Event: Increasing value, reducing waste - The Lancet Series on Research

8th January 2014 - University College London Institute of Child Health

"On 7th January 2014, The Lancet will publish a series of papers documenting waste from principle sources - ranging from waste in deciding what research to do, through to waste because of unusable reports of research.

This free to attend Lancet Symposium is supported by the Department of Health for England and is of particular relevance to research funders, research regulators and academic institutions, but it is likely to be of interest to research users (including the public), researchers and journals."

Find out more here.

Event: Diagnostic services - Atlas of Variation: how to reduce unwarranted variation in diagnostic services

27th November 2013 - Noon to 3.30pm - Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrae, London SW1Y 5DG, UK

A workshop is being held, for diagnostics professionals and clinicians to examine what the professions are doing and could do to tackle unwarranted variation in Diagnostic Services. Keynote speakers will include the Chief Scientific Officer and National Clinical Directors for Diagnostics and imaging and followed by discussions. This event will be of interest to service providers, commissioners and clinicians.

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Event: Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice

1st-3rd July 2014 - King's College, London, UK

BioMed Central is pleased to announce the first international conference Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice. The conference will have a broad scope, as this is a multidisciplinary field, and will address topics from many viewpoints, ranging from international health policy to local health care systems.

Find out more here.

Event: Delivering improved outcomes for local communities

25th June 2013 - London
26th June 2013 - Leeds

This is an opportunity for local leaders from Clinical Commissioning Groups, local authorities and NHS England to hear local and national perspectives on how working together to pursue shared priorities, can and is delivering improved outcomes for local populations.

Click here to register for the London event.

Click here to register for the Leeds event.

Event: Implementing a ban on age discrimination in the NHS

6th June 2013 - Skipton House, London, England

This is a free learning event run by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Age UK, and the Department of Health.

To register, click here.

Event: High quality care for all, now and for future generations

17th May 2013 - Bristol City Council, Bristol, England

"This NHS Values Summit will challenge and inspire you to think about the role of collaboration in improving the health and wellbeing of local communities, staff and patients and how the NHS can achieve high quality care for all."

Find out more here.

Event: Transforming services for improved outcomes

16th July 2013 - London, England

Bob Ricketts, director of commissioning support, strategy and market development for NHS England will outline the vision for service transformation. Speakers and case studies will provide insight as to how to commission services to deliver genuine transformation, and how providers can drive forward this agenda.

Find out more here.

Event: Improving the public's health: the key roles of nurses and midwives

26th June 2013 - venue to be confirmed

This conference brings together nurses and midwives to discuss the professions' contributions to improving health.

Find out more here.

Event: The Commissioning Show

12th-13th June 2013 - Excel, London, UK

The Commissioning Show 2013 has been developed to reflect the changing concerns of primary care commissioners, including the emerging support organisations and provider bodies. Complimentary passes are available for NHS staff. Find out more about the show and complimentary passes here.

Event: Setting up tele-dermatology services: new guidance for commissioners

17th May 2013 - Willan House, London, UK

This event provides an opportunity to hear about the evidence that was used to develop the guidance, examples of models of established teledermatology services and a case study from a commissioner that has implemented a teledermatology service. Find out more here.

Event: Understanding the fundamentals of the NHS standard contract

23rd April 2013 - London, UK
26th April 2013 - Leeds, UK


The four-hour session will cover:

• How the NHS standard contract is designed to be used
• The main contract provisions
• Common mistakes and pitfalls and how to avoid them
• How to get QIPP into the contract

Find out more here.

Call for abstracts: Health Services Research Network Symposium

Deadline 22nd March 2013

The organisers are keen to receive abstracts on the following themes:

• Patient experience
• Workforce
• Leadership and organisations
• Methods research
• Commissioning
• Access and equity of services
• Keeping people out of hospital
• Self-care and self management
• Quality and safety
• Productivity
• Innovation and knowledge translation
• Improvement Science

More information about abstract submission available here.

Event: Health Services Research Network Symposium

17th-18th June 2013 - EMCC, Nottingham, UK

"The Health Services Research Network Symposium, now in its sixth year, is the field’s premier knowledge event. It features presentations and discussion at the leading edge of UK and international health services research. The Symposium will bring together services leaders, services users and carers, researchers, practitioners, senior managers and policy makers."

Find out more here.

Event: Evidence Informed Policy and Practice

5th-6th March 2013 - Frankfurt, Germany

Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education in Europe (EIPPEE) is hosting its second converence in Frankfurt, Germany. The conference will examine the current state of evidence informed policy and practice across Europe.

Read more here.

Call for abstracts: Health Services Research Network Symposium 2013

Deadline for submission: 8th March 2013

You are invited to submit abstracts for presentation and/or poster display.

HSRN are keen to receive abstracts on the following:

• Patient experience
• Workforce
• Leadership and organisations
• Methods research
• Commissioning
• Access and equity of services
• Keeping people out of hospital
• Self-care and self management
• Quality and safety
• Productivity
• Innovation and knowledge translation
• Improvement Science

The Health Foundation invites abstracts on the theme of Improvement Science, that is new approaches to achieve measurable and timely improvement in care processes; development of the underlying theory and evaluation of methods to improve quality, safety and value; implementation of evidence-based healthcare.

The HSRN welcomes submissions relating to both quantitative and qualitative research and embraces work across all health care professions including nursing, pharmacy, medicine, management, physiotherapy, midwifery and all relevant disciplines including sociology, economics, epidemiology, health policy, statistics, psychology, history.

The scope of the Symposium covers all aspects of services including primary care, community care, social care, hospital care, health promotion and disease prevention, through curative services to long-term, rehabilitative and custodial care.

Find out more here.

Event: Health Services Research Network Symposium 2013

3rd-4th June 2013 - Liverpool AAC, UK

The Health Services Research Network Symposium, now in its sixth year, is the field’s premier knowledge event. It features presentations and discussion at the leading edge of UK and international health services research. Building on a very successful event in 2012, the Symposium will again be followed by the NHS Confederation Annual Conference and Exhibition, bringing together researchers, practitioners, senior managers and policy makers. Find out more here.

Event: Understanding the fundamentals of Information Governance

25th March 2013 - The Studio, Birmingham, UK

This event will involve the presenters working with delegates to ensure their knowledge, strategies, policies and systems are compliant with laws such as the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act and Caldicott.

Find out more here.

Event: Understanding the fundamentals of Information Governance

8th February 2013 - Manor Mills, Leeds, UK

This event will involve the presenters working with delegates to ensure their knowledge, strategies, policies and systems are compliant with laws such as the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act and Caldicott.

Find out more here.

Webinar: What the NHS can learn about strategy from leaders of social movements

17th January 2013 - 4-5pm GMT

During this session, the NHS Institute's Chief of Service Transformation Helen Bevan will explore the important lessons that social movement thinkers can teach us about building power for transformation through different levers for change and new and additional leadership capabilities.

Register for the session here.

Webinar: Capturing patient experience

25th January 2013 - 10-11am GMT

Join this webex to find out how organisations across England are capturing and using patient experience to improve their services, and how you can apply their good ideas to your organisation.

More information available here.

Event: How to deliver quality and value in chronic care

21st February 2013 - Guoman Tower Hotel, London, UK

This one day event will give you an opportunity to learn from others on how they have improved respiratory services locally, and will be of use whether you are working in respiratory disease or in long term conditions management more generally.

Read more information here.