Organisers
BMJ
Stand 8 BMJ shares knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes. We publish one of the world’s most cited general medical journals, The BMJ, alongside over 70 specialty journals. We also produce e-learning modules, events and clinical decision support tools that help healthcare professionals improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is an independent not-for-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. For more than 25 years, IHI has used improvement science to advance and sustain better outcomes in health and health systems across the world. IHI brings awareness of safety and quality to millions, catalyzes learning and the systematic improvement of care, develops solutions to previously intractable challenges, and mobilizes health systems, communities, regions, and nations to reduce harm and deaths. IHI works in collaboration with the growing IHI community to spark bold, inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations. IHI generates optimism, harvests fresh ideas, and supports anyone, anywhere who wants to profoundly change health and health care for the better. Learn more at ihi.org.
Sponsors
Allocate Software
Stand 4 Allocate solutions are used by hundreds of healthcare organisations globally to help them make the most of their workforce resources so that services are safe for patients, working conditions are good for staff and inefficiency is avoided. We are doing this by helping them to: Get the basics right on rostering, job planning and rotas for nurses, doctors, AHPs and others Innovate with new roles, teams and ways of working Create engaging experiences for staff with apps and flexible working Share staff across health economies Have total workforce visibility linked to dynamic patient demand. Join our session on the global healthcare workforce crisis to explore lessons on how staff experience and agile care centred scheduling of staff can help ensure safer care for patients. Please visit our website or email us to find out more.
The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with the broad charge to enhance the common good. Today, the mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.
NHS Horizons
The Horizons team is a small, specialist team in NHS England. Horizons supports leaders of change, teams, organisations and systems to think differently about large-scale change, improve collaboration, and accelerate change. We work with the health and care system, the wider public sector and publicly-funded healthcare systems globally.
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 13,000 physicians worldwide. Founded in 1681, the College aims to improve and maintain the quality of patient care by developing standards of medical care and training and influencing health policy throughout the UK. The College created the Quality Governance Collaborative in 2018 as an independent, neutral, non-governmental body committed to developing a new, integrated approach to quality governance in healthcare. The QGC’s goal is to be an exemplar by helping shape UK and international quality governance practice, ensuring that health systems continue to deliver for patients.
Exhibitors
Allocate Software
Stand 4 Allocate solutions are used by hundreds of healthcare organisations globally to help them make the most of their workforce resources so that services are safe for patients, working conditions are good for staff and inefficiency is avoided. We are doing this by helping them to: Get the basics right on rostering, job planning and rotas for nurses, doctors, AHPs and others Innovate with new roles, teams and ways of working Create engaging experiences for staff with apps and flexible working Share staff across health economies Have total workforce visibility linked to dynamic patient demand. Join our session on the global healthcare workforce crisis to explore lessons on how staff experience and agile care centred scheduling of staff can help ensure safer care for patients. Please visit our website or email us to find out more.
BMJ
Stand 8 BMJ shares knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes. We publish one of the world’s most cited general medical journals, The BMJ, alongside 70 specialty journals. We also produce e-learning modules, events and clinical decision support tools that help healthcare professionals improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
Care Opinion
Stand 16 Care Opinion run an innovative and globally unique website where people can share their experiences of health and care services, safely, simply and in ways that lead to learning and change. Care Opinion operate across the UK, in Ireland and in Australia and are seeing increasing interest from health and care systems across the world. Care Opinion are delighted to be showcasing their work at the BMJ/IHI event in Glasgow 2019. Care Opinion are an independent, not for profit, UK based community interest company.
Cerner
Stand 10 At Cerner, we believe in building positive, long-term partnerships that support quality and safety, as well as driving value across the health and care landscape. Together with our clients and partners, we’re innovating for the future – enabling smarter care, better outcomes and healthier communities. Through our industry leading clinical, data intelligence, and population health solutions, we’re integrating entire health and care systems around the world. We help thousands of organisations to deliver the best possible patient and clinician experience, reduce costs and improve their populations’ health.
COHESION Medical
Stand 5 COHESION® brings all your care needs together, in one place. Our Innovate-UK award-winning Digital Health Solutions facilitate frictionless, connected exchange of information between citizens, health services and care providers. Our mobile Personal Health Wallet works seamlessly with our cloud-based Integrated Care platform for primary, secondary and community care enabling personalised care while giving the power to connect, share and make real-world healthcare change happen. COHESION® solutions offer real-world insights to support safer patient juorneys, service efficiency and intervention efficacy while driving research understanding and continual service quality improvements. COHESION® is based in Glasgow, Scotland. Visit us at Stand 5.
Datix
Stand 6 and 7 Datix has been a global pioneer in the field of patient safety over the past three decades and today is the leading provider of software for patient safety and risk management for the healthcare sector. Our products are the result of our continued drive for innovation. Advances in software and cutting-edge data analytics have enabled us to produce a range of tools that help our customers create opportunities to learn from things that go wrong. Datix continually invests in its software and services, maintaining a leadership position at the forefront of the worldwide patient safety movement.
Defence Medical Services
Stand 27 DMS encompasses: primary healthcare, dental care, rehabilitation, community mental healthcare and specialist occupational healthcare. Our clinical staff, both Military and Civilian deliver safe, effective and efficient high-quality healthcare to personnel in the UK, and abroad. Our patients are military personnel, their dependants and other entitled civilian staff. As a civilian employee, you will bring your clinical expertise to join us in caring for our people without you having to be in the military itself. How long you choose to work with us is your choice. Serving with DMS offers a unique experience which will broaden your clinical portfolio.
EIDO Healthcare
Stand 29 For nearly 20 years, Healthcare has been providing resources and support to help health professionals reduce the risk of litigation. Our products are designed to support health professionals in both obtaining and recording informed consent from patients. Our products and services are currently used in nearly 50% of acute NHS hospitals and over 80% of private hospitals. Building on this strong foundation in the UK, EIDO’s international reach extends to hundreds of organisations and clinicians in Australia, South Africa and Cyprus, with more new territories in the pipeline. EIDO Healthcare is committed to enriching the clinician-patient relationship.
The Health Foundation
Stand 18 The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. Our aim is a healthier population, supported by high quality health care that can be equitably accessed. From giving grants to those working at the front line to carrying out research and policy analysis, we shine a light on how to make successful change happen. We use what we know works on the ground to inform effective policy making and vice versa. We believe good health and health care are key to a flourishing society. Through sharing what we learn, collaborating with others and building people’s skills and knowledge, we aim to make a difference and contribute to a healthier population.
HSCQI and HSE
Stand 20 HSCQI is Northern Ireland’s new Quality Improvement and Innovation movement for Health and Social Care (HSC), formally launching on the 3rd April 2019. The vision is of a regionalised network of improvers and innovators across Northern Ireland facilitating and supporting improvement activity across the HSC and expanding on the successes of its predecessor organisation the HSC Safety Forum. Connect with us at http://qi.hscni.net. The Republic of Ireland’s National Quality Improvement (QI) Team “works in partnership with staff and people who use our health and social care services to lead innovation and sustainable QI to achieve measurably better and safer care”. Improving quality of care is a valued responsibility of staff and organisations within the Irish Healthcare System and this is reflected in the many improvement activities undertaken by different local and national teams. Continually committing to and delivering on this responsibility can be an everyday challenge for frontline teams. The purpose of the national quality improvement team is to support and enable sustainable improvements to embed across our health system through a coordinated and prioritised approach to improvement work within the office of the HSE Chief Clinical Officer.
ImproveWell Ltd
Stand 23 A more engaged workforce leads to better patient outcomes and improved performance. ImproveWell is a digital solution focused on Quality Improvement (QI) which empowers frontline staff to drive change. ImproveWell has three core feedback systems: staff can share theme-based improvement ideas; staff can share how their day at work is going, helping organisations track workforce sentiment; and staff can complete bespoke pulse surveys. An intelligent data dashboard allows programme leads to capture real-time data, prioritise QI efforts, measure change and publish reports, completing the feedback loop. From the ward to the board, everyone can make suggestions to improve their workplace.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Stand 1 The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide. An independent not-for-profit organization, IHI partners with visionaries, leaders, and front-line practitioners around the globe to spark bold, inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations.
International Forum on Quality and Safety Healthcare
Stand 40 Now in its 24th year the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare is one of the world’s largest meetings for healthcare professionals in quality improvement and patient safety. The International Forum supports and energises the movement for healthcare improvement and connects healthcare leaders and practitioners worldwide to improve outcomes for patients and communities. Visit us on our stand to find out more about the upcoming International Forums in Taipei in 2019 and Copenhagen, and Sydney, in 2020.
Joint Commission International
Stand 17 Joint Commission International (JCI) strives to improve patient safety and health care quality through the provision of accreditation and certification and advisory services intended to help organizations implement practical, sustainable solutions. JCI works with international health care organizations, public health agencies, ministries of health, and others in more than 100 countries. Over 1,000+ public and private health care organizations in 70+ countries have earned the prestigious Gold Seal of Approval® as proof of JCI accreditation. JCI’s accreditation program was developed by international experts and sets uniform and rigorous though achievable expectations for structures, processes, and outcomes for health care organizations. Visit our website for details.
Life QI
Stand 19 Where people improve healthcare, together. Life QI is the global web platform where tools, people and data come together to make improvement happen. QI tools are seamlessly integrated, providing an easy to use platform tailored to running QI projects. Bring your people together to share ideas, accelerate learning and drive change – anytime, anywhere. Track outcomes, analyse progress across your team, organisation and beyond with secure analytics tools.
Lightfoot Solutions
Stand 35 At Lightfoot Solutions we believe in placing the patient at the centre of the health system and that an evidence led, flow-based approach is critical to improving patient outcomes. We aim to build learning systems and learning organisations for our clients; systems and organisations that believe: · Continuous improvement is a business as usual activity as well as a fundamental skill set for all staff. · Evidence is key with data and information being open, transparent and critical to improved decision-making, both from an operational and improvement point-of-view. · The engagement and empowerment of clinicians and front line staff is vital to success.
Marsden
Stand 3
Founded in 1926, Marsden is the leading supplier of medical weighing scales to NHS hospitals. Hospitals in the UK and around the world rely on Marsden scales for reliability, accuracy and value for money, with the range covering just about any weighing need. In November 2018, Marsden launched the Patient Transfer Scale, a unique transfer board that has an in-built weighing scale. The PTS was invented by an NHS Scotland nurse and 200 examples are already in use, in the UK, Germany, France, Australia, USA and beyond. See the PTS on our stand this week.
NHS Improvement
Stand 36+37 NHS Improvement supports foundation trusts and NHS trusts to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable. Our priority is to offer support to providers and local health systems to improve. By holding providers to account and, where necessary, intervening, we help the NHS to meet its short-term challenges and secure its future.
NHS Scotland
Stand 12 NHSScotland and the Scottish Government would like to welcome you to Glasgow. We hope you enjoy your time at this year’s forum and that you have some time out with the conference to experience some of what our beautiful country has to offer. What we do NHSScotland celebrated its 70th birthday last year. We are proud to continue today to provide universal health and care for the 5.5 million people who live in Scotland. Our approach to improving quality of care centres around three ambitions for person-centred, safe and effective care. As in many other countries, people in Scotland are living longer. That is to be celebrated but also brings with it more complex health challenges. We have been responding to those challenges through innovative, sustained approaches to reform, with a focus on better care, better health and better value. Priorities include health and social care integration, the national clinical strategy, public health improvement, reforming the way NHS delivery works, reducing waiting times and improving mental health services. Visit Stand 12 to find out how the Scottish Government, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and NHS Education for Scotland are supporting NHSScotland and its partners to meet the challenges and deliver the highest quality care. We look forward to showcasing some of the work we are most proud of and to learning from you.
NHS Wales
Stand 28 NHS Wales serves the people of Wales by co-designing and delivering health and care services to meet diverse population needs, including rural areas and large urban centres. Patients are at the heart of our national mission. We collaborate with public services, voluntary organisations and academia to ensure a multi-agency approach. We are committed to clinical excellence and developing future leaders. We are on a continuous journey of quality improvement, patient safety and research to achieve a healthier, happier and fairer Wales.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Stand 15 Today we are a modern, thriving, global network of medical professionals with memberships approaching 25,000 professionals who live and work in more than 100 countries around the world. 15,000 of these live and work in the UK and 80% of that figure are based in England and Wales. Our membership includes people at every stage of their career, from medical students through to trainees, consultants and those who have retired from practice. With our interest in professional standards, the College’s primary role – and the main concern of our Fellows and Members – is to ensure the safety of our patients and provide them with the best possible care. We do this by championing the highest standards of surgical and dental practice; through our provision of courses and educational programmes, training, examinations and Continuous Professional Development; our liaison with external medical bodies; and by influencing healthcare policy across the UK. The RCSEd Patient Safety Board was established in 2008 following the development of the NOTSS (Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons) taxonomy. Under the successive stewardship of Professor George Youngson and Mr Simon Paterson Brown, the Board worked to promote understanding of human factors in surgery. Today, NOTSS programmes are an integral part of the RCSEd education portfolio and an established part of surgical training in the UK, US, Australia, Denmark, Japan and beyond with over 40 NOTSS courses running in the UK alone each year. To build on the hugely successful work of this Board, a new RCSEd Patient Safety Group has been launched. Chaired by Miss Anna Paisley, this multidisciplinary group is drawn from all faculties of the College and includes representatives from both the wider surgical team and patients. It will support and coordinate existing patient safety initiatives, set a proactive safety agenda for the College and facilitate collaboration with external organisations on patient safety issues.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Stand 43 The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow was founded in 1599 to improve quality and practice of Medicine. Based in Glasgow, we have 14,000 Fellows and Members who work as senior clinicians throughout the United Kingdom and across the world. Unlike other Royal Colleges, we have a multidisciplinary membership, which we believe gives us a more complete viewpoint of the health environment and the needs of patients and medical professionals.
Save A Life For Scotland
Stand 44 Save a Life for Scotland is a national campaign launched in 2015 with the aim of equipping an additional 500,000 people living in Scotland with CPR skills to help increase the rate of Bystander CPR and save more lives from out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The campaign is the cornerstone of Scotland’s Strategy for OHCA and formed from a collaboration of partners who work to increase CPR skills amongst the population. The partnership includes a wide range of organisations from the public, voluntary, government and academic sectors and a range of affiliated supporters. Save a Life for Scotland aims to encourage activities that raise awareness of cardiac arrest and provide CPR education and skills via our partner organisations.
Scotland Is Now
Stand 33 Scotland. For a small country, we’ve made a very big impact and we continue to progress. Our warmth and generosity is renowned around the world, as well as our determination. If you’re looking to change where you live and work, Scotland and NHS Scotland could be the destination.
The King’s Fund
Stand 32 The King’s Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. We help to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; support individuals, teams and organisations to lead change in order to improve care; promote understanding of the health and social care system; and bring people together to learn, share knowledge and debate. Our vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.
University of Edinburgh
Stand 31 MSc in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors is a three-year part-time online programme that aims to support any graduate health care professionals (ranging from nurses to surgeons and anaesthetists) in using evidence-based tools and techniques to improve the reliability and safety of everyday health care systems and processes. Due to the unique completely online nature of the pedagogy, the programme would be an attractive option for those professionals wishing to secure academic credit or a higher degree in patient safety and who are unable to commit to attend on-campus teaching.
Wonderful Copenhagen
Stand 39 Wonderful Copenhagen is the official tourism organization of Copenhagen. We work with the city’s partners to attract both business and leisure tourism to Copenhagen. We have many years of experience advising on eg. hotels, public transport, attractions, gastronomy. Experiences that ensure that you get the best possible experience in Copenhagen. We look forward to welcoming you.
Virginia Mason Institute
Stand 11 At Virginia Mason Institute our best-in-class team of experts provide training, rigorous coaching, and solutions-based services to healthcare professionals, executive leaders and organisations worldwide. We build strategic partnerships that guide and equip healthcare organisations to enable their teams, and create a culture of respect and continuous improvement. We also support healthcare leaders to optimise their performance potential and to start making lasting improvements, right away. Enrich and build your skills alongside professionals that are working to solve some of the most complex healthcare challenges though Virginia Mason Institute’s continuous improvement methodology. With classes now being offered in London, UK, register for one today at: https://www.virginiamasoninstitute.org/calendar/ To learn more about our custom solutions and organisational transformation services, please contact: Gordon Sansaver, Senior Director, Gordon.sansaver@virginiamason.org
Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network – Mobile Skills Unit
Stand B The Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network is part of NHS Education for Scotland (NES). We support excellence in clinical skills education by supporting multi-professional access to high quality skills training and clinical simulation across all geographical areas of Scotland. The Network manages a Mobile Skills Unit which provides; a safe learning environment for all areas of Scotland, mid-fidelity simulation equipment (including SimMan, SimJunior. SimBaby and SimNewB) and part-task trainers. Allowing a broad range of simulation education to be delivered.
Virtual Dementia Tour
Stand A Training2care is a national training provider offering high quality training courses cost effectively across the health and social care sector. In June 2013, Training 2 CARE were proud to become the UK partners for the amazing Virtual Dementia Tour owned by Second Wind Dreams in America and invented by world renowned Dementia specialist PK Beville. The Virtual Dementia Tour is medically and scientifically proven to be the closest that we can give a person with a healthy brain an experience of what dementia might be like. To book simply visit our website or call us.
Virtual Reality Exhibit by Global Health Film
Stand C Global Health Film is a registered charity that uses storytelling through film, animation and immersive technologies to spark discussion, debate and change. We run an annual two-day Global Health Film Festival in London every December and a calendar of film and discussions across the UK and overseas throughout the year.