Innovation in Primary and Community Care Conference

24 Mar 2010
9-3.30pm
Venue:
The Queens Hotel
Leeds

Chaired by Andy Buck, CEO of Rotherham PCT; a leading figure championing the application of technology in primary-care. The conference will include:

9.00am Registration
9.30am Introduction (Andy Buck, CEO, Rotherham PCT)
9.40am The primary care landscape post-Darzi; a GP’s view (Eithne Cummins, GP Nethergreen Surgery)
10.05am The Regional Innovation Fund (Laura Hibbs, Y&H SHA)
10.30am The Regional Telehealth Programme (Paul Rice, Associate Director, Care Partnerships, NHS Yorkshire and the Humber) 
10.55am Workshop Session 1
12.15pm Lunch
1.15pm Workshop Session 2
2.35pm Implementing the Quality Productivity Challenge (Helen Northall, Director, Primary Care Commissioning)
3.00pm The primary care landscape post-Darzi; a commissioner’s view (Rob Webster, CEO, Calderdale PCT)
3.25pm Plenary & Next Steps (Rotherham PCT)
3.40pm Networking / Refreshments


The conference offers each delegate the opportunity to participate in a choice of workshops, each showcasing innovative solutions to primary care challenges across a number of key pathways (focusing on prevention, early detection, integrated care, self care, specialist care and rehabilitation).

The workshops will be used to highlight how the technology or process has been developed to meet the clinical or technical challenges faced in the primary-care setting with the aim of encouraging open discussions on the develop, adoption and implementation of technology and process driven solutions. The workshops are:

Activ4Life; pre and post operative orthopaedic diagnostics
Activ4Life and Jon Conroy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, will explain how the product works and how such technology can work in a real primary care setting.

Meddserve; integrated patient record systems
Dr James Britton, practicing dermatologist and CEO of Meddserve, will open the discussion on how the patient record system he has been developing for 11 years will allow the full management of a hospital or clinic through innovative, confidential and secure on-line health records. This ‘hosted model’ system facilitates seamless communications between healthcare professionals and has been used across the UK, India and Nepal in a variety of settings. The system allows images, radiology, including CT scans, and full records to up-loaded remotely and reviewed by specialists, all of which encourages and facilitates the adoption of more integrated telehealth services. The workshop will cover: clinical functions and imaging; system design and technology; confidentiality, duty-of-care and data protection; business model; implementation and open discussions.

NHS Rotherham/O2; 'paper-light' solutions for community workers - increasing efficiency across community care teams

NHS Rotherham and Telefonica O2 UK will share their experiences of deploying technology solutions to community-based teams, including lessons learnt and the benefits being realised. How this is helping Rotherham, and other trusts, respond to increasing budgetary challenges by delivering care services more efficiently. And, how involving the care teams in the process has proved a critical success factor.
Alan Meloy, Deputy Director of IT and Derek Stowe, Infrastructure Manager , NHS Rotherham will lead the workshop discussion, along with Tom Macallister, Senior Business Consultant, Telefonica O2 UK.

Kingkraft Ltd; collaborations facilitating assistive technology development
Nigel Harrison, MD, Kingkraft will discuss how collaborating with the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Children’s Hospital resulted in the development of a niche assistive technology solution for children with brittle bone disease.

Primary Care Commission; understanding the Quality Productivity Challenge
This workshop will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the challenge and how it will affect product developers and commissioners.

Commercial Procurement Collaborative; open innovation in bariatric care
David Newton, CPC will facilitate a discussion on the issues surrounding bariatric care in the primary care setting and how these can be challenged through technology development.

Sheffield Hallam University/Tomorrow Options; The use of wireless sensors for the facilitation of self-care in stroke rehabilitation

This workshop will open the discussion on the development of sensor technology for the primary care setting, including all processes, challenges and solutions.

To book your free place pleae email Nikola Alevizos at n.alevizos@medilink.co.uk *

* Please note places are free of charge to companies and organisations based in Yorkshire and Humber; for those based outside the region places are charged at £65+VAT.