November 29th 2022
About The Webinar
Our expert panel will discuss what measures are needed to achieve transformational change in the way infection is detected, monitored, prevented, and managed across the NHS, healthcare systems and broader society.
The session will touch on how industry, professional bodies and healthcare experts can work collaboratively to support the creation of a healthcare system which is resilient and mature in dealing with disease outbreak and pandemic preparedness, infection prevention, and rapid treatment of time-critical infection, ultimately delivering antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and improved sepsis outcomes.
What attendees will learn:
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- Understand the current challenges and barriers to effective infection prevention
- What the future of infection prevention and management looks like in a post-COVID-19 world
- Collaboration between all stakeholders – industry, government and PAGs – will be critical in delivering a holistic solution and pathway to robust infection management
Speakers
Helen
Hughes
Chief Executive, Patient Safety Learning
Helen is an experienced leader in organisational effectiveness and transformational change. She has held leadership roles in healthcare in the UK and the World Health Organisation and in improvement and regulatory bodies such as the National Patient Safety Agency, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman and the Charity Commission. She Chairs a Charity, Solace Women’s Aid.
Helen’s passion for improved patient safety is derived from a personal family insight into the impact of unsafe care and her dismay at the ineffectiveness of organisational responses to learn from error. She brings her insight from cross organisational learning and her knowledge of human factors and systems to work – to further support initiatives in healthcare organisation culture and learning, ensuring the impact on patient and staff experience is at the centre of patient safety improvement.
Melissa
Mead MBE
UK Sepsis Trust
Melissa Mead campaigns for better recognition, treatment and awareness of sepsis.
Melissa’s passion for raising awareness of sepsis stems from personal tragedy after her one-year old son William succumbed to sepsis at home in December 2014. Sadly, William’s underlying pneumonia had been miss diagnosed as a viral infection and doctors failed to notice the signs of sepsis.
Rather than get angry, Melissa got active. Campaigning quite significantly over the last few years. With the UK Sepsis Trust, she has seen significant movements in the public’s knowledge of sepsis in addition to healthcare workers treating sepsis in a timelier fashion. Melissa urges everyone, the public and healthcare professionals alike to ‘Just ask: Could it be Sepsis?’
In 2018 Melissa was awarded an MBE for her work in raising awareness of sepsis.
Greg
Quinn
Director of Policy and Advocacy, BD
Greg joined BD as Director of Public Policy & Advocacy for UK & Ireland in 2016. He regularly drives policy development across both nations and through EU/global partnerships and advocacy. He is a registered nurse (RNLD) and as well as enjoying a clinical career, has experienced significant roles across NHS general hospital and community services management, and UK-wide External Audit.
Greg is an experienced political policy and advocacy influencer in the Pharma and MedTech health spaces. He is passionate about the consumer voice and real partnership working that facilitates the best life for the patient, best services for the community, and best value for the nation. This is based on priorities on value, safety and sustainability.
Tom
Ashfield
Senior Medical Advisor, Pfizer
Tom is a GP with experience as a pharmacist, hospital doctor and ENT surgical trainee.
He has worked in all core acute specialties and has experience spanning from rural GP to specialist tertiary services. Since 2019 he has been a Senior Medical Advisor for AMS/AMR with Pfizer and maintains a part-time GP service via an online telemedicine platform.
He is committed to stewardship in all aspects of his work and his wealth of experience provides great insight into the challenges and opportunities presenting to the modern healthcare system. In 2022, he and the diverse cross-industry and third sector members of the Infection Management Coalition released their White Paper on holistic infection management (www.theimc.org). Prior to this, Tom was closely involved with the preparation and clinical aspects of Pfizer’s contribution to the world’s first antimicrobial subscription model.
His current work encompasses policy, media, patient engagement, digital and clinical research.
Sebastian
Rees
Senior Researcher, Reform Think Tank
Sebastian Rees is a senior researcher at Reform, the independent, non-party think tank. Sebastian leads Reform’s research on health and social care and is managing their new work stream on ‘Reimagining health’. He has recently published research on children and young people’s mental health and the long-term resilience of the NHS.
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november 29th 2022
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