The introduction of integrated care systems (ICSs) has placed a renewed focus on how organisations can work together to integrate care to meet the needs of local populations.
However, much of the activity to integrate care, improve population health and tackle inequalities will be driven by commissioners and providers collaborating over smaller geographies (often referred to as ‘places’) within ICSs.
This conference will provide an opportunity to discuss how effectively place-based care is being delivered across the health and care system, how place-based partnerships – collaborative arrangements that typically include the NHS, local government and others such as voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations and social care providers with responsibilities for planning and delivering services – are evolving, and whether more needs to be done to involve places and communities in developing local approaches to reducing health inequalities.
Conference sessions will also explore how ICSs and mayoral combined authorities are developing approaches to supporting the development of healthy places in their locality. You will hear from local partners from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, local government and more widely across the health and care system about their role in developing integrated plans, healthy places and neighbourhoods.
Event topics
Join peers from across the health and care system to share learning and discover new ways of working, with sessions specifically focused on:
- how place-based partnerships are evolving and how are they working with integrated care systems
- the role of place in a system under intense pressure and how strong, well-connected communities that work well together offer an opportunity to transform how services are design and delivered
- how to ensure there is visible and accountable leadership at place, and what more can be done to support communities and places to define their own priorities and initiatives within their overarching ICS strategies
- how mayoral combined authorities and regions are developing approaches to tackling inequalities in the wider determinants of health, and what the future of devolution means for these approaches
- putting primary care at the centre of place, developing place-based approaches to prevention and health inequalities, and building integrated teams at a place and neighbourhood level.
Sponsorship and exhibition
If you’d like a conversation about your business goals, and how being involved with future events can help you, please email the Partnerships team on partnerships@kingsfund.org.uk.
Confirmed speakers
Dr Ed Garratt
Chief Executive, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
Robin Tuddenham
Chief Executive, Calderdale Council, and Place Lead, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Dr Mubasshir Ajaz
Head of Health and Communities at West Midlands Combined Authority
Vicky Hobart
Group Director of Public Health and Deputy Statutory Adviser, Greater London Authority
Pat Flaherty
Chief Executive, Staffordshire County Council
Dr Nicola Walsh
Assistant Director, Leadership and Organisational Development, The King’s Fund
Dr Sohail Abbas
Director, Reducing Inequalities Alliance, Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
Dr Gillian Orrow
GP and Director, Growing Health Together
Cllr Elizabeth Dennis
Leader, North Herts Council
Tom Lloyd Goodwin
Director of Policy and Practice, Centre for Local Economic Strategies
Dr Andy Brooks
GP, Surrey Health
Helen Hunter
Assistant Director North West, NHS Confederation
Fiona Noden
Chief Executive, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, and Bolton Locality Place Based Lead, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Paul Gordon
Director of Resilient Communities, Walsall Council
Michelle McManus
Director of Transformation & Place Development, Walsall Together
Grace Pollard
Head of Public Services Policy, New Local
Reena Barai
Community Pharmacist owner of S G Barai Pharmacy & Co-chair of Cheam and South Sutton's Integrated Neighbourhood Team
George Zito
Young Persons Mental Health Coordinator, Wright Watson Enterprise Centre
Andrea Beecham
Senior Programme Manager for Health Inequalities, One Northern Devon, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Chris Naylor
Senior Fellow, Policy, The King’s Fund
Shilpa Ross
Fellow, Policy, The King’s Fund
Helen Gilburt
Fellow, Policy, The King’s Fund
Toby Brown
Senior Policy Lead, The King’s Fund
Access the conference
We will send you an email with information on how to access the conference. Please log in and get familiar with the platform. Take this opportunity to meet other attendees and visit the exhibition. Please note, you will need to use an up-to-date web browser. We recommend using Google Chrome for the best experience.
Tuesday 6 February
10.00–11.00am Session one: Place-based partnerships and integrated care systems
10.00amWelcome and introduction
Chris Naylor, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King’s Fund
10.05amHow place-based partnerships are evolving and their relationship to integrated care systems
In this session you will hear about:
- how place-based partnerships are developing, what their governance and leadership structures look like, and how are they distinct from each other
- the relationship between place-based partnerships and ICSs and progress against the principle of subsidiarity (meaning decisions should be taken as close to local communities as possible, with ICSs only taking on functions that benefit from working at scale).
- what needs to be done to realise the potential of place-based partnerships as ICSs grapple with wide-ranging operational issues.
Shilpa Ross, Fellow, Policy, The King’s Fund
Dr Ed Garratt, Chief Executive, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
Robin Tuddenham, Chief Executive, Calderdale Council, and Place Lead, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
10.35amQuestions and discussion
11.00–11.30am: Networking break and meet the exhibitors
11.30am–12.30pm Session two: The role of communities in a system under crisis
11.30amWelcome and introduction
Grace Pollard, Head of Public Services Policy, New Local
11.35amHow strong, well-connected communities offer an opportunity to transform service design and delivery
In this session you will hear about:
- how communities are working with those in health and care to transform service design and delivery at a time when the health and care system is experiencing intense pressure
- the impact of engaging with communities around their expectations of health and services and delivering services in a way that is more connected with the community
- how local communities are working with those in local government and social care services to support the design and delivery of services.
Paul Gordon, Director of Resilient Communities, Walsall Council
Michelle McManus, Director of Transformation & Place Development, Walsall Together
Dr Gillian Orrow, GP and Director, Growing Health Together
12.05pmQuestions and discussion
12.30 –1.30pm: Networking break and meet the exhibitors
1.30–2.30pm Session three: How do we get partners to work more collaboratively?
1.30pmWelcome and introduction
Dr Nicola Walsh, Assistant Director, Leadership and Organisational Development, The King’s Fund
1.35pmHow do we get partners to work more collaboratively?
In this session you will hear about:
- the lessons that can be learnt from previous attempts to develop partnership working at a local level and how systems can build on progress already made by the NHS and others in working together to integrate services
- the potential of multi-agency working that brings together local government, community, VCSE sector organisations and the NHS to find innovative solutions to local problems
- how a place-based approach to care can provide targeted support facing – such as enabling timely discharge from hospital – to reduce the pressures the health and care sector is.
Pat Flaherty, Chief Executive, Staffordshire County Council
Helen Hunter, Assistant Director North West, NHS Confederation
Fiona Noden, Chief Executive, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, and Bolton Locality Place Based Lead, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
2.05pmQuestions and discussion
Wednesday 7 February
10.00–11.00am Session four: putting primary care at the centre of place
10.00amWelcome and introduction
Kate Livesy, Senior Policy Adviser, The King’s Fund
10.05amThe role of primary care in supporting place-based approaches to health and care
In this session you will hear about:
- opportunities to design services with primary care at the centre of place, developing services and a workforce that work for local people in partnership with local authorities (in particular public health and housing teams), local communities and other local system partners
- the opportunity for general practice to lead a conversation with local communities about what good care looks like and to work with communities to move care closer to home.
Dr Andy Brooks, GP, Surrey Health
Subeena Suleman, PCN Voice and ICB Primary Care Partner Member
Reena Barai, Community Pharmacist owner of S G Barai Pharmacy & Co-chair of Cheam and South Sutton's Integrated Neighbourhood Team
10.35amQuestions and discussion
11.00–11.30am: Networking break and meet the exhibitors
11.30am–12.30pm Session five: The potential for place-based care to improve wellbeing and tackle inequalities
11.30amWelcome and introduction
Helen Gilburt, Fellow, Policy, The King’s Fund
11.35amThe potential for place-based care to improve wellbeing
In this session you will hear about:
- how a place-based approach to health inequalities can support measures aimed at reducing the impact of the cost-of-living crisis
- how healthy towns and communities are being developed and how health and care services are different as a result.
Dr Sohail Abbas, Director, Reducing Inequalities Alliance, Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
George Zito, Young Persons Mental Health Coordinator, Wright Watson Enterprise Centre
Andrea Beecham, Senior Programme Manager for Health Inequalities, One Northern Devon, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Cllr Elizabeth Dennis, Leader, North Herts Council
12.05pmQuestions and discussion
12.30–1.30pm: Networking break and meet the exhibitors
1.30–2.30pm Session six: The role of regions in health and care – supporting the development of healthy places and the outlook for the future
1.30pmWelcome and introduction
Toby Brown, Senior Policy Lead, The King’s Fund
1.35pmThe potential of a regional approach to health – and how this interacts with and complements place-based approach
In this session you will hear about:
- how regional bodies are using their significant power over policies in areas such as housing, transport, the environment and economic planning to develop healthy places and communities and tackle health inequalities in their regions
- the role and potential of devolution in transforming health going forward
Dr Mubasshir Ajaz, Head of Health and Communities at West Midlands Combined Authority
Vicky Hobart, GLA Group Director of Public Health and Deputy Statutory Adviser - Greater London Authority
Tom Lloyd Goodwin, Director of Policy and Practice, Centre for Local Economic Strategies
2.05pmQuestions and discussions
2.45pm: Close of conference
Contact us
Booking enquiries If you’d like to make a booking enquiry, please email the events team at events@kingsfund.org.uk.
If you’d like to make a booking enquiry, please email the events team at events@kingsfund.org.uk.
Programme enquiries If you have any queries relating to this event programme please email us at events@kingsfund.org.uk.
If you have any queries relating to this event programme please email us at events@kingsfund.org.uk.
Sponsorship and exhibition enquiries If you’d like a conversation about your business goals, and how being involved with future events can help you, please email the Partnerships team on partnerships@kingsfund.org.uk.
If you’d like a conversation about your business goals, and how being involved with future events can help you, please email the Partnerships team on partnerships@kingsfund.org.uk.
FAQs
- How does the virtual conference work?
Format and time
High-quality, up-to-date content is delivered to you via an online platform that is open for four weeks. During the first week, you will have the opportunity to log in, test your connection and become familiar with the setup. The live sessions will take place over two in the second week, giving you the option to catch up on demand until the end of week four.
Virtual conferences mean you can digest content at your own pace and work around a busy schedule. You can pause and rewind presentations and put your questions to our expert speakers. There is an activity feed for public conversations and the option of one-to-one networking. Virtual exhibition stands enable you to interact with a range of organisations that will share expertise and information – all at a time that suits you.
Networking
If you choose to opt-in to networking, you will appear on the attendee list, where other delegates will be able to click on your profile and see whether you are online or offline.
If you discover someone that you would like to talk to, you can send them a message, invite them to have a one-to-one video conversation or exchange virtual business cards during the week that sessions take place. The messages and calls are encrypted and entirely private. If you are offline and another delegate sends you a private message, you will receive an email notification so you will never miss out. You are in control, so you can choose whether to accept or decline invitations and you can change your settings at any point in the four weeks, either to opt-in or opt-out of networking.
On your profile, you can share as much or as little information about yourself as you’d like, including your contact details, photo and biography, social media profiles or any websites you would like others to see.
During sessions, you can post questions for the speakers, make notes, take part in polls and take part in the session chat where you can interact with other delegates.
Resources
As well as the video content, we will share pdfs of the slides and other materials in the resources section. The exhibition will also contain links, videos and documents from the various exhibitors.
Taking notes
If you use the note-taking functionality during the sessions, you can access these later. They will be saved in the platform until the conference closes (at the end of week four) and you can email yourself a copy.
Exhibition
Virtual exhibition stands enable you to interact with a range of organisations that will share expertise and information – all at a time that suits you.- How do I get the best out of the virtual conference?
- Before the event, tell your colleagues that you are taking part and block out the time in your diary.
- Make sure you are using an up-to-date web browser on a laptop or desktop. We recommend the latest Google Chrome for the best delegate experience.
- Make the most of the online community by taking part in the live Q&A sessions and opting into networking.
- In week one, introduce yourself on the activity feed. This is an easy way of ‘getting your voice in the room’, starting conversations and establishing new relationships with colleagues in health and care.
- Avoid as many distractions as possible so you can immerse yourself in the sessions as you would at a physical conference. Treat each session as a meeting, put your phone on silent and close down your emails.
- If you know you won’t be able to watch certain sessions live, you can submit your questions in advance and put aside time in the third or fourth week to catch up on demand.
- Each session is approximately 75 minutes long and there is always at least a half-an-hour break between sessions so you can take a screen break or catch up on emails.
- Make sure you secure time in your diary at some point over the four weeks to visit the exhibition stands or the resource hub, where you will find free resources and can have conversations with experts from across the health and care system.
- What if I have technical difficulties?
When the event is taking place, we will be on hand to offer technical support, but it is worth using the extra time before the first session to log in and test your connection, just in case.
To ensure you receive the joining instructions and information leading up to the event please check that @kingsfundmail.org.uk domain is whitelisted by your IT administrator.- How do I access the presentations and conference materials?
Throughout the conference, we will share pdfs of the slides. You will find these at the bottom of each session page and we will post links to related resources in the chat and on the activity feed.
The portal is open for four weeks when you will have the opportunity to either watch, save or download these materials.
Once the platform closes, you will no longer have access to these resources so please ensure you save everything you need beforehand, including any slides, materials in the exhibition and notes you have made.
Please note, you will not be able to download the video presentations.
- Why do you charge for some events?
The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. Our events are a key source of income, and this income enables us to continue with our charitable objectives.
The cost of running a virtual conference is similar to that of a physical event. Although a virtual conference has fewer room hire and catering costs, in order to produce a high-quality event, we still need to pay the costs for the technical supplier, support and developing the platform. With some sessions taking place in our building, we do have to cover some venue costs. We also have a team of dedicated events professionals, content experts, digital, marketing and finance support that work on these events.
Any profit that is made from these events goes directly towards achieving our strategic priorities. You can find out more about how we are funded.
- Do you offer bursary tickets for your virtual conferences?
We offer a limited number of bursary places for people with lived experience to ensure a balance of voices in the room. To apply for a bursary place please email us a short paragraph explaining why you wish to attend.
- Can I pay by invoice?
Yes. Please select your tickets and once you're through to the registration form on Eventbrite, you can amend the 'payment method' from credit card to 'pay by invoice' .
Please note, there is a £20 + VAT surcharge to cover the cost of processing invoices. This is an addition to the ticket price and will be added to your invoice. There is no charge for paying by debit or credit card.
- What is the refund policy?
Cancellations confirmed in writing more than 14 days before the first session will be refunded in full. We regret that no refund can be made after that date. However, you can transfer your ticket to another event in the following six months. Please email us at events@kingsfund.org.uk with confirmation of your original booking to cancel or transfer your ticket. On completion of the confirmed booking the delegate and their supporting organisation are liable for the fees for the training (regardless of whether payment has been made).
- Do you offer group discounts?
We offer a discount for group booking booked under the same order and organisation for more than 3 delegates. Please email us at events@kingsfund.org.uk to get the discount.
- 3-4 delegates (10 per cent discount)
- 5-6 delegates (15 per cent discount)
- 7+ delegates (20 per cent discount)
- What if I have accessibility requirements?
If you have other accessibility requirements you would like to discuss, please email us at events@kingsfund.org.uk We will also ask you for this information during the registration process.
Ticket prices
Please note, there is a £20+VAT surcharge to cover the cost of processing invoices. This is in addition to the ticket price and will be added to your invoice. There is one invoice fee per order, not per ticket. There is no charge for paying by debit or credit card.
Tickets are on sale now:
- Charity <1m turnover:
£150+VAT - Public sector, Charity or University:
£180+VAT - Small-medium sized enterprise (SME):
£250+VAT - Commercial/Profit-making organisation:
£355+VAT
Student tickets
If you are a student in full-time education, please email us for a promotional code, with a photograph of your valid student ID. Student tickets are £60+VAT.
