Find out about the sessions on offer at this year's Leading workforce thinking conference. We are continuing to develop the programme and further sessions will be added as details become available. Session bookings will open shortly, so please check back regularly.
Please note: Session bookings are not yet open. If you have already booked a place at the conference you will be contacted as soon as session bookings open.
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Making sustainable change
Tackling the productivity challenge
Appraisal and the KSF
"The NHS of the future, today" Value-based management in the NHS?
Creating a culture for innovation: its importance in an economic downturn
Patients matter: information prescriptions and the NHS
Changing culture in public services: from 'cannot be done' to 'can do'?
Creating a culture of accountability
Healthier and happier: the Boorman health and well-being review
Making sustainable change
Wednesday 4 November 09:00–11:00 (120 minutes)
Challenging economic conditions and competing priorities present some major workforce challenges for the NHS. Get an understanding of the impact of the shift to a graduate nursing workforce and the ageing workforce. You’ll also consider how to boost the skills of current staff and better manage workforce demand and supply.
Tackling the productivity challenge
Wednesday 4 November 09:00 – 11:00 (2 hours)
The NHS faces a major challenge to improve productivity and raise quality in a tighter financial environment. Existing best practice and evidence is needed to avoid short-term unsustainable solutions. Get an understanding of “lean thinking”, productivity metrics, flexible staffing and shared service provision from the leading practicioners in the field.
Appraisal and the KSF
Wednesday 4 November 11:30 – 12:45 (75 minutes)
The NHS is committed to the effective use of staff appraisals and the KSF is the cornerstone of the NHS approach to the development of skills and competencies. This session looks at how the KSF can more effectively support staff appraisals and meet the pledges made within the NHS Constitution. It also considers the KSF’s potential for supporting the provision of evidence required within continuing professional development.
“The NHS of the future, today” Value-based management in the NHS?
Wednesday 4 November 11:30 – 12:45 (75 minutes)
Value Based Management is an evidence-based management technique designed to identify how to create organisational value. Find out how this technique is being applied in other sectors and in the NHS, how it can help improve the effectiveness of human resource functions and how to analyse data and make the most of human resource metrics.
Creating a culture for innovation: its importance in an economic downturn
Wednesday 4 November 14:14 – 15:45 (1 hour)
Promoting and nurturing innovation is critical if the NHS is to continue to deliver high quality care for all, especially in the current financial climate. The NHS Confederation’s SDO Network, will take you through the factors that help build a culture to nurture innovation and how that can deliver market advantage and business benefits.
Patients matter: information prescriptions and the NHS
Wednesday 4 November14:45 – 15:45 (1 hour)
Explore the vital role that information plays for patients with long-term conditions, and discover how information prescriptions have made a difference to patients and clinicians in a mental health trust. Find out about the workforce resources that NHS Employers has developed to support staff to deliver information prescriptions.
Changing culture in public services: from ‘cannot be done’ to ‘can do’
Thursday 5 November 10:30 – 11:30 (1 hour)
The NHS needs to change some of its traditional culture but protect the unique value it brings to our society. What can it learn from other organisations that have implemented major cultural change? This session looks at how public sector organisations that have changed to be more business and customer-orientated have achieved this transformation.
Creating a culture of accountability
Thursday 5 November 10:30 – 11:30 (1 hour)
The majority of hospitals and health systems around the world struggle to manage both their human talent and their working relationships with physicians and other partners. In US evidence on best practice in setting expectations ,managers articulate extremely clear priorities and expectations and remove barriers for their staff.
Healthier and happier: the Boorman health and well-being review
Thursday 5 November 10:30 – 11:30 (1 hour)
Supporting and improving the health and well-being of the workforce is essential if the NHS is to meet the challenges of delivering high quality care without excessive costs. This review highlights that the NHS loses 10.3 million working days each year due to sickness absence alone. It will show for the first time clear links between workforce well-being and key measures such as patient satisfaction and trust performance.
Please note: The programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances. NHS Employers retains the right to change the programme and/or speakers at short notice and will endeavour to update you when and if this happens.