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.

Person-centred integrated care

Making it a reality for patients and families
This conference identified 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.

Making health and wellbeing boards a success

Transforming local health services
This conference provided an opportunity to reflect on the current health care landscape and the upcoming challenges and opportunities of transforming local health services.

Transforming the delivery of health and social care

Launch debate
We introduce the findings of our new report, Transforming the delivery of health and social care: the case for fundamental change.

Quality First: are we expecting too much from the regulator?

After the Act series
Our breakfast event focused on how to ensure quality and safety for patients ahead of the Francis Report into the failings at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Social care reform – where next?

This conference provided an opportunity to reflect on social care reforms and hear about case studies of innovation from across the country.

The next 50 years: is the NHS financially sustainable?

The publication of the OBR's 2012 Fiscal Sustainability report provided a timely basis for examining and debating possible trajectories of future NHS spending.

Commissioning: making the reforms work

After the Act series
The second in our summer series of breakfast events explored the big challenges facing commissioners as the reforms to the commissioning system are implemented.

NHS providers: is bigger better?

After the Act series
The first in our summer series of breakfast events offered a timely opportunity to discuss the changing provider landscape and how it is likely to be shaped by the financial squeeze and the NHS reforms.

Achieving high-quality care for people with complex needs

In addition to showcasing best practice in care co-ordination for people with complex chronic conditions and frail older people, this event featured recommendations from our recent continuity of care report.

Improving health through accounting for spillover effects

Who needs to do what?
At a time of major organisational change, this seminar explored how the health system measures and achieves value for money from interventions.

Second annual NHS leadership and management summit

Featuring a keynote from Sir David Nicholson, our NHS leadership and management summit explored what leadership skills and qualities support the development of new organisations, and considered how working across boundaries could improve local health outcomes.

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