Westminster Health Forum

The future for pharmacy services in England - prevention, integration, innovation and regulation

Morning, Wednesday, 20^th November 2019
Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

Keynote Speakers: Professor Claire Anderson, Chair, Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England and Professor, Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Head, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham; Simon Dukes, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee; Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive and Registrar, General Pharmaceutical Council and Dr Vishen Ramkisson, Senior Clinical Lead, Product Development, NHS Digital

Professor Richard Barker

The life sciences sector in the UK - investment, innovation and next steps for delivering the Sector Deal 2

Morning, Wednesday, 4^th December 2019
Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London SE1 9DD

Keynote Speaker: Professor Richard Barker, Chief Executive, Health Innovation Network; Director, Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation and Board Member, Celgene

Improving dementia outcomes in England - research, personalised care and health and social care integration

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th December 2019
Central London

Sir James Mackey

The health workforce and key issues for the NHS People Plan: leadership, staff wellbeing and professional regulation

Morning, Thursday, 12^th December 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Prerana Issar, Chief People Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement and Sir James Mackey, Chief Executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Daniel Ray

Utilising data in healthcare - adoption, public trust and innovation

Afternoon, Thursday, 12^th December 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Professor Daniel Ray, Director of Data, NHS Digital and Dame Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care

Professor Dame Sue Hill

Rare diseases and specialised commissioning in England - genomics, research and access to medicine

Morning, Thursday, 9^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Professor Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England; Dr Jayne Spink, Chief Executive, Genetic Alliance UK and Dr Richard Scott, Clinical Lead, Rare Diseases, Genomics England

Professor John Newton

Prevention and public health in England - commissioning, collaboration and innovation

Morning, Thursday, 16^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, President, Association of Directors of Public Health and Director, Public Health, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Professor John Newton, Director, Health Improvement, Public Health England

Chris Walters

Payment systems and reimbursement in healthcare

Morning, Tuesday, 21^st January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Chris Walters, Director of Pricing and Costing, NHS England and NHS Improvement

Sir Robert Naylor

Key issues for optimising the NHS estate: funding, planning and development, and next steps for the Health Infrastructure Plan

Morning, Tuesday, 28^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Dr Sue O’Connell, Chief Executive, Community Health Partnerships and Sir Robert Naylor, Author, NHS Property and Estates Review

Chris Hopson

Priorities for the NHS Assembly and delivering the NHS Long Term Plan

Morning, Wednesday, 5^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, NHS Providers and Member, NHS Assembly

Professor Gillian Leng

The future for NICE in health and social care

Morning, Thursday, 6^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care, NICE and Professor Andrew Briggs, Professor, Health Economics, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Professor Dame Sally Davies

Antimicrobial resistance - coordinating a global response and progress on the UK strategy

Morning, Thursday, 20^th February 2020
Central London
Supported by BD - Becton Dickinson

Keynote Speaker: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Previous Chief Medical Officer for England and UK Special Envoy on AMR for UK Government

Reform to professional healthcare regulation in the UK

Morning, Tuesday, 25^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: John Barwick, Interim Chief Executive and Deputy Registrar, Health and Care Professions Council; Charlie Massey, Chief Executive, General Medical Council and Alan Clamp, Chief Executive, Professional Standards Authority

Cardiovascular disease in England - prevention, innovation and tackling inequalities

Afternoon, Tuesday, 25^th February 2020
Central London
Supported by Abbott

Reducing health inequalities in England - learning from local approaches, supporting system-wide collaboration, and next steps for policy

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th March 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Institute of Health Equity, University College London and Professor Paul Johnstone, Regional Director, North of England, Public Health England

Environmental sustainability in healthcare

Morning, Friday, 20^th March 2020
Central London

Professor Martin Marshall

Priorities for general practice in England: Primary Care Networks, digital technology and delivering the GP contract

Morning, Tuesday, 24^th March 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Professor Martin Marshall, Chair, RCGP

Dr Louise Wood

Health research in England - funding and support, regulation and uptake, and the future of the UK as a clinical research centre

Morning, Thursday, 26^th March 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Dr Louise Wood, Director, Science, Research and Evidence, Department of Health and Social Care

Professor Jo Martin

Next steps for diagnostics and pathology - innovation, collaboration and standards

Morning, Thursday, 2^nd April 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Professor Jo Martin, President, Royal College of Pathologists; Professor of Pathology, Queen Mary University of London and Director, Academic Health Sciences, Barts Health NHS Trust

George Matuska

Key issues for autism and learning disabilities care in England - addressing health inequalities, workforce challenges and next steps for policy

Morning, Tuesday, 28^th April 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: George Matuska, National Lead, Autism and Clinical Lead, Intellectual Disabilities, South of England Region, Health Education England

Core Sponsors

The core sponsor of the Westminster Health Forum is Boehringer Ingelheim.

In Production

The Westminster Health Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

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