9.00 Chairman’s opening remarks Dr Michael Sobanja Chief Officer, NHS Alliance
9.05 Keynote Address Lord Warner of Brockley Minister of State for Reform (Invited)
9.40 Session 3a
Keynote Address: The Independent Sector – A Means
of Delivering Greater Equality
• Creating new solutions for
under-doctored areas
• New providers leading innovative
delivery methods Ken Anderson Commercial Director, Department of Health
10.20 Session 3b
Planning and developing IS provision to meet the needs
of local populations
• Developing clear strategies to deliver
future services in line with local needs
• Identifying and quantifying local needs in the
process of ensuring the alternative provider
is delivery exactly what the population need
• Commissioning exact service specifications
• Understanding and assessing the competencies of alternative providers Dr Mo Dewji National Clinical
Director for Primary Care Contracting,
Improvement Foundation
10.45 Exhibition and Coffee
11.30 Session 3c
Regulating and governing alternative providers
• Guidance and clarity from the Department of Health
• System management and regulation in the NHS post 2008: who should do what? Giles Wilmore Head of System Management & Regulation, Department of Health
12.10 Session 3d
Negotiating the legalities of
the contracting process
• Keeping your arrangements legal
• Who can do what, and what must you do
• Governance and accountability
• Managing conflicts of interest
• Whose money is it anyway? David Owens Partner, Bevan Brittan LLP
12.10 Session 3e
Whose playing field is it?
• Early experience of tendering for
medical services
• What is Section 11?
• What must a PCT do?
• What do bidders need to do?
• What is the future for Practices? Dr Martin McShane Chief Executive,
North Derbyshire PCT
12.45 Exhibition and Lunch
1.35 Session 3f
Accreditation and regulation (Part 1)
• Importance of understanding the regulatory regime that independent providers operate in
• Alignment agenda/creating a level playing
field. Our approaches for aligning the independent sector and NHS Jon Billings Acting Head of Independent Healthcare, Healthcare Commission
Best Practice Case Study (Part 2)
• International lessons in accreditation
• New approaches to quality improvement
• Commissioning for quality Laura Guest National RCR Accreditation Manager and Choice ISTC Commissioning
Lead, Department of Health
2.15 Session 3g
Ensuring efficient utilisation of independent contracts
• Ensuring independent sector capacity is
fully utilised
• Avoiding waste
• The challenges of patient choice
• Overcoming operational and
organisational challenges
• Developing contracts for the future Steve Moore Programme Director for IS procurement, Devon and Cornwall PCTs
2.50 Exhibition and Tea
3.30 Session 3l
Engaging with the
Independent Sector
Inhealth group
4.15 Panel Discussion
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