National Conference & Exhibition 2011

10.00

Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NHS

Rob Smith. Director of Gateway Reviews and Estates & Facilities Management
Department of Health.

Looking to the future landscape and how estates and facilities will fit. The session will consider what the future opportunities could be for enterprising Estates and Facilities directors.

10.30 

NHS Employers: Harmonisation in our multi-layered businesses

Dean Royles. Director
NHS Employers.

Changing the focus from pay, to quality, care, performance, productivity and competition – a tough ask, Dean Royles explains what NHS Employers are doing to assist Trusts to meet this challenging agenda.

11.30

How are Foundation Trusts rising to the challenges of the new commissioning landscape and how can Estates and Facilities contribute

James Scott. Chief Executive
Royal United Hospital.
With a response from a GP Consortium.

A personal perspective from a Chief Executive of a Foundation Trust along with a view from a GP Consortium

14.00

The Challenge & Reality of Outsourcing & Collaboration

Lee Soden. Director of Facilities Management
Canterbury Christ Church University.

Lee will outline the way in which Canterbury Christ Church University is approaching the management of its facilities services at a time of great change and challenge in the University sector, along with how they are approaching Partnership working with other sectors and what lessons the NHS learn from the Universities?

14.30

How to gain the edge in a competitive market

Mike Hall. Director of Facilities
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

Exploring the freedom that Foundation Trusts have in relation to employment terms and conditions and how this can create opportunities to take advantage in the marketplace.

15.45

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The RNLI is a charity that saves at sea, the presenter will share with delegates how they manage their estate and resources. 

9.30

Doing more with less

Duncan Sissons. Director
DL A Freeman White Healthcare Architecture.

John Huddy.  Director
DL A Freeman White Healthcare Architecture

Brian Golding. Associate Director of Estates and Facilities
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The NHS Outcomes Framework gave an outline of the overall performance requirements for the NHS.

This session will explore, through a case study within an acute  setting, how jointly DLA Freeman White have produced a unique methodology and interactive tools to allow modelling of process improvement using the Trusts own pathways and using their realtime patient data.

11.00

The Apprentice

Malcolm Aiston. Associate Director of Facilities & Estates
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

Eileen Bayles, Regional Training & Development Manager
Northern & Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre

John Adamson. Estates Officer (Former Apprentice)
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

Lee Stephenson. (Former Apprentice), Medical Engineer.

The success and pressures of the North East apprenticeship scheme, where Malcolm Aiston and two former apprentices John Adamson and Lee Stephenson from the scheme share their highs, lows and aspirations for the future and how the scheme plays an important part in developing a future sustainable workforce.

11.45 

New Order: New World - The Coalition & The NHS 12 months on 

Roy Lilley. NHS Commentator.

A year on from the initial spectre of NHS cutbacks and the new order of a Coalition Government, Roy Lilley looks at opportunities and the future of our service and the effect of the reforms.