Innovation summit and showcase: Living well for longer
Date and time
Location
Hilton London Gatwick Airport
South Terminal, Gatwick Airport Gatwick RH6 0LL United KingdomDescription
Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network
Innovation summit and showcase: Living well for longer
We hope you can join us for our annual innovation summit and showcase on 23 June 2015. It will bring together and build on work over the last two years to address our region’s most pressing challenges.
Kent, Surrey and Sussex has the oldest population in the country and delayed transfers of care are at record levels. The last week of life is the most common week for major surgery, and 35 per cent of older people who want to die at home end up dying in hospital.
This needs to change
On June 23 the focus will be on living well for longer. That means developing sustainable solutions to maintain the independence and vitality of older people, and managing long-term conditions better to reduce avoidable emergency admissions.
Agreement
There is widespread agreement amongst network members and partners about the need to:
- maximise proactive care
- minimise crises in care and reduce emergency hospital admissions
- enable older people to die in the place of their choice.
This event will bring our region together to share best practice and look at innovative, sustainable solutions.
Best practice poster competition
If you would like to exhibit an example of best practice please submit your request here.
Please note the deadline for submissions of interest is 31st May.
Poster submissions will be shortlisted and the first 15 will be displayed at the event
Don't forget to use the hashtag #kssinnovsummit and join in the conversation!
If you have any questions please contact the events team at kssahsn@cynergy.co.uk