Community services: making the most of our assets

Tuesday 23 January 2018
8:30am - 9:45am
The King's Fund, London, W1G 0AN
Free event
#communityservices

Speakers include

Anna Charles
Matthew Winn
Debs Taylor
Sam Everington

This breakfast event marked the launch of our report Reimagining Community Services, which looks at the current organisation of community health services and considers how the health and care system needs to change to meet the needs of populations now and in the future.

Presentations

Anna Charles, Senior Policy Adviser, The King's Fund

Matthew Winn, Chief Executive, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Debs Taylor, Peer Project Support Officer, Creative Minds

Dr Sir Sam Everington, Chair, NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group

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