The SDO Network Chief Executives Dinner Forums provide an opportunity for senior managers from across the NHS 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. The SDO Network hosts two regional Chief Executives Dinner Forums, each meeting twice per year.
Southern Forum: 12 January 2012
Chaired by Sir Ron Kerr, Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Northern Forum: 1 February 2012
Chaired by Professor Mike Cooke CBE, Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Membership of the Chief Executives’ Forums provides a unique space to learn about how academic research can support NHS managerial challenges in the current climate. It gives you the opportunity to engage with researchers, network with fellow chief executives and get more involved in the work of the SDO Network and NHS Confederation. The forum is a key strand of the SDO Network’s work in helping the NHS to improve quality in a more financially constrained environment and influence the way in which the NHS can benefit from the depth of research evidence available.
Your organisation does not currently need to be a member of the SDO Network to attend a Chief Executives' Forum, however you will be encouraged to sign up for free membership following the meeting. Membership of the SDO Network is free-of-charge.
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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 page.
Autumn 2010 Meetings - Leadership through change
Dr Judith Smith from the Nuffield Trust and Professor Martin Roland from the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre headlined the autumn SDO Network chief executives forum meetings 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, knowledge utilisation and the dynamics of clinical-managerial realtionships. See the Autumn 2010 meetings 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 event page for details of the sessions and' presentations.
Contact us
For further information, or to book a place at one of the forum meetings, please select one of the links above or e-mail: jenny.hawkins@nhsconfed.org.