Lloyd Davis
This session was tight on time, but Patrick asked everyone to run over what they thought are the big challenges?
David Nicholson - You have to put a lot of investment into things that don’t have immediate payback. When you work in a political environment, politicians want benefits now. The biggest […]
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Lloyd Davis
I’m going to be the skunk at the garden party and debunk some common myths
Population aging drives health spending
Population is aging and relative health spending per capita is going up, but the aging of the population is not a major driver of health spending through the demand side, it may be […]
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Some lessons from Canada:
Federal government sets the standards and national principles while provinces do the heavy lifting (80%+ of spending) - within the 13 provinces there are 100 regional health providers.
We’re still trying to do a 21st century job with 19th century paperwork. This has a knock-on impact in terms of risk-management […]
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I want to talk about systems.
This is the 60th anniversary of the NHS in England- it is not just an organisation, it is a national social movement that is ingrained in our society and change is extremely fraught. The issue of whether it’s the time to retire or renew is one that […]
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The congress is formally opened by Patrick O’Connell, PhD, Managing Director BT Health, UK.
The congress is the only forum where so many leaders in healthcare come together to talk about the future of healthcare and it’s improvement. Berlin is an excellent setting with it’s history of medical progress.
We’ll be talking about priorities and […]
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Hi, I’m Lloyd Davis and I’m really pleased to be back blogging live from the WHCC Europe 2008. The conference hall is quiet at the moment, but I’m sure that will change rapidly over the next few minutes.
I’ll be here for the duration of the Congress, blogging live wherever possible and also […]
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