Hospital Innovations
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EVENT PREVIEW
Exploring efficiency savings and promoting productivity in the NHS Taking place at London’s Olympia on the 25-26 April, the conference and exhibition at Hospital Innovations will address the key issues currently facing the NHS. Health Business previews the event Hospital Innovations has been launched to foster joined up thinking. This is an event that will bring together key decision makers in hospital management teams who are collectively responsible for the delivery of patient services in the UK. Most importantly, we are working with the direction of representatives from over 20 NHS hospitals across the country. It’s no secret that the demands on the NHS are constantly evolving. Life expectancy is increasing and an ageing population puts greater pressure on both NHS and private healthcare services. Resources are stretched and, while the battle to increase NHS funding is fought in the House of Commons, those who manage hospitals across the UK are looking for new ways of increasing efficiency, reducing running costs and improving the delivery of patient services. Innovation is the key. The Hospital Innovations conference and exhibition will feature a whole host of key names from the sector and innovative solutions to help healthcare professionals improve efficiency in hospitals and health
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centres. Key speakers announced to address the Hospital Innovations conference include: Lord Carter of Coles; Simon Corben, head of Estates and Facilities at NHS Improvement; David Loughton, chief executive at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Duane Passman, director of 3 Ts, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; Chris Davies, energy and environmental officer at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; and Julian Amey, chief executive at IHEEM. LORD CARTER INNOVATION AWARD Lord Carter spoke last year at the launch of Hospital Innovations and promised to return in 2017 to give delegates and visitors an update on the Carter report one year on and present the Carter Innovation Award. The review of operational efficiency in acute hospitals chaired by Lord Carter published its final report in February 2016, following nearly two years of work with trusts across England. A co-ordinated programme to oversee the NHS-wide response to the recommendations of this review began
in June 2015 and has, since September 2016, become the responsibility of a new operational productivity directorate within NHS Improvement (NHSI). The basis for Lord Carter’s recommendations was the analysis of metrics and benchmarks that identified significant unwarranted variation across organisations. This was quantified as representing a £5 billion efficiency opportunity, or nine per cent of the £55.6 billion spend on acute hospitals in England. Trusts will talk about efficiencies made, while key organisations providing the latest technologies to help deliver greater efficiencies will both exhibit and present key initiatives. We will also look at the Model Hospital with particular reference to digital and technology, how these are being utilised and how they support clinical processes and empower patients. The first ‘Carter Innovation Award’ will be given to the trust or E
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