Realistic Medicine Conference 2023: Sustainable Care that Matters

We are pleased to announce that the Realistic Medicine Annual Conference will be held at the Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on 25 April 2023. The conference will provide 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 registration details can be found below:

Registration opens at 0915hrs and the conference will begin at 0945hrs

Welcome –  Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland

Keynote 1:  Dominique Allwood, CMO of UCL Partners

Breakout Sessions 1:

  • Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales (Dr Sally Lewis, Director of the Welsh Value in Health Centre)
  • 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? (Centre for Sustainable Delivery and Public health Scotland)
  • Spotlight Session: Learning from Realistic Medicine approaches (Multiple speakers)

Breakout Sessions 2:

  • Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales (Dr Sally Lewis, Director of the Welsh Value in Health Centre)
  • 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? (Tommy Whitelaw, The ALLIANCE)
  • Spotlight Session: Learning from Realistic Medicine approaches (Multiple speakers – repeat of morning breakout)

Board Discussions

Keynote 2:  Dr Richard Smith, Chair of Patients Know Best and former Editor of the BMJ

Closing remarks – Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland

The conference will end at approximately 1640hrs.

You can register using the form below. Please note virtual attendees will only be able to attend the plenaries and not the breakout sessions