Event: Better value health care

7 Jul 2015, 8.00am–5.00pm, The King's Fund, London W1G 0AN

"This event will look at ways to improve productivity to deliver improved patient experience, improved health of the population, and a reduction in the cost of health care. It will also showcase sustainable ways of providing high quality services for less."

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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."

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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."

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Event: The King's Fund Annual Conference 2012

28th November 2012 - 10am-5pm - The King's Fund, London, England

The conference will provide delegates with a better understanding of what constitutes a high-performing health care system and what needs to be done to sustain the future of the NHS.

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Lean government

10th September 2012 - The Barbican, London, England

More information available here.

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.

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.

Next generation healthcare: smarter, integrated, personal

28th June 2012 – University Place, Manchester

Booking form available here.

More information available here.

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.