective and affordable models of health and social care.

Progressing health care in London

This conference looked at the role of NHS London and how health care in London will be provided in the future.

Building an integrated system of care

Key factors for success
Our conference considered the key factors needed to successfully implement integrated care.

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