Friday 22 June 2012

Lean government

10th September 2012 - The Barbican, London, England

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Public Service Events' fourth annual Lean Government conference will offer practical sessions showcasing lean thinking in a public sector setting, sharing experiences and best practice.

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Building an integrated system of care: key factors for success

18th September, 2012 - The King's Fund, London, UK

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This conference will explore the key factors that will enable integrated care to be successfully implemented. It will bring together those who have experienced success and have made a difference to individual patient experience and the quality and efficiency of care across whole populations.

Monday 18 June 2012

World congress leadership summit on shared decision making

20th-21st September 2012 - Crowne Plaza Boston, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

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Patient centered care has the potential to lower cost, improve quality of care and increase patient satisfaction but why hasn’t there been a more widespread adoption? This keynote will identify the drivers behind shared decision making and demonstrate how to unlock its potential benefits.

Friday 15 June 2012

Supporting the commissioning workforce through transition

5th July 2012 - The Met, Leeds

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The event will help you to understand how to align your needs to those of potential future employers, whether you aspire to a role in a CGG, commissioning support organisation, the NHS Commissioning Board, a local authority or elsewhere.

The presentations will also include information from legal experts around employment law and TUPE with coaches on hand to give individual information regarding career planning and provide information for future development.

Integrated commissioning for better health outcomes

11th July 2012 - Thistle Marble Arch, London

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This event will challenge clinical commissioning groups, PCTs, SHAs and local authority representatives to achieve the very best care for their population by more effective collaboration at every stage of the commissioning process.

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Advancing Quality and Safety for All: now and in the future

21st-24th October 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland

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This is the conference for the International Society for Quality in Health Care, which is a non profit, independent organisation with members in over 70 countries.

HSRN Symposium: Delivering better health services

19th-20th June 2012 - Manchester Central
 
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The HSRN annual Symposium is the premier knowledge event for Health Services Research. The event offers presentations and discussions at the leading edge of evidence-informed healthcare and an unparalleled interface with managerial and clinical communities of practice. 

Lean Government: improving productivity, quality and public service

20th September 2012 - The Barbican, London

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With a keynote address from Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, Public Service Events' fourth annual Lean Government conference will offer practical sessions showcasing lean thinking in a public sector setting, sharing experiences and best practice. Delegates will receive an understanding of lean and its principles, a review of efficiency and lean initiatives in the public sector and lessons learned, and a range of case studies from central government, local government and the NHS.

Thursday 7 June 2012

A practical guide to patient safety indicators and dashboards

14th September 2012 – Hallam Conference Centre, London

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The morning sessions provide a national update on developments in patient safety, including
the development of national patient safety dashboards. This is followed by a case study based
session on developing patient safety dashboards in your organisation or service with examples
from both an acute trust and a primary/community organisation.
The afternoon sessions focus on case studies of patient safety indicators and dashboards in
practice including sessions focusing on essential improvement areas.

Next generation healthcare: smarter, integrated, personal

28th June 2012 – University Place, Manchester

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The purpose of this event is to provide delegates with a clearer understanding of how the new systems will function in 2013 and beyond. The objective of the programme and showcases will be to consider the framework for the future along with the strategies and practical concepts and innovations in service delivery, that can enable the next generation health and care service to be better integrated and personal, using smart technologies and smarter ways of working.

Making health care safer: learning from social and organisational research

25th-26th June 2012 – University of St Andrews, Scotland

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A two day conference to explore key questions facing us as researchers, practitioners and policy-makers: questions that address better collective learning, sustainable quality improvement and safer patient care.

Webinar: Fit for Purpose – is your organisation ready to deliver a positive patient experience?

21st June 2012 - online
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Expert on Call is a monthly webinar, freely provided by the NHS Institute, where leading thinkers in the NHS Institute and beyond share their insights from research or product development via WebEx. NHS staff then have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss how they can put these insights into practice. Expert on Call takes place on the 3rd Thursday of the month, between 4pm and 5pm unless otherwise stated.

Delivering better health services – Health Services Research Network Annual Symposium

19th-20th June 2010 – Manchester Central
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Day 1: Evidence for innovation - highlights new and emerging HSR, and considers the research landscape.
Day 2: Knowledge and practice - explores the application and spread of innovative practice.