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.

Social enterprise summit

Bridging co-operation and competition in the NHS?
This summit was the first in a series considering reforms to local health systems and changes in power and alignment between local authorities, the third sector and the NHS.

The future of social care funding

With a keynote address from the Minister of State for Care Services, Paul Burstow MP, our breakfast event with Age UK considered the future of social care funding.

Supporting independent living

Engaging health and social care in new technologies
This invitation only summit, was jointly run with the Technology Strategy Board, and provided information on the DALLAS programme, looking at approaches to supporting independent living for frail older people and people with long-term conditions.

Any willing provider

NHS and public service reform event series
Our second NHS and public service reform event focused on how diversity of supply can benefit the NHS and patients, the potential risks associated with it and how policy can be successfully implemented.

NHS Leadership and Management Summit

This summit launched the findings of the Commission on Leadership and Management in the NHS, and showcased the very best of leadership and change management in the NHS.

GP Pathfinder Consortia Development Conference

Preparing for the commissioning challenges ahead
Through a series of high profile presentations and practically-based case studies, this conference examined the challenges and potential pitfalls associated with recent NHS reforms.

Choice and competition

NHS and public service reform event series
Discussions at our first NHS and public service reform breakfast event focused on choice and competition in the context of wider health reforms.

Leadership in the NHS: reflections of a Chief Medical Officer

For the last in our series of lectures on leadership and management in the NHS, we heard from Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer from 1998-2010. This lecture series is part of The King's Fund's Commission on Leadership and Management in the NHS.

Integrated care: realising the vision

Practical actions to improve outcomes
This major one-day conference brought together experts from the United States and England to consider the practicalities of integrated health and social care.

Leadership in the NHS: reflections of an NHS Chief Executive

The second in our series of lectures on leadership and management in the NHS featured Sir Alan Langlands talking about his role as an NHS Chief Executive. This lecture series is part of The King's Fund's Commission on Leadership and Management in the NHS

English health reform

What can we learn from Europe?
Experts from elsewhere in the UK and Europe joined us to discuss the health reforms in England and launch the European Health Observatory of Health Systems and Policies' health system profile for England.

International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare

13 Mar 2011
With more than 80 speakers from 10 countries, this congress showcased innovations and best practice in the deployment of telehealth and telecare.

Leadership in the NHS: a business perspective

In the first in our series of lectures being held following the launch of the Commission on Leadership and Management in the NHS, Sir Richard Sykes, former Chairman of NHS London, looks at the leadership challenges facing the NHS from a business perspective.

Supporting maternity services to improve safety

Our national learning event explored how maternity teams can embed and sustain improvements in safer births.

Competition versus integration in the NHS

This evening event examined how and where competition could be applied to bring benefits and how it could be used in a way that enabled greater integration and collaboration.

End-of-life commissioning

A breakfast debate
This breakfast event covers the early findings from The King's Fund's ongoing research into end-of-life commissioning followed by a panel discussion.

Nudging improvements in public health

A Big Society breakfast event
The third event in the Big Society and health series covered the implications of the government's public health White Paper and the potential for nudge to prompt behavioural change.

Improving NHS productivity: making it happen

This conference was aimed at helping health care leaders at national and local levels to select and implement strategies which produce more value from the same or similar resource rather than simply doing more of the same.

Patient power or professional capture?

A Big Society breakfast event
The second event in our Big Society series examined how the government's health reforms aiming to put patients at the heart of the NHS will link to the wider Big Society vision.

Transforming patient and staff experience, what works?

This conference looked at practical ways to transform the experience of both patiens and staff in order to develop a high-quality, cost-effective health service.

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