The King's Fund Annual Conference 2008

Reshaping the NHS: Creating locally driven evidence-based service change

In brief

This sell-out event explored key themes raised in Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review, which made it clear that all future NHS service change should be clinically driven, evidence-based and locally led – with input from patients and the public. The conference looked at what this means for policy development and for practice, exploring different types and applications of evidence, the changing role of service commissioner and providers in identifiying and driving change, and lessons from national and international examples. 
The conference explored three key types of evidence:
  • Modelling. In an uncertain environment, how can changes be modelled to better understand their likely impact?
  • Understanding patients and the public. How can the best consumer and market research methodologies be adapted to help shape high-quality services that meet and exceed user expectations?
  • Using routine data. How can the potential of data that is, or could be, gathered routinely be harnessed?
Date:
25 November 2008

Speakers

Listen to our speakers

Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, The King's Fund

Niall Dickson explains why The King's Fund chose to focus on evidence-based service change at this year's event, as we move into a new era of quality and value in services.

Niall Dickson on the theme of this year's conference

David Levine, President and Director General, Health and Social Services Agency, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

David Levine disusses how the use of evidence in Montreal led to an integration of services, changes in commissioning and the introduction of polyclinics.

David Levine on how evidence led to change in Montreal

Geoff Mulgan, Director, The Young Foundation

Geoff Mulgan talks about his keynote speech on the Young Foundation's work on the importance of developing patients' resilience, so that they are able to successfully 'bounce back' from illness.

Geoff Mulgan talks about his keynote speech

Download the interactive voting results

Over the course of the event we used interactive voting technology to monitor delegates' attitudes on the use of evidence in service change. Find out the opinions of this cross-section of the health care community with our voting results.

Download the results »

See also