Realistic Medicine Conference 2023: Sustainable Care that Matters

We were delighted to host the Realistic Medicine Annual Conference Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on 25 April 2023.

The conference provided an excellent opportunity to hear from a range of speakers on the themes of Value Based Health & Care, sustainability and health inequalities, as well as an opportunity to meet and network with fellow Realistic Medicine colleagues.

Programme and presentations for each of the speakers can be found below:

Welcome –  Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland

Keynote 1: Dr Dominique Allwood, Chief Medical Officer, UCLPartners

Breakout Sessions 1:

  • Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales –  Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales – (Dr Sally Lewis, Director of the Welsh Value in Health Centre, Adele Cahill, Assistant Director for Value Based Health Care, Welsh Value in Health Centre)
  • Outcomes that Matter to People – Outcomes that matter to people – (Shaun Maher, Strategic Advisor for Person Centred Care and Improvement – Scottish Government)
  • The Atlas of Variation: How can we tackle unwarranted variation? – The Atlas of Variation – (Centre for Sustainable Delivery and Public Health Scotland)
  • Spotlight Session: Learning from Realistic Medicine approaches  – Spotlight Session –  (Niamh O’Connor, Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Ann Wales)

Breakout Sessions 2:

  • Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales –  Implementing Value Based Healthcare in Wales – (Dr Sally Lewis, Director of the Welsh Value in Health Centre, Adele Cahill, Assistant Director for Value Based Health Care, Welsh Value in Health Centre)
  • Outcomes that Matter to People – Outcomes that matter to people – (Shaun Maher, Strategic Advisor for Person Centred Care and Improvement – Scottish Government)
  • Realistic Medicine and Value Based Health and Care: What do the public think? – What do the public think – (Irene Oldfather, Ali Bruce, The ALLIANCE)
  • Spotlight Session: Learning from Realistic Medicine approaches  – Spotlight Session –  (Niamh O’Connor, Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Ann Wales)

Breakout Discussions

Keynote 2:  Dr Richard Smith, Chair of Patients Know Best and former Editor of the BMJ – Realistic Medicine 2023 – Keynote 2. Realistic and unrealistic medicine

Closing remarks – Professor Graham Ellis, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland