Confirmed line up for GS1 UK Healthcare Conference 2016 announced

We’re very happy to be able to confirm this year’s GS1 UK Healthcare Conference programme.

It’s a great line up with some big names speaking, including Lord Philip Hunt PC OBE, Lord Prior and Ann James, Chief Executive at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. We’ll also have speakers from all 6 demonstrator sites and delegates attending from hospitals across England. So far, over 30% of the 154 Acute Trusts are being represented.

GS1 standards are a fundamental part of our strategy for building a safer and more efficient NHS, and GS1 leads at NHS trusts have a key role to play in their implementation. Attendance at the GS1 UK Healthcare Conference 2016 will enable you to join colleagues and peers to learn about best GS1 implementation practice from other NHS Trusts and GS1 experts."

Pat Mills, Commercial Director, Department of Health

Speaker Programme

We have a number of keynote presentations taking place across the two days, with speakers including:

• The Rt Hon Lord Philip Hunt PC OBE
• Pat Mills, Commercial Director, Department of Health
• Ann James, Chief Executive, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
• Kevin Downs, Director of Finance and Performance, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Keith Jones, Clinical Director of General Surgery, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Lord Prior, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for NHS Productivity
• Terence Stephenson, Chair of the General Medical Council
• Tony Whitfield, Director of Finance, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mandie Sunderland, Chief Nurse of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Masterclasses

We also have a full schedule of implementation masterclasses from some of the leading Trusts on the successes and challenges they face. A variety of topics will be covered by NHS experts:

• Pharmacy - Rod Beard, Principal Pharmacist, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
• Inventory management, a journey - Jackie Pomroy, Head of Supply Chain, South of England Procurement Services
• Patient identification - Richard Peacock, ICT Programme Manager, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
• Purchase to pay - Rob Drag, ‎Procurement Manager, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
• Benefits of standards in the Irish National Decontamination Tracking System - Andrew Smith, HSSU Manager, St. James's Hospital
• FMD: A hospital pharmacy perspective - Bhulesh Vadher, Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• What it means to be a demonstrator site - Graham Medwell, eBusiness Manager, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Suppliers and providers working together to ensure product catalogues are GS1 compliant - David Lawson, Chief Procurement Officer, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Take a look at our healthcare conference website for further information on what will undoubtedly the biggest and best healthcare conference we have ever hosted. It’s going to be a great couple of days and we’d love you to be part of it.