IHPN Annual Summit and Dinner 2024

To mark IHPN’s 10^th Annual Summit, this year’s event will focus on the Future of Independent Healthcare and what the next decade will look like for independent sector providers.

Among other topics, the event will look at the independent sector’s current relationship with the NHS and how the two sectors can work better together to meet the growing needs of patients over the next decade, and explore the changing ways people are using private healthcare.

When?

Wednesday 6th November 2024

Where?

RSA House, central London

Programme

Speakers

Partners and exhibitors

Programme

12:00 – 13:00	Registration, lunch and networking
13:00 – 13:15	Chair’s welcome Seema Kennedy OBE, Chair, IHPN
13:15 – 13:45	“The Future of Healthcare – the big picture” – Nigel Edwards, Senior Adviser, PPL Chaired by David Hare, Chief Executive, IHPN
13:45 – 14:10	In conversation with… Bill Morgan, Former No 10 Health Adviser Chaired by David Hare, Chief Executive, IHPN
14:10 – 14:40	“The Future of Healthcare – the view from NHS England” – Dr Emily Lawson DBE, Chief Operating Officer, NHS England Chaired by David Hare, Chief Executive, IHPN
14:40 – 15:00	Refreshment break
15:00 – 16:00	Healthcare in 2034 – what does the next 10yrs hold? To align with the launch of IHPN’s Future of Health report, this session will take a broad look at what the next ten years look like for healthcare. This includes how healthcare providers can meet the growing and diverse needs of patients, what clinical innovation will really make a difference, and how the NHS will fare in the coming decade. Chair: Seema Kennedy, Chair, IHPN Speakers: Isabel Hardman, Assistant Editor, Spectator Paul Johnson, Director, IFS
16:00 – 17:00	Breakout sessions: 1. Healthy worker, healthy employer – the increasing role of workplace healthcare This session will look at the increasingly prominent role of employers in the healthcare landscape, including the growing occupational health market, rising demand for workplace PMI and what other initiatives firms can put in place to ensure a healthy and productive workforce. Chair: Dawn Hodgkins, Director of Regulation, IHPN Speakers: Arthur Stephen, Nuffield Health Jodie Sinclair, Senior Partner, Bevan Brittan Peter Corfield, Chief Commercial Officer, Spire Healthcare Richard Sloggett, Future Health 2. Changing how we “Go Private” – how the public are finding new ways to access private healthcare Looking at the findings of our 2024 Going Private report, this session will explore the changing ways people are using private healthcare, including rising demand from young people, “mixing & matching” NHS and private healthcare, and the growth of private GP and mental health services. Chair: Danielle Henry, Assistant Director of Policy and Programmes, IHPN Speakers: Jim Easton, CEO, Practice Plus Group John Reay, HCA Healthcare UK Rachel Wolf, Public First 3. What does the next decade hold for the independent sector’s role in the NHS? This session will look at the independent sector’s current relationship with the NHS and how the two sectors can work better together to meet the growing needs of patients over the next decade. Chair: David Furness, Director of Policy & Delivery, IHPN Speakers: Louise Tuckett, NHS England Richard Woodward, CEO, SpaMedica Saffron Cordery, NHS Providers Vincent Buscemi, Bevan Brittan
17:00 – 17:10	CEO’s speech: David Hare, Chief Executive, IHPN
17:10 – 17:30	Keynote address: Siva Anandaciva, Interim Director of Policy, The King’s Fund
17:30 – 17:40	Closing remarks David Hare, Chief Executive, IHPN
17:40 – 19:00	Drinks reception