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 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.
Dr Ravindran: Lessons from India
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
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.
The King's Fund and BMJ debate: Regulating for quality
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.
Glenn Robert: Experience-based co-design approach to delivering excellent patient care
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.
Jeremy Myerson: Inclusive approaches to designing health care
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.
Jeremy Hughes: Innovations in dementia care
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.
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
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- 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
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- 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
- The quality and productivity challenge for the workforce
Rachael Charlton, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, East Cheshire NHS Trust
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- Creating the right environment to foster innovation and clinical leadership
Dr Claire Lemer, Paediatric Registrar and Operations Manager and Founder, Diagnosis Ltd.
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A2
Whole systems approaches to commissioning high-quality health care
Chair: Dr Nick Goodwin, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund
- A business strategy for whole system approach to commissioning
Dr May Cahill, Clinical Director, NHS East London and the City (ELC)
Dr John Coakley, Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Download May's and John's presentation: A business strategy for whole-system approach to commissioning (98 kb)
- Commissioning high-quality health care in a reformed NHS
Guy Boersma, Director of Performance, NHS South of England
Download Guy's presentation: Commissioning high-quality health care in a reformed NHS (380 kb)
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
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- 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
- Improving the quality and accessibility of information
Richard Hamblin, Care Quailty Commission
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- Role of standards in shaping the quality of care for patients
Sir Andrew Dillon CBE, Chief Executive, NICE
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A5
Quality by design: creating patient-centred health care systems
Chair: Jocelyn Cornwell, Director, The Point of Care Programme, The King's Fund
- A definition of patient-centred care
Margaret Goose, Lay Member, National Quality Board
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- The importance of evidence-based care and the measurement of improvement to patients' experience of health care
Dr Ian Bullock, Chief Operating Officer, National Clinical Guideline Centre and member of the Patient Experience Clinical Guideline Development Group
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- Designing the healthcare experience: How insights from architecture, interior and product design are improving hospital productivity, patient compliance and the patient/clinician experience.
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- The patient record as the conduit for care, quality and efficiency
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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
- Keynote address: Putting the debate in context
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director
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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
- Supporting clinical ownership of health informatics
Dr Simon Eccles, Medical Director, NHS Connecting for Health
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- Developing a 24 hour paediatric service at the Royal Free Hospital Hampsted NHS Trust
Vivienne van Someren, Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer in Child Health, Divisional Director of Education, Urgent Care Division, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
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B2
Whole systems approaches to commissioning high-quality health care
Chair: Dr Nick Goodwin, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund
- Using Results Based Accountability (RBA) to drive improvements in the management of long-term conditions
Ruth Jordan, Senior Service Improvement Manager, Innovation and Improvement, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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- Commissioning pathways of care
Bob Park, Director, North East London Cancer Network
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Download Bob's flow model: Predictive funding flow model - Breast cancer (40 kb)![[pdf]](http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/display_images/document_icons/pdf.gif)
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
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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
- The experience-based co-design approach to delivering excellent patient care
Dr Glenn Robert, Professor of Healthcare Quality and Innovation, King's College London
Download Glenn's prsentation: The experience-based co-design approach to delivering excellent patient care (69933 kb)
- Inclusive approaches to designing health care
Jeremy Myerson, Director and Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design, and Principal Investigator of the Designing Out Medcial Error (DOME) project
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Session six: Delivering quality through user-centred design
Welcome back
Chair: Professor John Appleby, Chief Economist, The King's Fund
- Keynote address
Empowering patients to make informed decisions and drive quality improvements
Dominic King, Clinical Lecturer in Surgery in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London
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- Keynote address
Innovations in dementia care
Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive, Alzheimer's Society
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- Questions and discussion
- Summary and closing comments
Professor Chris Ham, Chief Executive, The King's Fund
Interview with Dr Ravindran
Read our exclusive article with Dr Ravindran, Chair, Aravind Eye Care System, who delivered the international keynote.
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