Lunchtime workshops
Delegates attending lunchtime workshops will have an opportunity to delve deeper into certain topics and benefit from a more interactive experience.
Monday 9 June
Lunchtime workshop
12.45 - 14.00
Designing efficient healthcare facilities
Sara Thomas
Director, Arjo MOVE Programme, UK
Qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1991.
Since this time she has worked in a variety of acute and community settings both as a therapist and manual handling advisor.
Sara has worked in a manual handling advisory role since 1995, employed initially as a specialist occupational therapist for home care during the mid-1990s she was then employed as a manual handling advisor within a local authority until starting her own business as a freelance manual handling advisor and educator in 1997.
In 2005 she was a co-author of the 5th Edition to the Guide to the Handling of People (2005) and author of the College of Occupational Therapy Manual Handling Guidelines in 2006. She was involved with the review of the 6th Edition to the Guide to the Handling of People and wrote the College of Occupational Therapy introduction for the 6th Edition. Sara has presented at many international and national safe patient handling conferences over the years.Sara has been employed at Arjo since 2004 and now is the global mobility outcomes director, leading in the strategic development of outcome programmes and assessment tools for the business and clinicians.
Hans Lingegård
Director facility design, ARJO, Sweden
Master of Science in Design and Innovation at Halmstad University.
Hans has more than 30 years of global experience working with solutions to improve the working environments for healthcare providers. He has a long record of successful innovations and solutions to assist care providers in their daily work as well as contribute to safety and comfort for patients.
Hans is the inventor of the Arjo Mobility Gallery, an assessment tool to be used in architectural planning to identify patients' mobility needs and the space needed to handle patients in a safe way. Along with the Mobility Gallery, he has also developed a free-to-use digital platform for drawings where architects and planners can get a bird's eye view of the space requirements around eg. the patient beds, toilets, showers and corridors.
Designing efficient healthcare facilities
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This workshop will highlight, using Arjo's externally-validated risk assessment tool, the Mobility Gallery, how the mobility levels of both patients and residents need to be understood to be able to provide the right amount of space for carers to use relative pieces of equipment safely. It will include practical examples of real-world cases Arjo has successfully supported in the past and how it can enable architects to use its online portal – covering space requirements, floor plans and how to download 2D and 3D product CAD/BIM files. This session is built around Arjo’s 30-year history of helping architects and construction companies design and build efficient healthcare facilities.Organised by
Tuesday 10 June
Lunchtime workshop
12.45 - 14.00
Bridging the gap: Delivering system and organisational change as part of transformative capital investment
Samuel Rose
Director, IMPOWER, United Kingdom
Samuel has a strong belief in improving public services and an ability to build strong, Trusted Advisor partnerships with leaders to help them improve services for citizens and taxpayers.
Samuel’s consulting expertise is in health and care system and provider strategy; capital programme design and mobilisation, financial strategy, clinical reconfiguration; digital strategy and service transformation. Key successes include:
> Supporting NHS organisations in attracting over £1bn capital investment over the past 3 years.
> Transformation of 4-hour performance through improvements in ED process, patient flow and integrated discharge between NHS providers and local authority.
Nicole Samuel
Delivery director, IMPOWER, UK
Nicole is a healthcare strategist with clinical background and track record of delivering complex strategic transformation within the NHS. Proven ability to develop high-performing teams (MCA Team Leader Finalist) and deliver innovative, lasting results with C-suite clients. Passionate about developing transformative solutions and a healthier future for all.
She has designed and managed large-scale programmes (using agile and waterfall approach), delivering strategic transformation at organisational and regional levels, development of successful business cases, designing digitally-enabled clinical services and fostering frontline ownership.
Bridging the gap: Delivering system and organisational change as part of transformative capital investment
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the role of Programme directors and Senior responsible owners (SROs) is crucial in ensuring that complex capital investment programmes not only deliver projects on time and to budget, but also support significant clinical and digital transformation in complex organisations and systems. This ambitious change is needed to address the joint challenges of an ageing population, increasing demand and constrained workforce and costs – unlocked through capital investment.This workshop will delve into the importance of transformation in the current healthcare environment and the unique opportunities it presents for healthcare capital programmes. Participants will gain insights from case studies where transformation efforts fell short, leading to financial, safety and operational challenges – learning valuable lessons to avoid similar pitfalls.
The session will outline key principles for embedding transformation within programmes, focusing on managing risk, transformation approach, clinical engagement and benefits realisation. By addressing these critical aspects, the workshop aims to equip attendees with practical strategies to bridge the gap between strategic planning and the delivery of service change within capital programmes.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussions and share experiences, fostering a collaborative environment to explore innovative solutions.
Join us to explore how effective programme management can drive forward the future of healthcare delivery, transforming ambitious plans into real-world improvements that enhance patient care and support frontline staff. This session is designed for healthcare leaders who are committed to making a lasting impact through capital investment.
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