NHS Alliance - Vision into Action - Primary Care leading change

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Programme - Day 1 16 October
		Conference facilitator– Professor Chris Ham, HSMC, University of Birmingham

9.40	Primary care leading the way – Conference introduction Dr Michael Dixon, Chair, NHS Alliance
10.00	Vision into action: don’t take no for an answer Camila Batmanghelidjh, Chief Executive, Kids Company
10.25	Primary care post-Darzi: delivering innovation David Nicholson, Chief Executive, NHS
10.50	Discussion with the audience Chris Ham with Dr Michael Dixon, Camila Batmanghelidjh and David Nicholson
11.20	Coffee and exhibition
12.00	Vision into action Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health
12.45	Lunch & Fringe meetings Presentation of Acorn Awards by Secretary of State, Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP on the NHS Alliance stand
14.15	Mini-plenaries – a choice of:
	Making a real difference to local health In the chair: Professor Chris Drinkwater, President, NHS Alliance
	Speakers:
				Adam Sampson, Chief Executive, Shelter
				Lord Adebowale, Chief Executive, Turning Point

	Practice-based commissioning (PBC) in action: case studies In the chair: Dr David Jenner, National Lead and Julie Wood, Director, PBC Federation, NHS Alliance
				Undertaking true commissioning: colposcopy services - Dr Mo Girach, Chief Executive and Dr Kapil Kedia PBC Clinical Lead, St Albans and Harpenden PBC Group
				Global solutions, local characteristics: the Brent experience - Caroline Kerby, Practice Manager, Brentfield Medical Centre and a GP from the Brent Federation of Practice Based Commissioners

	An urgent response in primary care: how can a rapid response improve care and reduce emergency admissions? In the chair: Dr Ray Montague, Brisdoc
	Speakers:
				Chris Dowse, Head of Urgent Care, Department of Health
				Rick Stern, NHS Alliance Lead, Urgent Care
				David Carson, Chief Executive, Primary Healthcare Foundation

	A case study in developing and commissioning innovation: talking therapies – new money for new treatments Sponsored by
	In the chair: Dr Alan Cohen, GP and Senior Fellow, The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
	Speakers:
				Introduction and setting the scene on IAPT policy and its impact on primary care – Dr Alan Cohen
				Commissioner perspective – Dr John Hague, GP, East of England IAPT Clinical Lead
				Provider perspective: a collaborative research project between NHS Direct and the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow examines the potential for NHS Direct to deliver low-intensity, telephone-based support to users of the free-to-access 'Living Life to the Full' web-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) programme – Mike Bessant, Regional Mental Health Lead, NHS Direct (South West) and Dr Paul Farrand, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Exeter

15.15	World class commissioning one year on: what have we learned since last year about what will make practice-based commissioning really work? Mark Britnell, Director General of Commissioning and System Management, Department of Health Audience discussion
16.30	Tea and exhibition
17.00	Workshops

	T1			Strengthening capacity, capability and characteristics for successful practice-based commissioning
	T2
	T3			Improving patient access: examples of successful service innovation
	T4			Green exercise: a way to commission health improvement
	T5			The information revolution: does information lead to better choice or confusion? Sponsored by
	T6			A quality and patient safety framework for monitoring and evaluating service provision
	T7			Radical redesign of rehabilitation services for older people in Manchester
	T8			Improving the patient experience: examples of successful outcomes
	T9			Climbing out of the silos: revalidation for all
	T10			Dealing with the media
	T11			Commissioning musculoskeletal services in primary care Sponsored by

18.00	Into the commissioners’ den – episode 2: tackling health inequalities
	Dragons:
				Dr Catherine Swann, Associate Director, Centre for Public Health Excellence, NICE
				Yvonne Sawbridge, Director of Nursing, South Staffordshire PCT
				Dr David Colin Thomé, Clinical Director of Primary Care, Department of Health
			Cynthia Bower, Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission
			Nancy Kelly, Assistant Director of Research and Policy, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

	Pitchers:
				Lord Adebowale, Chief Executive, Turning Point
				Adam Sampson, Chief Executive, Shelter
				Judy Hargadon, Chief Executive, School Food Trust

19.00	Day 1 conclusion
20.30	Conference Dinner with entertainments Followed by a disco until the early hours

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