High level speakers, including WHO and UK Ministry of Health will participate

What: GS1 Healthcare Conference – Improving Patient Safety
Where: Beaumont House, Windsor, UK
When: 29 – 31 October 2007

Following the UK Department of Health’s recommendation to adopt the GS1 System of standards in February this year, the focus is currently on how auto identification and data capture technologies can help improve patient safety in the healthcare sector.  The GS1 Healthcare Conference held in the UK will address this vital topic with presentations from high level speakers, panel discussions and break out sessions to contribute to the global standards development process.  Delegates will experience a global perspective of the initiatives and pilot projects developed to improve patient safety in the healthcare sector.  Leading experts from the World Health Organisation, UK Ministry of Health, EU Commission, US FDA, Council of Europe and several hospitals will be presenting.

The GS1 Healthcare Conference is open to healthcare stakeholders including hospitals, pharmacies, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, related-associations and regulatory government organisations.  Breakout sessions throughout the Conference will provide an opportunity for delegates to contribute to the development of the global standards for healthcare.

For a complete agenda and booking details please visit www.gs1.org/healthcare or contact Jill Carver on +44 (0)207092 3543.

About GS1 HUG
The objective of the GS1 Healthcare User Group (HUG) is to lead the utilisation and development of global standards for the healthcare industry, with the primary focus on automatic identification to improve patient safety.  The group aims to develop, promote and implement a global industry response for solutions in preventing medical errors, combating counterfeits and improve supply chain efficiency throughout the healthcare sector.

About GS1 UK
GS1 UK has driven innovation in the supply chain for over thirty years. It is part of the global GS1 organisation, dedicated to the development and implementation of global data standards and solutions for the supply chain.  GS1 standards are the most widely used in the world.  GS1 UK helps industry to implement these data standards through the use of bar codes, RFID, Global Data Synchronisation (GDS) and electronic business messaging.

For more information contact:

Lisa Henshaw or Kirsty Sewter
Fourth Day PR
+44 (0)20 7403 4411

Suraya Adnan-Ariffin
GS1 UK
+44 (0)20 70923575

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