IDGs - Interactive Discussion Groups

These are intimate and focused small-group discussions to share experiences with senior colleagues. Each group discussion will run for 20 minutes, so there will be the chance to participate in two.

With tables limited to just 12 participants, these are the perfect opportunity to gain detailed insights from your peers and ask those questions your need answering.

1) Keeping patient safety at the heart of virtual care pathway design

Facilitated by:

Jyotika Singh, Principal Consultant, Innovation & Strategy (WHC), HSJ

2) New ways of providing clinical capacity - In partnership with Doccla

Facilitated by:

Melissa Angell, Senior Remote Patient Monitoring Nurse, Doccla

Chloe Smithers, Senior Partnerships Manager, Doccla

3) Ensuring patient uptake of virtual services

Facilitated by:

Emil Pohl, Transformation Project Lead – Virtual Wards, Adult Community Services, Whittington Health NHS Trust

4) Enabling ICS-wide data sharing and integration

Facilitated by:

Deborah El-Sayed, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

5) Scaling Virtual Care across multiple pathways - In partnership with Vodafone

Facilitated by:

Anne-Marie Vine-Lott, Director Vodafone Business in Health, Vodafone

6) Overcoming the interoperability challenge to develop bespoke solutions

Facilitated by:

Dr William Lumb, GP, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

7) Creating an effective SOP and Business Case for developing a virtual care pathway

Facilitated by:

Fay Johnstone, Hospital Avoidance Lead/ Virtual Ward and Discharge Lounge Matron, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust