We were delighted to host the Realistic Medicine Annual Conference Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on 25 April 2023.
The conference provided an excellent opportunity to hear from a range of speakers on the themes of Value Based Health & Care, sustainability and health inequalities, as well as an opportunity to meet and network with fellow Realistic Medicine colleagues.
Programme and presentations for each of the speakers can be found below:
Welcome – Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
Keynote 1: Dr Dominique Allwood, Chief Medical Officer, UCLPartners
Breakout Sessions 1:
- Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales – Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales – (Dr Sally Lewis, Director of the Welsh Value in Health Centre, Adele Cahill, Assistant Director for Value Based Health Care, Welsh Value in Health Centre)
- Outcomes that Matter to People – Outcomes that matter to people – (Shaun Maher, Strategic Advisor for Person Centred Care and Improvement – Scottish Government)
- The Atlas of Variation: How can we tackle unwarranted variation? – The Atlas of Variation – (Centre for Sustainable Delivery and Public Health Scotland)
- Spotlight Session: Learning from Realistic Medicine approaches – Spotlight Session – (Niamh O’Connor, Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Ann Wales)
Breakout Sessions 2:
- Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales – Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales – (Dr Sally Lewis, Director of the Welsh Value in Health Centre, Adele Cahill, Assistant Director for Value Based Health Care, Welsh Value in Health Centre)
- Outcomes that Matter to People – Outcomes that matter to people – (Shaun Maher, Strategic Advisor for Person Centred Care and Improvement – Scottish Government)
- Realistic Medicine and Value Based Health and Care: What do the public think? – What do the public think – (Irene Oldfather, Ali Bruce, The ALLIANCE)
- Spotlight Session: Learning from Realistic Medicine approaches – Spotlight Session – (Niamh O’Connor, Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Ann Wales)
Breakout Discussions
Keynote 2: Dr Richard Smith, Chair of Patients Know Best and former Editor of the BMJ – Realistic Medicine 2023 – Keynote 2. Realistic and unrealistic medicine
Closing remarks – Professor Graham Ellis, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
