WSAC 2018 - The Art of the Possible: Value Based Healthcare

Into its third year, the WSAC Annual Symposium is scheduled to take place on Thursday 17 May 2018. The full-day event will be hosted at Cardiff Bay’s Life Sciences Hub and will explore the subject at the heart of healthcare in Wales – The Art of the Possible – Value Based Healthcare.

Brought to you by WSAC – the body advising the Welsh Government on matters relating to health sciences and the health scientist profession – the event features top speakers from across the UK, whilst a panel discussion and Q&A session will also take place.

The event will be filmed and information will be disseminated after the event.

The agenda is as follows:

09:30 -10:00

Registration

10:00 -10:10

Welcome from WSAC Chair – John Day

10:10 -10:30

Plenary Speech – Vaughan Gething, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing & Sport

10:30 – 11:00

Value Based Healthcare: Setting the Scene - Dr. Sally Lewis

11:00 – 11:15

Refreshments

11:15 – 11:45

Value Based Healthcare Outcomes – Tom Kelley (ICHOM)

11:45 – 12:15

Value Based Healthcare Costing – Alan Brace

12:15 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 13:45

Dr. Keith Harding and Maureen Fallon – Wound Innovation Centre

13:45 – 14:15

Adele Cahill – Value Based Procurement

14:15 – 14:45

Kerry Broadhead – Orthopaedic contracts

14:45 – 15:00

Refreshments

15:00 – 15:50

“The art of the possible” featuring panel discussions with:

• PET - Martin Rolles
• POCT - Annette Thomas
• Audiology - Rhys Meredith
• Children's Vision Screening – Heather Payne
• Genomics – Rachel Butler

16:00 – 16:15

Closing Remarks

For more information please contact: healthcarescienceandtherapies@gov.wales