EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Danielle Reeves of NICE reports back from the organisation’s recent annual conference, which focused on the online future of healthcare guidance.
T
he National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) unveiled
two new services to improve online access to its guidance and other sources of ac- credited evidence at the 11th NICE Annual Conference in Birmingham on 10th - 11th May 2011.
The new online tool, NICE Pathways, which delegates were able to try out for themselves in the conference exhibition hall, enables quick and easy browsing of all NICE recommendations and guidance on a particular topic. Seventeen pathways were launched at the conference, including dia- betes, breast cancer and smoking.
A revamped version of NHS Evidence – NICE’s online search service that pro- vides selected, reliable information for health and social care in one place – was also revealed during the main conference programme, with new features including simultaneous searching of medicines re- sources such as the British National For- mulary (BNF) and the National electronic Library of Medicine (NeLM).
The conference also saw 78 speakers ad- dressing more than 1,000 delegates over the course of the two-day event, on hot top- ics including the Health & Social Care Bill, GP consortia and value-based pricing. It of- fered an unrivalled opportunity to fi nd out more about NICE’s new quality standards
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statutory footing and extend its role into social care.”
and how NICE is going to work with the Care Quality Commission, Monitor and the NHS Information Centre in the new NHS landscape and regulatory system.
The plenary programme’s line-up of speak- ers included Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, who joined CQC chief executive Cynthia Bower, NICE Chairman Sir Michael Rawlins and NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh for a lively panel discussion on day one about improving the quality of care in the NHS.
Earl Howe, Minister for Quality, closed the conference on day two with a keynote speech in which he emphasised the impor- tant role NICE has to play in the new NHS, across all its different work programmes.
He said: “NICE has the Government’s full confi dence and full commitment…So we’ve decided to re-establish NICE on a fi rmer
In addition to the plenary programme, the conference also featured eight streams of targeted sessions and workshops focus- ing on a variety of topical issues including patient-centred care, integrating public health and social care, and making GP con- sortia work. In this latter stream, Professor Steve Field, chair of the newly-formed NHS Future Forum, delivered a session that formed part of the Government’s listening exercise, enabling delegates to share their opinions of the NHS reforms.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who led a government review into health inequali- ties, discussed the need for action on social determinants of health, and there were sessions on the development of the Public Health England and the role NICE can play in supporting the public health profession.
Debbie Reith, clinical director at Barking and Dagenham Community Health Services, who attended the conference, described the event as “a unique opportunity to think through broad issues relating to quality of care”.
FOR MORE INFORMATION Next year’s NICE Annual Conference runs from 15-16 May 2012.
Book at
www.niceconference.org.uk
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