What is the Future of Medicine?
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What is the Future of Medicine?
What is the Future of Medicine? – A collaboration between Innovators and Medical Professionals.
6.30pm, Level 3, WeWork, 9 Devonshire Sq, London , EC2M 9YF
Join us for an informal gathering of Medical leaders and Innovators to discuss the Future of Medicine. The discussion will be followed by a reception to celebrate and encourage greater collaboration between medical professionals and innovators.
The Panel Chairs’ MSD’s Dr Junaid Bajawa and Selfless’s Pete Street will discuss with Dr Harpreet Sood of NHS England, Dr Umang Patel of Bayblon, Dr Clare Guest of Medical Detection Dogs and Dr Will Doward of GPDQ what place innovation has in the healthcare field.
The latest NHS Review stipulates that the NHS intends to make billions of pounds in efficiency savings over the next 10 years. Technology and Innovation are seen as key tools in achieving these efficiency savings. Therefore Selfless is keen to explore the idea of Innovation as a Currency, the term and idea supported by Sir Bruce Keogh (CEO of NHS England).
We are also looking to explore how this concept of ‘currency’ might be made reality, as a practical way to reward both innovators and medical professionals for their ideas and improvements. How might seemingly unconventional ideas, such as using dogs for the detection of cancer, be rewarded and even actively encouraged? Further, what does the future hold for innovation within the medical field? Is there room for private healthcare companies to solve problems such as NHS waiting times and how do we maintain patient care and ensure improved outcomes ?
Panelists
Dr Harpreet Sood, Senior Fellow, to the Chairman and Chief Executive’s Office of NHS England.
Harpreet trained as a clinical doctor at King’s College London and Imperial College Business School and practiced as an academic trainee in East London.
Following this he did a Masters in Public Health (MPH) at Harvard University where he focused on international health policy and co-founded a digital health start-up.
Harpreet’s portfolio of work at NHS England includes implementing the National Diabetes Prevention Programme.
Dr. Umang Patel, Clinical Specialties Director - Babylon
Umang is an NHS Paediatrician, served as a clinical fellow for the NHS Leadership Academy and a trustee of Attend, the UK’s national charity for volunteers. Umang has joined babylon from Aviva, where he was the Director of Clinical transformation and responsible for a series of new initiatives in the model of healthcare delivery.
Will Doward graduated as a doctor in 1998 from Manchester Medical School and later specialised in Plastic Surgery.
Medical Detection Dogs are currently working on a number of pioneering research projects involving canine olfaction, including the training of dogs to detect cancer, blood sugar changes, Addison’s disease and narcolepsy.
Claire was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science in recognition of an outstanding contribution to development of new approaches for the detection of life threatening diseases. In 2015, Claire was awarded the British Citizen Award for life-saving work in the management of long-term illnesses and the research into early cancer detection.
Panel Chair
Special Guest: Florin - Cancer Detection DogFlorin is part of the Medical Detection Dog team. Florin is a fox red Labrador Retriever and works with Dr Claire Guest in helping to detect breast and prostate cancer. Thank You to Our Sponsors
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