8th NHS Integrating Care Conference: Building Interoperable NHS Systems

Workforce & Care Integration

09:00 am
02 Oct, 2024
15Hatfields Conference Centre, London SE1 8DJ

8th NHS Integrating Care Conference: Building Interoperable NHS Systems

Workforce & Care Integration

09:00 am
02 Oct, 2024
15Hatfields Conference Centre, London SE1 8DJ

Job titles includes

Associate Director of Integration

Deputy Head of Clinical Education and Development 

Associate Director - Innovation Adoption

Deputy Director

Head of Neighbourhoods & Integration

Chief Operating Officer

160
Delegates Registered

Organisations Involved

CLCH NHS Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex

NHS England

NHS North West London

Southern Health Foundation Trust

Current Landscape

The Integrating Care Conference will explore how systems aim to seamlessly connect healthcare providers to deliver coordinated, patient-centred care. Emphasizing collaboration and interoperability, ICS initiatives foster partnerships between hospitals, primary care, community health services, and social care agencies. As part of the Labour government's "Build an NHS Fit for the Future" manifesto, they will trial Neighbourhood Health Centres, integrating services like family doctors, district nurses, care workers, physiotherapists, palliative care, and mental health specialists under one roof to improve patient treatment.  As digital technologies advance, ICSs leverage data analytics, telehealth, and interoperable electronic health records to enhance care coordination, resource allocation, and population health management to improve serivces and patient outcomes.

Importance and timeliness of the event

The integrating care conference will delve into the pressing need for cohesive healthcare systems. In today's landscape, where healthcare is multifaceted and interconnected, the demand for seamless integration among various providers and organisations has never been more crucial. This conference offers a platform to address these challenges head-on, focusing on how integrated care systems (ICS) strive to bridge the gaps between different healthcare entities to provide more personalised and efficient care to patients. With a spotlight on collaboration and interoperability, the conference highlights the evolving landscape of healthcare partnerships, encompassing hospitals, primary care providers, community health services, and social care agencies. In an era propelled by digital innovation, the conference spotlights the pivotal role of data analytics, telehealth solutions, and interoperable electronic health records in revolutionising care co-ordination, optimising resource allocation and enhancing population health management. This conference stands as a beacon for the transformative potential of integrated care in shaping the future of healthcare delivery.

Key content streams:

  1. Organisational Culture and Workforce Development: Aligning diverse organisational cultures and roles is crucial for successful integration. We'll explore the strategies and initiatives needed to foster collaboration among healthcare professionals, emphasising workforce development and the cultivation of a unified culture focused on patient-centric care.
  2. Partnerships between the NHS and local government: Effective collaboration between the National Health Service (NHS) and local government is vital for delivering integrated care. We'll examine successful partnership models, identify barriers to collaboration, and discuss strategies to enhance coordination between these two essential pillars of public health.
  3. IT Solutions and Interoperability Standards: Integrating IT systems is key to improving information flow and enhancing the efficiency of healthcare delivery. Our discussions will centre around technical aspects of integration, emphasising interoperability standards and innovative solutions that facilitate seamless data exchange across different platforms and systems.
  4. Setting up Integrated Neighbourhood Teams: Joined-up working of professionals across primary and secondary services, social, and voluntary sectors is essential for addressing the holistic needs of individuals. We'll explore the implementation of integrated neighbourhood teams, utilising data-driven insights and personalised care approaches to tailor services to the unique requirements of each person.

Why attend

The Integrating Care Conference provides a valuable opportunity for healthcare professionals and IT experts to delve into the technical nuances of achieving interoperability within the NHS.

Register now to be a part of this transformative event, where collaboration and innovation merge to shape the future of healthcare integration and ensure improved patient care within the NHS.

Who will Attend

  • Chief Executives
  • Chief Information Officers
  • Chief Medical Officers
  • Chief Operating Officers
  • Chief Technology Officers
  • Clinical Directors/Heads/Managers/Leads
  • Commissioning Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Communications Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Consultants in Emergency Medicine
  • Deputy Directors
  • Digital Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Digital Inclusion Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Digital Strategy Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Directors of Delivery
  • Directors of Nursing
  • Directors of Performance and Improvement
  • Emergency Care Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Engagement Directors/Heads/Managers
  • General Managers
  • Governance Directors/Heads/Managers
  • GP Commissioners
  • GPs
  • Informatics Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Information Assurance Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Information Management Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Innovation Directors/Heads/Managers
  • IT Directors/Heads/Managers
  • IT Security Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Medical Directors
  • Operations Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Performance Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Policy Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Practice Managers
  • Procurement Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Programme/Project Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Public Health Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Service Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Social Services Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Strategic Planning Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Transformation Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Urgent Care Directors/Heads/Managers
  • Web Directors/Heads/Managers

 

Sponsors & Partners

The programme

09:00

Registration and Breakfast

Registration - Open from 9:00 am - Closes at 11:00 am

All delegates must complete their registration process before the 11:00 AM cut-off time. Please arrive in a timely manner to allow for registration and to avoid any inconvenience. Delegates who arrive after the registration deadline will be refused entry to the event.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain the event's schedule and ensuring that everyone can fully participate in the ICS Conference. If you have any questions or require assistance, our event staff will be available to assist you with the registration process.

Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to an insightful and productive event together!

10:00

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP
LLR ICB

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

10:10

Transforming Community Care: The Role of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Panel Discussion

Dr Afsana Bhuiya
Clinical Lead for Place: Neighbourhood & Inequalities
Barnet (in NCL ICB)
Andrew Smith
Transformation Manager
Solent NHS Trust
Fiona Longhurst
Director of Knowledge
Royal Voluntary Service

In this panel, experts emphasise the imperative of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) for holistic community care. They stress breaking down sectoral silos, advocating for collaboration across primary and secondary services, social sectors, and voluntary organisations. Data-driven insights are highlighted in tailoring services, ensuring personalised care aligned with individual needs. The power of volunteer engagement is underscored, emphasising their contribution to community cohesion and outreach. Together, the panellists paint a picture of INTs as transformative models, leveraging collaboration, data, and volunteerism to address the diverse needs of communities.

Panellists:

  • Fiona Longhurst, Chief Knowledge Officer, Royal Voluntary Service Speaker (Confirmed)
  • Andrew Smith, Transformation Manager, Solent NHS Trust (Confirmed)
  • Dr Afsana Bhuiya, Clinical Lead for Place:Neighbourhood&Inequalities - Barnet (Confirmed)

10:55

Case Study - From extensive waiting times to 24/7 access: How virtual solutions transform musculoskeletal care

Andre Eiras
Founding team and GM of International
Sword Health

Case Study - Sword Health

With musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions affecting nearly a third of the UK population, access to care remains challenging and often exceeds six weeks for physiotherapy or even two years for elective surgery. Join our discussion on how in-home virtual solutions address MSK issues using personalised, cost-efficient, and digital treatment programs. Learn about the cutting-edge technology behind these solutions, validated by 32 peer-reviewed studies and backed by 36 patents, ensuring faster, more accessible, and more tailored care for those in need.

11:15

Morning Break

Morning Break

12:15

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP
LLR ICB

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

12:20

Case Study - NHS & Care Volunteer Responders (NHSCVR): The Future of the NHS

Fiona Longhurst
Director of Knowledge
Royal Voluntary Service

Case Study - Royal Voluntary Service

Are you an ICS that is looking to improve patient experience, efficiency and workforce capacity? The NHSCVR programme - a unique partnership between NHSE, a charity (Royal Voluntary Service), and a tech platform (GoodSAM) - have over 45,000 volunteers supporting over 100,000 patients, and this grows month-on-month. The programme is a free resource for healthcare systems and patients to tap into.  Volunteers can expedite discharge from hospital, support patients with practical tasks, provide welfare support via telephone calls or drop off/return equipment for/from virtual wards. These are existing 'integrated neighbourhood teams' of volunteers already supporting your local healthcare system - come find out how we can further embed and scale this programme within your ICS to meet your priorities.

12:40

Case Study - From Ward to ICS Board: the impact effective modular solutions can make to healthcare providers and clinical outcomes

Tom Scott
Chief Commercial Officer UK
Alcidion

Case Study - Alcidion

From Ward to ICS Board: the impact effective modular solutions can make to healthcare providers and clinical outcomes

13:00

Keynote Presentation - Connected Planning from Strategy to Operations (Confirmed)

Alison Tonge
Executive Director of Strategy and Innovation
Arden Gem

The NHS is a complex system – as we aspire to deliver better integrated care, we need to have a dynamic planning approach that enables transparency between the care we plan and deliver and the capacity, workforce, supplies, facilities needed.  We need to be able to understand interdependencies and drivers and most importantly how we measure our resources and performance across a team, division, organisation or population and system.  In this presentation we will explore the challenges and opportunities in this goal of dynamic connected planning and some case studies and learning.

13:20

Case Study - System Integration – behaviour and culture change in action

Dr David Hambleton
Managing Director
Pathways Alliance Limited

Case Study - Healthpathways UK

We describe our experience of following in the footsteps of one of the best examples of an integrated health and care system in Canterbury New Zealand. Discovering what it takes to really change culture and behaviour, we will explore the practicalities of embarking on a radical but effective whole system transformation.

What South Tyneside achieved and how we went about it contains lessons for every ICB.

13:40

Networking and Lunch

Networking and Lunch

14:40

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP
LLR ICB

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

14:45

Case Study - United in advancing healthcare with tech

Jason Cohen

Case Study - Boxxe

Data is at the heart of ​what our customers do.​

Find out how we can help you to manage, transform, secure​ and monetise your data, bringing you innovative solutions that solve complex data problems and drive real value from your data.

15:05

Case Study - The secret to delivering a step change in Digital Health outcomes

Stuart Bradshaw
Healthcare Advisory Lead
Avanade
Matthew Chase
Head of Healthcare
Avanade

Case Study - Avanade

Delivering truly integrated care is easy to say, but much tougher to do - especially when you are under immense pressure and resource constraints. There are so many moving parts and a lot of groundwork that needs to be in place before you start.

What if we told you we have already built the foundations - and you already have licenses and connections to it? Join our presentation to find out!

15:25

Keynote Presentation - Examining ICSs and Allocative Efficiency in Light of Wes Streeting's 'No New Money' Stance: The Challenges of System-Level Integration (Confirmed)

Santosh Kumar
Lead Data Scientist
The Health Economics Unit, NHS (MLCSU)

This talk scans how Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) navigate allocative efficiency under Wes Streeting's 'no new money' stance, highlighting the challenges of system-level integration. It explores the impact of funding constraints on healthcare delivery and potential strategies for improvement.

15:45

Canapés, Drinks and Networking

Canapés, Drinks and Networking

17:00

End of Day

End of Day

Convenzisvents

Your Pass Includes....

  • Access to a leading conference speaker programme
  • Interactive Q&A sessions
  • Fireside interviews
  • Cross-sector best practice
  • Meet the supplier opportunities
  • Hot breakfast & Lunch included
  • Access to post event drinks reception and Street food

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