Issue details

The report seeks approval for the Executive Member for Health and Housing to attend the Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar to be held on 19^th November 2013 in London. 

The focus of the Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar will be the next steps for emergency care and the delivery of a 7 day NHS.

The context of the seminar will be:

• The Prime Minister’s announcement that struggling A&E units are to be given a £500m bailout over the next two years;
• Release of the Health Select Committee report on emergency care, which recommends more specialist units and better community services;
• NHS England reviews on urgent and emergency care and seven day services, both due in the Autumn;
• Ongoing roll-out of NHS 111 with NHS Direct seeking to withdraw from its contracts; and
• Discussion around the role of the GP in out of hours care following recommendations by the Secretary of State and GPC, and negotiations for the 2014/15 GP contract.

Key discussion points will include:

• Improving A&E performance – with Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Chair, Health Select Committee and former Secretary of State for Health;
• The next steps for policy and the future for 7 day services – with Professor Keith Willett, Domain 3 Director, Acute Episodes of Care, Medical Directorate, NHS England;
• GP contract, out of hours care and impact of reform on the workforce – with Dr Mark Porter, Chair of Council, BMA;
• Developing new models of care: reconfiguring primary and secondary care – with Dr Anne Rainsberry, Regional Director, NHS England (London), Dr Chris Roseveare, Chair, Sub-Committee on 7 Day Provision, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and President, Society for Acute Medicine, and a panel of experts;
• Tackling the challenges of urgent and emergency care – with Nigel Edwards, Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund; and

• Dealing with growing demand, commissioning, integration and the progress of Urgent Care Boards – with a panel of experts