Abstract
The purpose of the workshop will be to highlight cross-sector collaborations between Industry, patient organisations, voluntary and community sector, and healthcare systems to discuss the opportunities and challenges in replicating and scaling examples of initiatives that have demonstrated support for the delivery of healthcare priorities, as well as improving patient outcomes, facilitating more efficient use of resources and reducing health inequalities across the UK.
Often, this positive contribution made by such partnerships are not easily communicated or accessible to key stakeholders, the workshop will be an opportunity to discuss how to overcome this as well as signposting to the ABPI Joint-Working Repository and the current frameworks in place to facilitate and ease Industry partnerships for example the Health and Social Care Industry Partnership (HSCIP) in Northern Ireland, and MOUs in Birmingham and Manchester.
The workshop is aimed at healthcare leaders, patient organisations and Industry representatives who seek to deliver measurable improvements in outcomes through effective, trusted partnerships. The workshop will show the current mechanisms in place to allow this to happen and the networks that exist to progress potential initiatives.
The format of the workshop is proposed over a 90-minute period and will be a combination of coherent and concise PowerPoint presentations focusing on three examples of cross sector collaborations and frameworks, demonstrating how they have produced higher quality patient outcomes, reduced health inequalities and driven efficiencies. Following presentations, workshop attendees will be asked to consider and discuss three questions to collate current challenges and opportunities towards partnerships. A transcriber will be present at each table to capture and feedback the discussion points. Following the workshop, the comments will be developed into an evaluation paper for consideration by appropriate stakeholders.
10min Introduction -Brian Duggan NHS Strategic Partnership Director ABPI
30min Presentation of 3 Case Studies:
- Lilly Project with Swansea Bay University Health Board showcasing the development of a digital application which gives detailed instructions to patients through illustrations, text and videos on how to carry out an injection site self-examination. To be used by insulin dependent patients with diabetes, to support remote consultations with their healthcare provider: Dr Rebecca Thomas, Swansea University.
- Novartis Project with Health Innovation Manchester creating a network of organisations to enable solutions that provide faster diagnosis and earlier intervention for underserved communities who are at greatest risk of CVD, ill health, and poor health outcomes: Seaneen McLaughlin Strategic Account Manager, Novartis
- Progress of the HSC Industry Partnership- Dr Glenda Fleming, Deputy Director, Medicines Optimisation Centre
30min Roundtable discussion on the following points:
- How can we collectively identify and scope potential partnership opportunities?
- How do we scale and adopt existing collaborations?
- How do we communicate the benefits of cross-sector collaborations?
15min roundtable feedback-Brian Duggan NHS Strategic Partnership Director ABPI
5min summary and close-Marion Laverty Public Affairs Manager Northern Ireland ABPI