The King's Fund Annual Conference 2011

Beyond reform: Advancing quality

In brief

Featuring Andrew Dilnot, Liam Donaldson and Jeremy Hughes, The King's Fund Annual Conference 2011 looked beyond the health reforms and focused on how to improve the delivery of health and social care. 

You can catch up with the key sessions below and at www.kingsfund.tv/annualconference or download all of the presentations from the programme tab above.

Andrew Dilnot: Future funding of care and support

Andrew Dilnot at our 2011 Annual Conference


Andrew Dilnot CBE shares the findings of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support and explains how a fair funding system for social care in England can be delivered.

Watch Andrew's presentation

Dr Ravindran: Lessons from India

Dr Ravindran at our 2011 Annual Conference


Dr Ravindran discusses his work as Chairman of Aravind Eye Care System and their innovative approach to delivering high-quality eye care to millions in India.

Measuring quality debate

Al Mulley


Chaired by Nigel Edwards, and featuring Al Mulley, Sir Liam Donaldson and Dr Penny Dash, our panel discussion focused on the barriers to and facilitators of high-quality patient-centred care.

Watch the debate

The King's Fund and BMJ debate: Regulating for quality

Fiona Godlee


The King's Fund and BMJ debate, chaired by Fiona Godlee and featuring Bruce Keogh, Anna Dixon, David Bennett and Ali Parsa, examined the limits of competition and the role of Monitor in supporting the delivery of high-quality care.

Watch the debate

Glenn Robert: Experience-based co-design approach to delivering excellent patient care

Glenn Robert


Dr Glenn Robert, Professor of Healthcare, Quality and Innovation at King's College London, introduces the key features of the experience-based co-design approach, and shares interviews recorded with patients on their care experiences.

Watch Glenn's presentation

Jeremy Myerson: Inclusive approaches to designing health care

Jeremy Myerson


Jeremy Myerson, Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design, highlights how good health care design can make a difference to staff and patients, and introduces the DOME (Designing Out Medical Error) project.

Watch Jeremy's presentation

Jeremy Hughes: Innovations in dementia care

Jeremy Hughes


Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive, The Alzheimers Society, looks at some of the issues facing people with dementia  and the innovations needed in dementia care to help support sufferers and carers.

Watch Jeremy's presentation

Programme

Session one: Better quality, better value

Welcome and introduction
Professor Chris Ham, Chief Executive, The King's Fund

  • Keynote address:
    Future funding of care and support
    Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair, Commission on Funding of Care and Support
    Download Andrew's presentation: Future funding of care and support (342 kb) [pdf]
  • Social entrepreneurism
    Dr Ravindran, Chairman, Aravind Eye Care System, a social organisation committed to the goal of elimination of needless blindness through comprehensive eye care services in Madurai, India
    Download Dr Ravindran's presentation: Social entrepreneurism (3291 kb) [pdf]
  • Questions and discussion

Session two: Quality challenges

Welcome back
Chair: Nigel Edwards, Senior Fellow, The King's Fund

  • Panel discussion: Quality challenges
  • What are the barriers to and facilitators of high-quality, patient-centred care?
  • How can we advance and strengthen clinical quality and patient safety?
  • What are the system and regulatory incentives that advance quality improvements?

Panellists:

  • Dr Penny Dash, Partner, McKinsey & Company, and Vice-chair, Board of Trustees, The King's Fund
  • Sir Liam Donaldson, Chairman, National Patient Safety Agency and former Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health 1998-2010
  • Al Mulley, Director of the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery

Session three: Streams

A1
Quality improvement incentives: engaging and empowering staff
Chair: Candace Imison, Deputy Director of Policy, The King's Fund

A2
Whole systems approaches to commissioning high-quality health care
Chair: Dr Nick Goodwin, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund

A3
Inspiring improvements in health care: mobilising leadership across boundaries
Chair: Nicola Hartley, Director, Leadership Development, The King's Fund

  • Challenges and opportunities: unifying leadership across boundaries
    Stephen Jones, Chief Executive, Arden Cluster - Coventry and Warwickshire
    Rachel Newson, Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
    Download Stephen's and Rachel's presentation: Unifying leadership across boundaries (162 kb) [pdf]
  • Defining the clinical leader of the future
    Dr Riaz Dharamshi, Specialist Registrar in Geriatrics, North West London NHS Trust
    Watch Riaz's presentation: The clinical leader of the future

A4
Measuring quality and the power of information
Chair: Catherine Foot, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund

A5
Quality by design: creating patient-centred health care systems
Chair: Jocelyn Cornwell, Director, The Point of Care Programme, The King's Fund

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Session four: BMJ/The King's Fund – Regulating for quality debate

Welcome back 
Chair: Dr Fiona Godlee, Editor-in-Chief, BMJ

This debate will focus on the following questions:

  • Does competition improve quality?
  • How will the new regulatory architecture work to advance and strengthen quality? How will Monitor work with CQC and the NHS Commissioning Board to ensure the system operates in the interests of patients?
  • What is the role of Monitor in supporting the delivery of high quality care?
  • What will the new regulatory architecture mean for providers?

Panellists include:

  • Dr Anna Dixon, Director of Policy, The King's Fund
  • David Bennett, Chair and Interim Chief Executive, Monitor
  • Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director 
  • Ali Parsa, Chief Executive, Circle

Session five: Case studies

B1
Quality improvement incentives: engaging and empowering staff
Chair: Candace Imison, Deputy Director of Policy, The King's Fund

B2
Whole systems approaches to commissioning high-quality health care
Chair: Dr Nick Goodwin, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund

B3
Inspiring improvements in health care: mobilising leadership across boundaries
Stream lead: Nicola Hartley, Director, Leadership Development, The King's Fund

  • The rationale for a whole systems approach
    Liz Thiebe, Head of Programmes, Leadership Development, The King's Fund
    Alasdair Honeyman, Leadership Associate, The King's Fund
  • Inspiring leadership across professional boundaries
    Dr Cathy Hay, Clinical Director, Cumbria Diabetes
    Download Cathy's presentation: Cumbria Diabetes 2011 (3755 kb) [pdf]

B4
Measuring quality and the power of information
Stream lead: Catherine Foot, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund

  • Reducing variations in quality and outcomes in general practice
    Dr Howard Freeman, Associate Medical Director, NHS London and Joint Medical Director, SW London Cluster
    Julia Murphy, Head of Primary Care Quality Improvement, NHS London
  • Clinicians driving Clinical Dashboards: making the best use of data across boundaries (integrating urgent care management)
    Dr Anne Talbot, Clinical Director, Bolton Community Practice CIC, and National Clinical Lead, Urgent Care Clinical Dashboard
    Watch Anne deliver this presentation 

B5
Quality by design: creating patient-centred health care systems
Chair: Jocelyn Cornwell, Director, The Point of Care Programme, The King's Fund

Session six: Delivering quality through user-centred design

Welcome back
Chair: Professor John Appleby, Chief Economist, The King's Fund