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Over 100 speakers from across the globe came together to share the latest innovations to improve health and care. NHS Transformathon brought the world together to share ideas, successes and lessons learnt – all to help improve the NHS.
We heard from international experts, patients and health and care professionals on how they are improving health and care. Speakers from as far away as New Zealand and Canada joined change experts, staff and patients in the UK, to share the latest methods and models for making change.
The event, which took place on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th January, was free and broadcast online, so that it was open to all.
Thousands of people took part by watching the sessions, discussing them on a live chat channel and by sharing them on social networks. To date there have been more than 20,000 connections and 4.5 million social media impressions
All the sessions are now available to watch via YouTube videos. You can see the full list of sessions, watch the videos and find out more about the hacks at http://theedge.nhsiq.nhs.uk/transformathon.
Some of the highlights from the NHS Transformathon include:
• Roy Lilley and Terri Porrett from the Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff showed their low-cost solution that is helping spread best practice across the NHS and beyond
• Representatives from Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network talked about how they were using the power of their communities to improve health outcomes
• Director of New Care Models at NHS England Samantha Jones joined representatives from several vanguard sites to discuss how new models are helping creating the future of the NHS
• Eastern Health in Victoria, Australia, explained how they introduced seven-day services and what the NHS could learn from their experience
• Staff and residents from Bromford Housing Lab talked about setting up an innovation lab and how it is helping them develop better housing solutions
• Dr Peter Fuda, a world-leading researcher and practitioner, gave insights to the latest research on transformational change
Alongside the sessions, two hacks were held. A hack is a learning event at which diverse groups of people collaborate to create experimental solutions to challenging problems.
In Cheshire, over 100 people gathered to work on a range of issues over the 24-hour period; whilst in London, children and young people with cancer, family members, staff and volunteers from CLIC Sargent gathered to work on redesigning the organisation’s engagement strategy.
Speaking about the event, co-host Alison Cameron said: “For too long there has been the tendency to assume that the business of change is the sole premise of those whose job title entitles them to deliver it "to" those on the receiving end. The Transformathon challenged that by asking us to consider "who innovates?", "who leads?" and "who creates health?" throughout. We heard about people powered health, co design, co-production and collaborative leadership. These did not feel as an add-on but a genuine acknowledgement that designing and delivering from a healthcare professional perspective alone is at best a restricted view. We have a long way to go until we achieve genuine co production at all levels as a given rather than an add-on but I am proud of the strides forward the Transformathon made towards that. I am incredibly grateful for the time and energy people gave to it.”