Interactive Discussion Groups

A1

Ensuring the influence of Digital Transformation within NHS procurement practice

• How to ensure involvement and engagement of the right people/teams earlier in the process; how to improve clinical engagement in the procurement process; practical ways to enable; how is the transition to ICSs an opportunity for re-evaluation and change in terms of process and engagement
• How to embed the view of ‘investing for the future’ in digital and tech procurement decisions; transitioning to a longer term focus on value and innovation, vs short term decision-making and budget availability
• Transitioning procurement structures; how to influence procurement at scale through ICSs and/or provider collaboratives

Led by Gerry Bolger, Strategic Advisor and former NHS CNIO, BBraun Medical UK

A2

Making the most of Covid’s digital impact

Background:
Covid has driven some very significant digital developments at pace, whether it be a huge increase in the uptake of the NHS App, video consultations at scale, accelerated implementation of virtual wards or new infection control technology (e.g. the Covid-19 app). However it’s not all been positive - outcomes have often been digitisation rather than digital transformation whilst Health Inequalities and workforce pressures have significantly increased.

Introduction:
Zuhlke designed, built and developed the Covid-19 app in 12 weeks, and had 10m+ downloads of the app in the first week of launch. The data gained from the app supported the Turing Institute/Oxford university in analysing Exposure Notifications Per Index Case rates. The app which has an Apple rating of 4.6 from 414k reviews is, according to work published in Nature Journal, credited with averting 284k– 594k infections (6k – 14k deaths) during Q4 of 2020.

Questions to discuss:

• What have been the significant digital improvements through the impact of Covid for your Trust/ ICS/ PCN?
• Where are the major digital gaps/ challenges in 2022?
• What can be learned about successful, scale deployment of digital tools to support recovery? What positive lessons can we learn from the BAU principles over-ridden/ rules broken to respond to COVID?

Led by Wolfgang Emmerich, Chief Executive, Zuhlke UK

A3

Driving recovery through AI-led demand forecasting

• The pandemic has created a new focus on the use of data and evidence to support decision making. Now we are turning our focus towards elective recovery, how are you using data today?
• Where are you using more advanced data science techniques, like Machine Learning, in your Trust, ICS or region? What has moved past "pilot" into "delivery"
• What are the challenges that are limiting adoption? (Prompting questions: Data access, management/clinical leadership cynicism, the "so what")

Led by Hugh Neylan, Principal, Faculty

A4

Improving outcomes through tech-assisted care

Patient safety

• In what ways can technology be applied in clinical care settings to better support patient safety?

Communication (via the app)

• How could apps be better utilised to support more consistent and patient contact?
• What are your experiences to date, is this an area that is currently under-explored? Why?
• What benefits could this have for care outcomes and patient experience?

Hands-free, eyes-free operability

• What are your experiences of tech-assisted technology at the bedside? To what extent does it support care, or in what ways does it detract?
• How could technology at the bedside be improved?
• What are the opportunities for hands-free, eyes-free technology? What benefits do you think could be derived for staff and patients?

Led by Phillip Jarrett, Executive Director, Voice-Care and Emily Browne, Associate Dean for Innovation and Enterprise, Staffordshire University

A5

Improving digital literacy to optimise transformation programmes

Led by McKinsey

A6

Building an ambitious, diverse, resilient and sustainable digital and data workforce for the health and care system

• What positive experiences have you had of attracting young people to come to work in the health sector on the tech agenda?
• If 2022 is the year of the digital professional, what are we doing to try and realise diversity, sustainability and resilience within our teams? What are the biggest obstacles currently to making this happen?
• How do better optimise our resources – beyond writing the business case? How do we best make the case that specification, procurement and deployment of digital tools are only the beginning of the opportunity/challenge?

Led by Paul Rice Chief Digital and Information Officer, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

B1

Scaling flexible care to get Elective Recovery back on track

Managing and reducing waiting lists

• How do you prioritise & where can digital technology help most?
• What are the right criteria for choosing the best digital solutions?

Introducing patient-led booking

• How can we use more automated systems to manage the backlog?
• Should patients be able to book their own follow ups?
• How do we best address any challenges?

Capturing patient data

• How can pathways be enhanced by capturing data remotely?

Led by James Balmain, CEO, Induction

B2

How can data be used to accelerate the roll-out of virtual wards and remote monitoring to deliver safer, better care?

• If you are already running remote monitoring programmes, then what are your biggest successes to date?
• What is the appetite for remote monitoring in your care system and which clinical areas are showing the most interest?
• How should patients be selected for enrolment in remote monitoring and virtual ward programmes?
• What outcomes are you seeing and how should they be measured?

Led by Adrian Flowerday, Managing Director, Docobo (part of System C & Graphnet Care Alliance)

B3

Measuring outcomes and value of digital transformation

• How are you aligning digital transformation with the overall organisational strategy?
• What are the biggest challenges and risks you face to getting value from digital transformation?
• How is your organisation currently assessing the impact of digital transformation?
• What do local, regional and national leaders need to do to deliver lasting value from digital transformation?

Led by Ashish Goel, Managing Director - Health UK Leader, Accenture

B4

Leveraging EPR for health and care outcomes

• How has your EPR improved outcomes and what have been your critical success factors for achieving this?
• How well have you been able to innovate with, or around your EPR and what is needed to better support innovation?
• How do you see Provider Collaboratives affecting how you use your EPR so you can improve outcomes across a region?

Led by David Hancock, Healthcare Executive Advisor, InterSystems

B5

Freeing-up time for care through connected systems

• What should be the role of ICSs in creating better connected systems?
• What will be the greatest barrier to creating better connected systems in the coming year?
• Are there particular considerations that are often neglected in conversations about creating better connected systems?

Led by Matthew Stickland, Director of Strategy, TPP

B6

What does the future of IT assurance and resilience look like within integrated structures?

• How should we manage system support in an interconnected environment?
• Is there a role for a national arms-length body?
• How can we generate economies of scale?

Led by Samantha Robinson, Associate Director of Live Services, NHS Digital

C1

Digital innovation for health equity

• How can innovation close gaps in health equity?
• What is the role of culture change to ensure adoption of innovation which addresses health equity?
• What is the role evaluation and research in supporting learning about health equity in the tech and innovation sector?

Led by Rosie Graham, Programme Manager, South West AHSN

C2

The role of robotic process automation to release time for care

• What can I automate and what could my ‘released’ staff do to improve our service or patient care?

Led by Jo Bangoura, Digital Transformation Manager, West of England AHSN and Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer - Automation, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

C3

Accelerating deployment of digital technology

• What are the methods/requirements for accelerating deployment of digital technology within healthcare – such as people, process and culture
• The importance of digital acceleration moving at the speed of trust and why it is important to bring people on the journey
• What are some of the barriers to digital acceleration and strategies to overcoming them (e.g. Information Governance, digital not being seen as priority)

Led by Guy Lucchi, Digital Innovation Director, Health Innovation Manchester

C4

Digital transformation best practice

Led by Lesley Soden, Programme Director and Rishi Das-Gupta, Chief Executive, Health Innovation Network

C5

Data in healthcare: How to balance advantages with patient trust and confidence

• How can we expand the use of data in applications like AI whilst retaining public trust?
• How could we work with the public to give the assurance they need to trust us with their data?
• Can we as individuals become confident data controllers?

Led by Jenni West, Associate Director for Digital Change and Adrian Quinn, Programme Manager – Digital Change, Innovation Agency

C6

Why Real-World Evidence is critical to accelerating the adoption and spread of digital innovations

• Why do our panel think Real Work Evidence is so important in driving the adoption of digital innovation? 
• What are the challenges in this space: How do digital innovators approach this challenge? 
• What do we think the customer wants? (what does good look like?) 

Led by Neville Young, Director of Enterprise and Innovation, Yorkshire and Humber AHSN