Westminster Health Forum

Priorities for social care in England - funding, sustainable reform, and delivering effective integrated care

Morning, Tuesday, 14^th December 2021
Online

Keynote Speakers: Anna Severwright, Convener, Social Care Future; Sir Andrew Dilnot, Warden, Nuffield College Oxford and Chairman, Commission on the Funding of Care and Support 2010-2011 and Michelle Dyson, Director General, Adult Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care

Key issues for the health workforce and priorities going forward - funding, welfare, inclusivity, recruitment, and meeting future healthcare demand

Morning, Wednesday, 12^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Regional Postgraduate Dean/ Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, NHS Health Education London/ University College London Medical School; Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cissé, Chair, NHS BME Network; Alastair Henderson, Chief Executive, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Lucy Warner, Chief Executive, NHS Practitioner Health Programme

Policy priorities for tackling health inequalities, improving public health, and the role of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Morning, Thursday, 27^th January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Vicky Hobart, Head of Health and Deputy Statutory Health Adviser, Greater London Authority; Maggie Rae, President, Faculty of Public Health and Christina Marriott, Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health

Priorities for rare disease research, diagnosis, and care in the UK

Morning, Monday, 31^st January 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Kate Tatton-Brown, Clinical Lead, Genomics Education Programme, Health Education England; and Consultant Clinical Geneticist, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Ellen Thomas , Clinical Director and Director of Quality, Genomics England

Tackling drug dependence and improving delivery of services - assessing the independent review of drugs and the UK Government’s Strategy

Morning, Wednesday, 9^th February 2022
Online

From the Westminster Social Policy Forum

Keynote Speakers: Rosanna O'Connor, Director, Addictions & Inclusion, Office of Health Improvement & Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care and Dr Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University; Advisor to the Independent Review into Drug Misuse; and former drug policy advisor to President Barack Obama

Next steps for vaccine rollout, research and development - responding to new COVID-19 variants, supporting innovation, and encouraging research partnerships

Morning, Monday, 21^st February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Andrew Ustianowski, National Clinical Lead, COVID Vaccine Research Programme, NIHR; and Consultant and Research Lead in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital; Dr Alejandro Cravioto, Chair, Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation, World Health Organisation and Dr Doug Brown, Chief Executive, British Society for Immunology

Next steps for improving patient safety in the NHS - whole system learning, opportunities for regulation, patient involvement, and the role of the HSIB

Morning, Tuesday, 22^nd February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Kevin Harris, Programme Director and Clinical Advisor, Interventional Procedures Programme, Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, NICE; Rob Behrens, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Nigel Acheson, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Care Quality Commission ; Lucy Watson, Chair, The Patients Association and Keith Conradi, Chief Investigator, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

Improving support and care for autistic adults and children in England

Morning, Wednesday, 23^rd February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Andre Strydom, Professor in Intellectual Disabilities, King’s College London; Dr James Cusack, Chief Executive, Autistica and David Nuttall, Deputy Director, Neurodiversity, Disability and Learning Disability Team, Mental Health and Disabilities Directorate, Department of Health and Social Care

Priorities for NICE in health and social care

Morning, Monday, 28^th February 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Matt Westmore, Chief Executive, Health Research Authority and Luella Trickett, Director, Value and Access, Association of British Healthcare Industries

Stephen Lee

Priorities for diagnostics and medical technology - regulation, supporting research and innovation, optimising services, and addressing waiting times

Morning, Tuesday, 1^st March 2022
Online

Keynote Speaker: Stephen Lee, Director, Diagnostics Regulation, Association of British Healthcare Industries

Priorities for general practice - workforce wellbeing, patient access, service integration and improvement, and recovery from the pandemic

Morning, Wednesday, 9^th March 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Michael Dixon, National Clinical Lead, Social Prescribing, NHS England; and Co-Chair, Social Prescribing Network; and Chairman, College of Medicine and Professor James Kingsland, Primary Care Physician; Independent Healthcare Advisor; and Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire

Long Covid - improving patient care and access to support, progress in service development, and priority areas for research

Morning, Tuesday, 22^nd March 2022
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Nick Lemoine, Chair, Long COVID Funding Committee and Medical Director, Clinical Research Network, NIHR; Rebecca Logan, Long Covid Patient; Dr Katrina Delargy, Managing Director, TIYGA health; Dr Gail Allsopp, Clinical Lead for Clinical Policy, Royal College of General Practitioners; Claire Hastie, Co-Founder, Long Covid Support and Sammie Mcfarland, CEO and Founder, Long Covid Kids

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.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Health Forum are:

Lord Adebowale

Peter Aldous MP

Stuart Andrew MP

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

Lord Best

Rt Hon the Lord Bradley

Viscount Bridgeman

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

Dr Lisa Cameron MP

Maria Caulfield MP

Lord Clement-Jones

Lord Collins of Highbury

Lord Colwyn

Rosie Cooper MP

Baroness Coussins

Baroness Cumberlege

Judith Cummins MP

Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP

Nigel Evans MP

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

Rt Hon the Lord Fowler

Baroness Gardner of Parkes

Mary Glindon MP

Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP

Chris Green MP

Baroness Greengross

Fabian Hamilton MP

Lord Filkin

Lord Harris of Haringey

Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald QC MP

Rt Hon John Healey MP

Rt Hon the Earl Howe

Rt Hon the Baroness Jay of Paddington

Baroness Jolly

Barbara Keeley MP

Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing MP

Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP

The Earl of Lindsay

The Earl of Listowel

Tim Loughton MP

Lord Low of Dalston

Baroness Ludford

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Baroness Massey of Darwen

Lord Mawson

Lord McColl of Dulwich

Baroness Meacher

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

Anne Marie Morris MP

Lord Moynihan

Lord Patel

Lord Patel of Bradford

Rt Hon Sir Mike Penning MP

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Lord Saatchi

Lord Scriven

Lord Sharkey

Karin Smyth MP

Lord Stone of Blackheath

Rt Hon the Lord Tebbit

Baroness Thomas of Winchester

Baroness Thornton

Lord Turnberg

Derek Twigg MP

Rt Hon the Lord Warner

Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe

Baroness Wheeler

Baroness Wilcox

Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP

Baroness Young of Old Scone

Daniel Zeichner MP

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.