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Find out what is happening when during the three days at conference.

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Wednesday 23 June

Thursday 24 June

Friday 25 June

Wednesday 23 June

10:00  

Exhibition and registration opens

 

 

10:30 – 13:00


Site visit to Aintree University Hospital Trust
 

 

12:00 – 13:00

 

Lunch and refreshments
 

 

12:00 – 13:00

 

Introduction session for first time delegates
 

 

13:00 – 13:05

 

Plenary: Welcome to the conference Sir Keith S. Pearson, Chair, NHS Confederation 

 

 

13:10 – 13:20 

 

Plenary: Nigel Edwards, Acting Chief Executive, NHS Confederation

 

 

13:20 – 14:00

 

Plenary: Fair Society, Healthy Lives, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health

 

 

14:15 – 15:30 

 

Wednesday network sessions and supplementary sessions starting at 14.15

 

 

15:30 – 16:30 

 

Refreshment break

 

 

15:40 - 16:25

 

Hub session: Provider Economics

 

16:30 – 17:50

 

Wednesday strand sessions and supplementary sessions starting at 16.30

 

 

18:00 – 19:00    

 

NHS Confederation reception

 

 

19:00   

 

Exhibition closes

 

 

19:00  

 

Registration closes

 

 

19.30 - 23:30   

 

Regional dinners


 

Thursday 24 June

07:30

Registration opens

 

08:30

 

Exhibition opens

 

08:00 - 08:45

 

Supplementary sessions starting at 08:00

 

09:00 – 10:20 

 

Thursday strand sessions and supplementary sessions starting at 09.00

 

 

10:20 – 11:20

 

Refreshment break

 

 

10:30 – 11:15

 

Hub session: Improving quality and productivity: making the most of out of hospital opportunities

 

11:20 – 12:40 

 

Thursday strand sessions and supplementary sessions starting at 11.20 

 

 

12:40 – 13:40

 

Lunch

 

 

12:40 – 13:40

 

BME reception

 


12:50 - 13:35


Hub session: Making acute reconfiguration work


12:55 - 13:40


Supplementary session


13:40 - 13:45


NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) address

 

13:45 – 14:35 

 

Plenary: Dr Jill Bolte Taylor, Author of My Stroke of Insight

 

 

14:50 – 15:50 

 

Thursday network sessions and supplementary sessions starting at 14.50

 

 

14:50 – 16:00


Network session

 

14:50 – 16:20
 


Network session

 


15:50 – 16:50 


Refreshment break

 


15:50 - 16:50


Mental Health Network meeting and reception


16:00 - 16:50


Ambulance Service Networkmeeting and reception


16:00 - 16:45


Hub session: It's all in the system  - using whole system solutions to unlock productivity


16:50 - 17:40


Plenary: Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health

 


17:45 - 19:00


SDO Reception

 

17:45

 

Exhibition closes

 

 

19:00

 

Registration closes

 

 

19:30 - 23:30 

 

Conference dinner at the Liverpool Cathedral

 

Friday 25 June

07:30

Registration opens

 

08:00 - 08:45

NHS Confederation EGM

 

08:30

Exhibition opens

 


09:00 - 09:50


Supplementary session

 


09:00 - 10:20


Network session

 

09.30 – 10.15  

 

Panel session: Patient and GPs in the driving seat

 

10.15 – 11.15

 

Refreshment break

 

 

10.25 – 11.10

 

Hub session: Developing alternatives to acute care - the evidence from InterQual and the lessons for Commissioners and Providers

 

11.15 – 12.00 

 

Panel session: The year ahead and beyond

 

 

11.00 – 12.00 


Supplementary session

 

 

12.00 – 13.00 

 
Plenary: Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive of the NHS in England 

 


13:00


Conference close - Sir Keith Pearson, Chair, NHS Confederation

 

 

13.00

 

Exhibition and event closes

 

13.30

 

 

Registration closes