Niamh Gallagher Researcher | Demos

Yvonne Coghill National Lead, Breaking Through | NHS Institute

Andrew Sykes, Senior Manager on the PFI and Project Finance Team at The Co-operative Bank explains how financial services providers need to move with the times, in keeping with the evolution of the NHS.

Michelle Redmond New Local Government Network

Delegates booking tickets for this year’s Breaking Through conference, the NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement’s showcase of its leadership development programme for BME NHS staff, are being invited to submit questions for a special diversity debate at the event.

Keeping sustainability high up the agenda through the planning and delivery process is hugely important because in theory, initiatives like PFI and LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) should be able to deliver high quality, sustainable healthcare services. In practice the evidence is patchy and this needs to change." Martin Hunt, Forum for the Future Martin Hunt Head of the Built Environment | Forum for the Future

James Herbert, Director of External Affairs, NHS Connecting for Health outlines the National Programme for IT

Dr Michael Dixon OBE FRCGP, Chairman, NHS Alliance, asks whether the NHS can keep up with public expectations

Patricia Hewitt MP, Rt Hon Secretary of State for Health, covers how the NHS is working for greater cost efficiency

Bernard Crump, Chief Executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, on delivering quality and value