13th May 2026 Online

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2026 programme below

 

09:00 Welcome from our Chair, Dr Mark Juniper
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Great Western Hospital,
Medical Director, Health Innovation West of England
09:10  Dr Rachel Clarke, Palliative Care Doctor and Author
The importance of quality of life at the end of life
09:45 Dr Guddi Singh, Consultant in Neurodevelopmental and Social Paediatrics and TV and Radio Broadcaster
How to really listen to patients
10:15 Break

10:30-12:00 In parallel: poster competition and the following talks and workshops 
Women's health: talks and discussion panel
Improving the outcomes for women's reproductive health
Speaker from NHS England 
What can we learn from legal cases? 
Kelly Buckley, Partner Browne Jacobsen
Anne Kavanaugh,
Partner, Irwin Mitchell LLP
Workshops:
Consent
Medico-Legal Advisor, Medical Defence Union
Using clinical decision support
Dr Kieran Walsh, Clinical Director at the BMJ 
12:00 Break
12:10 Keynote: Professor Gillian Leng, President of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
12:40 Lunch
13:10 Dr Frances Mortimer, Medical Director at The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH)
What is sustainable quality improvement?
13: 45 Using data for quality improvement
14:10 Break
14:20 In parallel: poster competition and QI workshops
Implementing at-home care programmes
The NOAH Improvement Programme(Neonatal Oral Antibiotics at Home) 
Dr Harriet Aughey, Neonatal Paediatrician, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and Sally Hedge, Programme Manager, Health Innovation South West
The HOME Programme (Home Monitoring for Expectant (and postnatal) parents 
Angela Willis, Senior Project Manager and Midwifery clinical advisor and Eleanor Powell, Senior Project Manager and Midwifery clinical advisor, Health Innovation, West of England
Quality improvement workshop
QI coaching elevates impact - See and hear how!
Nicola Davey, QI practitioner and founding director of the Quality Improvement Clinic (QIC)
15:50 Break 
16:00 Quality improvement project case study - adherence to WHO checklist
16:25  
Poster competition winners announcement and closing remarks
16:45 Close