A UK Vision for 'Patient-Centric' Care Forum

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November 4th 2009
  • Andaz, London


As the government struggles to keep up with the soaring costs of healthcare, an increasingly empowered patient is demanding ever greater levels of personalised care. Join this forum to debate how reform can be driven through innovation, and what needs to happen for this to become a reality. The “one-size-fits-all approach” is no longer acceptable.

Patient-centric and preventative care are being proposed as cost-effective solutions, but implementation challenges are formidable, and cost benefits will not be seen in the short term. Economist Conferences is bringing together the key stakeholders in UK healthcare to focus on the major challenges and drivers for this sector. Limited to a select group of senior participants, the forum promises to be a highly productive discussion into the strategic options facing decision-makers.

How will you and your organisation benefit from attending?
• Debate key issues with senior decision-makers from throughout the UK healthcare sector
• Gain access to research conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit
• Contribute your thoughts and ideas to the debate
• Meet and network with 40 other key stakeholders in UK healthcare

SPEAKERS

PROGRAMME

  Chair: Helen Joyce, Britain Health Correspondent, The Economist
08:15 Registration and refreshments
08:55 Chair’s opening remarks
09:05 Analysis of key findings from EIU/Philips international research paper on “Citizen’s perspective on health”
Gareth Lofthouse, Research Director, Industry and Management, Economist Intelligence Unit
09:35 Opening address: Sustainable healthcare – a global challenge
Gerard Kleisterlee, President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Philips Electronics
09:55

Panel I: An incentive to change – creating a UK healthcare infrastructure to shift from ‘hospital-centric’ to ‘patient-centric’ care

Although there is general agreement that patient-centred care and preventative care strategies will be pivotal in health reform over the next few years, there are many obstacles yet to overcome.

This panel will consider the following issues:
• What are the key cultural, political and organisational challenges?
• How can key stakeholders be engaged in patient-centric care when the cost benefits may only become apparent in the longer term?
• What incentives can be created to motivate change and secure wider acceptance to a new approach to healthcare?

Karen Taylor, Director, Health Value for Money, National Audit Office
Mark Platt, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, National Voices
John Cleland, Professor of Cardiology, University of Hull
Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Economics, University of York
11.00 Networking refreshment break
11.30

Panel II: Innovation in healthcare delivery – examining the benefits and risks of new approaches to healthcare delivery in the UK

One of the major obstacles to healthcare reform is the sheer complexity of the current system and its multitude of stakeholders.

This panel will look at some case studies of innovative approaches in action. Issues to be discussed include:
• How can new business models be made to work in the UK’s legacy health infrastructure?
• What examples already exist?
• Can they be implemented in a wider context and how can they contribute to a more effective approach to healthcare?

Natalie-Jane Macdonald, Managing Director, UK, BUPA
Bernard Crump, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Walter van Kuijen, Senior Vice-president and General Manager Home Monitoring, Philips Healthcare
Gary Eardley, Head of Pharmacy, Sainsbury’s
12.30 Keynote address: Healthcare 2020—a vision for Britain
Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, The Conservative Party
13.00 Chair’s closing remarks
13.10 Lunch and close of forum

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

The Economist Intelligence Unit hosts a range of exclusive video webcasts, featuring high profile experts from the world of healthcare. See www.eiu/com/commissionedresearch/philips/healthcare

Event Sponsor


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At Philips, we start with the needs of patients and their care providers, because understanding their experiences ensures we create the best solutions for them. We do this by focusing on the care cycle – on solutions for preventing, diagnosing, treating and monitoring medical conditions – particularly in the areas of cardiology, oncology and women’s health.

We recognise many ageing adults and chronically ill want to maintain an independent lifestyle while enhancing the quality of their healthcare. So Philips is extending the care cycle into the home. We’ve developed home healthcare solutions to help relieve pressure on traditional health services and care providers, and to address people’s desire for more independent living.

For Philips, it’s about bringing “sense & simplicity” to healthcare – treating patients in settings they prefer, improving patient outcomes, and helping healthcare providers know their hospitals are setting the benchmark in gold standard patient care. Fostering a dialogue among the public sector, industry, healthcare providers and patients is critical to addressing today’s healthcare challenges. That’s why we invite you to connect with us via our monthly e-newsletter on health and well-being. To subscribe and find out more about Philips and health and well-being, please visit www.philips.com/because




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