Driving Cost Improvement from the Clinical Coalface

The Programme

0830 - 0920

Registration, Coffee & Exhibition
0920 - 0930

Opening Remarks
0930 - 1015

Keynote Lecture


Cost & quality – transforming services in an era of financial famine
1015 - 1045

Coercion versus engagement – the difference between reluctant adherence and committed, consistent behaviour towards CIP


Andrew Vincent,
Managing Director & Lead Consultant for Clinical Business Excellence, Medicology Ltd
1045 - 1100

Questions
1100 - 1130

Morning Coffee
1130 - 1200

Concurrency in Service funding – improving the income side through attention to detail at the clinical coalface, whilst gaining clarity about your pattern of spending


Kevin Stringer, Director of Finance, Birmingham Children's Hospital
1200 - 1230

Systematic Cost Reduction –
Taking a strategically intelligent approach to avoid the reckless reactivity pitfall


James Nicholls, Director, Healthcare Advisory
1230 - 1245

Questions
1245 - 1345

Lunch

Lunch includes a poster session on cost improvement strategies with a £500 prize for the best
1345 - 1415

Utilising innovation and quality improvement techniques to produce cost improvement


Mark Jennings, Director of Healthcare Improvement, Kings Fund
1415 - 1445

Reigning in the agency costs – reducing the financial burden of locum/ temporary staff
1445 - 1500

Questions
1500 - 1520

Afternoon Tea
1520 - 1550

Cost & performance improvement through application of lean principles
1550 - 1600

Questions
1600 - 1645

Keynote Lecture & Discussion

Evolving staffing mix – creating a cost-effective workforce in line with our evolving NHS

What’s possible, practical & desirable?


David Amos, Senior Policy Advisor, Cabinet Office & Former Director of Workforce,
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1645

Closing Remarks

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