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Plenary Sessions

P1.1 Challenges in Modern Healthcare 10:45 Convention Hall

Monday, 18 May Challenges in Modern Healthcare: A “Whole Systems” Approach Experience from the National Health Service
(NHS) in England
Nicholson D
David Nicholson Healthcare Solutions, UK

A review of the last 15 years of reform of the largest integrated healthcare system in the world, The National Health Service
(NHS). The speaker will focus on the drive to develop clinical commissioning, the growth of autonomous health provision, and
the subsequent transformation of access to healthcare. The lessons learned from the last eight years of health reform, during
his tenure as NHS chief executive will be identified, and future challenges around chronic disease and long term conditions
will be discussed, setting out the steps required to enable healthcare systems to remain sustainable.

P1.2 Challenges in Modern Healthcare 10:45 Convention Hall

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2015 Primary Care Landscape in Singapore
Ong B
Ministry of Health, Singapore

Primary care in Singapore has made significant progress in the past 50 years. The emphasis of primary care in Singapore’s
earlier years of nation building was placed on the provision of basic, affordable healthcare, particularly for communicable
diseases and malnutrition. However, we are now faced with the challenges of a growing and ageing population with an
increasing proportion of patients with chronic conditions. To complement our network of polyclinics in the public sector, we
need to work more closely with our private sector partners and better equip them to provide holistic management of chronic
diseases, keeping care in the community. Recognising these challenges and to prepare primary care for the future, we have
started developing new models of care, enhancing the delivery of team-based care in the community, and increasing its
adoption in the private sector. These initiatives are being implemented while we continually increase professional capability
through manpower development, and maintain the affordability of primary care through appropriate healthcare financing.
Moving forward, we are redefining the primary care team and developing a suitable training pipeline to allow healthcare
professionals to practise at the top of their licence, strengthening enablers such as IT systems, and enhancing integration
efforts across settings to build a robust primary care landscape for the future.

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