Programme

All sessions were recorded at the Event. These can be viewed by selecting the sessions below. All presentations are also available, and can be found on each corresponding session page.

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Transforming Health and Care Services through Collaboration

Time Session
08:30 – 09:30 - Registration, Refreshments, Posters & Exhibition
Opening Plenary
09:30 – 10:30 Welcome and Opening Address: Transforming Through Collaboration
10:30 – 11:15 - Refreshments, Networking, Posters & Exhibition
Mini Plenary
11:15 – 12:30 Programme for Government: Delivering Priorities for Health and Care
Parallel
11:15 – 12:30 Choosing Where I Die: Paediatric Palliative Care and Realistic Choice
Parallel
11:15 – 12:30 Transforming Delivery of Care through a Virtual Hospital
Parallel
11:15 – 12:30 Safer Together: A Whole System Response to Harm and Risk
Parallel
11:15 - 12:30 Prevention First: Tackling Winter Respiratory Illness Together in Scotland
Spotlight
11:15 – 12:30 Spotlight Session 1
Presentation 1: The Dietetic Review - Leading collaborative change to improve access and outcomes
Presentation 2: Turning Waiting into Action: Innovative approach to managing Podiatry services
Presentation 3: Improving Access to Contraception: Lessons from a LARC Drop-In Pilot
Poster Presentations
11:15 - 12:30 Poster Presentations
12:30 – 13:30 - Lunch, Networking, Posters & Exhibition
ABPI – Lunchtime Session
12:40 – 13:20 Scotland at a Crossroads: Securing the Future through Health Research and Innovation
Mini Plenary
13:30 – 14:45 The Scottish Approach to Change: Making Change Work in Reality
Parallel
13:30 – 14:45 From Foot to Heart: A Podiatry Led Approach to Atrial Fibrillation Detection and Stroke Prevention
Parallel
13:30 – 14:45 Edinburgh’s Integrated Whole System Approach to Falls Prevention
Parallel
13:30 – 14:45 Day Zero and Beyond (Thoracic Surgery)
Parallel
13:30 – 14:45 Beyond Technology: Digital Transformation in Action
Spotlight
13:30 – 14:45 Spotlight Session 2
Presentation 1: Playlist for Life: Embedding Personalised Music in Scotland's Dementia Care
Presentation 2: Music Not Medication - Supporting Patients within Acute Mental Health Care
Poster Presentations
13:30 - 14:45 Poster Presentations
14:45 – 15:15 - Refreshments, Networking, Posters & Exhibition
Closing Plenary
15:15 - 16:15 Different Worlds, Shared Mission, Future Possibilities
16:15 - Event Close