UKSS 2018 – Can systemic thinking help shape health services?
Looking forward to a 20 minute presentation I have just sorted accommodation for this conference in June. I am still wondering about train or car, preferring the former if possible for the c.240 mile trip to Portsmouth. With an interest in ecology I welcome the opportunity to be involved in an event connected with Schumacher College. I have long wondered about Dartington. Now that would be an excellent way to study and learn about Hodges' model and 'holistic bandwidth'...
News of this conference I posted on 2 January 2018 but as I add the news to the sidebar - here are some details once again and the necessary links...
UKSS Conference 25th June 2018
Can systemic thinking help shape health services?
A UK Systems Society conference in association with SPMC and the Schumacher institute; supported by the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics and the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi
Speaker: Alex Whitfield, CEO Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Provision of health service is facing major challenges in every country. Life expectancy has increased, people are active for longer, and citizens expect first class healthcare and for “repairs” to be done quickly to restore them to their full capacity. Some expectations are fantasy but others are justifiable, yet every day we hear or read about outcomes that give cause for concern. In the UK we recognise that the NHS cannot continue in its present form. But the NHS is close to the heart of our citizens making major reforms difficult because of the intense passion that any discussion generates. But the NHS as a ‘system’ is more than 3/4 of a century old. The way that illness and old age are viewed now is different to that when the health service was created. This conference will provide a platform for ideas that might contribute to a way forward.
We would be delighted to see and hear from you at this conference.
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