

14th Annual National Conference & Exhibition
9th to 11th May 2011, Torquay
The HefmA conference committee has ensured the environment is perfect for this, the most important gathering of HefmA members for over a decade. The venue is the Riviera International Conference Centre,Torquay, a purpose built conference centre with all the modern amenities required for such a momentous forum.
Conference Programme:
Tuesday 10th May 2011
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10.00 |
Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NHS |
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Rob Smith. Director of Gateway Reviews and Estates & Facilities Management 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.
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10.30 |
NHS Employers: Harmonisation in our multi-layered businesses |
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Dean Royles. Director 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.
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11.30 |
How are Foundation Trusts rising to the challenges of the new commissioning landscape and how can Estates and Facilities contribute |
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James Scott. Chief Executive A personal perspective from a Chief Executive of a Foundation Trust along with a view from a GP Consortium
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14.00 |
The Challenge & Reality of Outsourcing & Collaboration |
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Lee Soden. Director of Facilities Management 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?
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14.30 |
How to gain the edge in a competitive market |
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Mike Hall. Director of Facilities 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.
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15.45 |
Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
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Wednesday 11th May 2011
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9.30 |
Doing more with less |
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Duncan Sissons. Director John Huddy. Director Brian Golding. Associate Director of Estates and Facilities
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.
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11.00 |
The Apprentice |
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Malcolm Aiston. Associate Director of Facilities & Estates Eileen Bayles, Regional Training & Development Manager John Adamson. Estates Officer (Former Apprentice) 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.
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11.45 |
New Order: New World - The Coalition & The NHS 12 months on |
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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. |
To download this programme with the booking form as a pdf, please click here.
We now have their joint vision in the recently published
‘The Coalition: Our programme for government’.
This will not change the need for the NHS to deliver more in a very challenging environment with no extra funding and commissioning being led by GPs and patients.
We will, out of necessity, need to be more innovative in the way we deliver our services. Be alive to a multifaceted NHS with a variety of different providers from FT’s, independent companies, social enterprise and staff led management ‘buy-outs’.
We will look at successes both within the NHS and other sectors to explore how we can give the patient the best possible care in a quality environment in what will be a fast moving and ever-changing world.
The Venue
Located just off the seafront, the Riviera International Conference Centre, is a purpose built conference and exhibition centre with excellent transport links.
We have selected two outstanding hotels within close walking distance for your accommodation.
Delegates can select to stay in the 4* Grand Hotel, or at a reduced rate to help stretch your budget the 3* Toorak Hotel.
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