Our autumn 2011 CEO forums were held on 6 and 19 October.
Southern forum
Chaired by Sir Ron Kerr, Chief Executive, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Presentations
Developing a high performance assistant workforce in acute care Dr Ian Kessler, Reader in Employee Relations, University of Oxford
Evaluation of the costs and benefits of Virtual Wards systems in Greater London and the South West Dr Geraint Lewis, Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust
Professor Kieran Walshe, Director of the NIHR SDO programme discussed the NIHR HS & DR programme.
View the programme.
Over dinner, Professor Bob Wachter, Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco discussed the impact of practitioner engagement and the (de)centralisation of healthcare systems on patient safety in the USA and UK.
Northern Forum
Chaired by Bridget Fletcher, Chief Executive, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
Presentations
Developing a high performance assistant workforce in acute care Dr Ian Kessler, Reader in Employee Relations, University of Oxford
Talent management in the NHS managerial workforce, Professor Martin Powell, Professor of Health and Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, University Of Birmingham
Professor Geoffrey Meads, Senior Scientific Advisor, NETSCC-SDO, discussed the NIHR HS & DR programme and the SDO Network;
Over dinner, Dr. Joanne Watson, Clinical Lead Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, discussed what it takes to be reliably excellent at delivering a high quality patient-centred inpatient experience.
View the programme.
About the SDO Network Chief Executives' Northern Forum
The SDO Network Chief Executives’ Dinner Forums are your opportunity to hear about recent and relevant health services research and to engage with researchers currently looking into how healthcare services are delivered and organised as part of the NIHR SDO Research Programme.
Open only to Chief Executives from across the NHS, these meetings will give you the chance to learn how research can support you in delivering your business priorities and discuss the implications of their findings for your organisation and the wider NHS with leading researchers and your peers.
The SDO Network hosts two regional forums, each meeting twice per year. For information about the Southern Forum in London, click here. If your organisation is not a member of the SDO Network, you are welcome to attend the forum, although you will be encouraged to sign up for free network membership following the meeting.
Each of these free evening meetings start with presentations and discussions with leading health services researchers and will be followed by a drinks reception and networking dinner. Numbers for each meeting will be limited to encourage and facilitate lively debate throughout the meetings, so please book early to secure your place.
Past events
Spring 2011 - Dignity in care
Dr Win Tadd and Professor Mike Calnan headlined the Spring 2011 SDO Network chief executives forum meetings with the findings of a major ethnographic study exploring the experience of dignity in the acute care of older people in four acute NHS trusts. The London Forum heard from Professor Christine Edwards on the use of projects as change management tools in the NHS and Dr Richard Cookson shared the findings of his study into the effects of choice on equality of access to healthcare with the members at the Nottingham meeting.
Full details, including presentations from the events can be found on the Spring 2011 meetings event page.
Autumn 2010 Meetings - Leadership through change
Dr Judith Smith from the Nuffield Trust headlined the autumn SDO Network chief executives forum southern meeting with an evidence based view of the potential opportunities and challenges for healthcare providers in a GP commissioned NHS. The discussion was supplemented by presentations of new SDO research into leadership and how manager use research knowledge. See the Autumn meetings event page for full details.
Spring 2010 meetings - cost and quality
The theme of these first forum meetings, developed in consultation with a number of Chief Executives from across the UK, was the link between improving the quality of healthcare and reducing cost. Members heard from the Health Foundation and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement on work they are leading in this area and from SDO research teams on the relationship between organisational culture and performance. See the Spring meetings event page for details of the sessions and presentations.