DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
News Release (2007/0329) issued by The Government News Network on 16
November 2007
NHS staff will
next week be able to watch some of the worlds leading health
experts live online at a unique international clinical summit in London.
The summit, hosted by Health Minister Lord Ara Darzi, will bring
together leading figures from a wide range of clinical
specialities and backgrounds from the UK, US, Canada and Europe.
Discussions will focus on sharing their experience and learning
with NHS staff and stakeholders who are involved in shaping the
future of the NHS through the Our NHS, Our Future review.
A core part of the programme will focus on bringing together the
clinical pathway working groups who are leading the Our NHS, Our
future review in each strategic health authority region, with the
aim of stimulating discussion on how to deliver the best outcomes
for patients across England.
Keynote speeches from the event will be broadcast live from
14.20-19.00 on Wednesday 21 November, and available for viewing
afterwards at: http://www.livegroup.co.uk/internationalclinicalsummit
Speakers include David Levine, President and Executive Director
of the Montreal Health and Social Service Agency: and Dr Jack
Cochran, Executive Director of the Permanente Federation (Kaiser
Permanente), who will talk about redesigning healthcare systems
and creating additional services outside hospitals.
Lord Ara Darzi will address the summit on Wednesday 21 November.
Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson will close the session on day
one and Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson will close the
summit on day two.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1. The summit will be held from 21-22 November in central London.
Plenary sessions on 21 November will be followed on day two with
delegates working in breakout sessions to look at common
challenges and how the lessons learned from elsewhere in the NHS
and abroad might be relevant for future models of care in their areas.
2. The interim report on the 'Our NHS, Our Future'
review, published on October 4, sets out Lord Darzi's
emerging vision to develop an NHS which will deliver effective,
higher quality services that are safe, personalised to individual
needs, and equally available to all.