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Present a one-day conference on:

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!

held on

FRIDAY, 23RD APRIL 2010

at

THE WRIGHTINGTON HOTEL & COUNTRY CLUB,
The Wrightington Suite,
Moss Lane, Wrightington,
Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 9PB

In 2010 and beyond the NHS will inevitably be required to make substantial efficiency savings. It is essential that the service takes the necessary steps to achieve savings and efficiencies whilst maintaining and improving quality. As always, Estates and Facilities Managers will rise to this challenge. However, short term efficiency and productive gains will not deliver the savings required and Managers will need to address more medium and long term strategies in order to deliver real savings. The only way to save money is to spend less on staff, supplies and premises.

This one day Conference will enable Managers to share short term ideas and plans and it will highlight to delegates some medium and long term strategies that other organisations within the NHS are already developing.

The cost of attending the conference is £125.00 per person OR, £100.00 per person if two or more attend from the same Trust/Organisation. This includes attendance at the conference, course handouts, coffee/tea on arrival, mid morning coffee/tea, two-course buffet lunch served in the Restaurant and afternoon tea/coffee.

Please Note - Although every attempt will be made to adhere to the published programme, the TAG reserves the right to make changes to the speakers or programme should this be necessary.

Programme

9.00am  REGISTRATION, Coffee and Tea

9.30am   WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Presenter – Pam Miller
Associate Director of Facilities, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

9.45am             SHORT TERM FIXES

Presenter - Pam Miller  
Associate Director of Facilities, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Presenter - Paul Holt
Director of Estates, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

This session will identify short term recurring savings that have been achieved in Estates and Facilities. Delegates will be able to share, in a short workshop, their experiences and ideas

10.45am            MANAGING WASTE EFFECTIVELY

Presenter – Steve Roberts
Environmental Manager, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

How a spend to save scheme has reaped the rewards in waste management

11.15am Mid Morning Coffee and Tea

11.30am  SUSTAINABLE ENERGY - BIOMASS

Presenters: Paul Featherstone,
Director of Estates & Facilities and
Tony Small, Energy Manager
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

How investment in sustainable energy results in long term saving benefits

12.00pm  MEDIUM TERM CASE STUDIES

Presenter – Jug Johal
Transport Manager, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Integrated travel plans

12.30pm  BUFFET LUNCH served in Blazers Restaurant

1.30pm    WORKFORCE

Presenter – Mike Hall
General Manager (Facilities), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Mike will highlight some of the actions that Salford Hospitals Foundation Trust have taken to reduce staffing costs without reducing staff numbers

2.15pm   SAFETY, QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE OPERATING THEATRE

Presenter – Lisa Tierney
Matron, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

This presentation will focus on how the implementation of custom procedure packs has contributed to Safety, Quality and Efficiency in the Operating Theatre

2.45pm   AGILE WORKING

Presenter – Trevor Jones
Associate Director of Facilities, NHS Manchester

What is agile working and how can it work to reduce the space required

3.15pm   Afternoon Coffee and Tea

3.30pm   ESTATE RATIONALISATION

Presenter – John Cartwright
Director of Facilities, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Long term, the NHS needs to rationalise its estate

4.15pm   CLOSING REMARKS

About the Speakers

PAM MILLER
Associate Director of Facilities, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Pam Miller studied at University College, Cardiff, and graduated with a BSc Hons degree in Institutional Management.  Her career to date has been spent in the NHS, firstly in Wales, then in Yorkshire until 7 years ago when she joined the Pennine Acute NHS Trust. She has held a number of management positions during her career within facilities management.  She currently holds the post of Associate Director of Facilities at the Pennine Acute NHS Trust, with responsibility for the management of a wide range of facilities support services as well Procurement and Occupational Health and Emergency Preparedness over 4 large hospital sites. Pam also spent 6 months seconded to NHS Estates, in 2001, to work on the Better Hospital Food project and has been involved at national level in the Hospital Caterers Association and Hefma. Pam held the position of National Chairman of the Hospital Caterers Association for two years up until April 2002 and still sits on the council of the Association.

PAUL HOLT
Director of Estates, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Paul has worked within the NHS as a construction professional for over 25 years in both the Acute and Mental Health environments. A recent graduate of the Lancaster Executive MBA programme, Paul was promoted to the position of Director of Estates at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in September 2008. With broad operational and capital experience, Paul has extensive experience in the management of Governance/Assurance data through complex Service Level Agreements as both a provider and receiver of information.  Operating at a strategic level within the Acute Trust, Paul is heavily involved in the development of a sustainable Estates Department that offers a safe, cost effective, value for money service.

STEVE ROBERTS
Environmental Manager, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Steve has been with Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust for one year. Initially he had a temporary contract for three months, but was made permanent following a departmental restructure. His experience is predominately in the automotive industry covering all aspects including waste. Steve has a degree in law, is a qualified EMS auditor and a member of IEMA. Steve is married with four children and enjoys most sports, travel and cooking.

PAUL FEATHERSTONE
Director of Estates and Facilities, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Details awaited

TONY SMALL
Energy Manager, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Details awaited

JUG JOHAL
Transport Manager, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Jug Johal was born in 1975 and brought up in Shipley, West Yorkshire. Since 1997 Jug has worked in Logistics, starting off as a transport administrator (tea boy) and then going on to take up a number of management roles including Group Operations Manager where he was responsible for ensuring the safe delivery of vehicles nationwide for 3 large multinational car manufacturers.  Jug also has a passion with many sports, especially rugby, which started from the tender age of 10 and he is still playing today having represented club, county and also for the Indian National Rugby Team. He has implemented many positive changes at North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He has reduced staff mileage reimbursement claims by introducing shuttle buses to replace individual car use as staff move between hospital sites.  There has also been the introduction of the Ambulance Courtesy Car, as an alternative to expensive taxis’ when staff, equipment and samples need urgent transport. Jug has replaced much of the old, inefficient, high carbon-emitting fleet with new, reduced carbon emitting vehicles. These are just a few examples of the many improvements and positive changes Jug has implemented within the Trust. Jug always strives to further himself and he is now undertaking a part time Masters course at Hull University in Leadership in Health and Social Care in order to develop his skills and become a visionary health and social care leader, who is able to influence strategic thinking and generate innovation and change. He continues in his quest to reduce transport costs and carbon emissions for the Trust and Jug, along with his team, have been acknowledged for their extensive efforts, through nationally recognised industry awards.

MIKE HALL
General Manager (Facilities), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Mike has worked in the NHS, principally in the North West, for 37 years in a number of facilities management positions.  He is now the Director of Facilities at the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and has responsibility for the full range of facilities services and the capital redevelopment of the Salford Royal Hospital site. Mike holds the view that performance management, assurance and governance is the key to the delivery of a high quality health service, and working at a Trust that prides itself on excellence, he has to provide assurance to the board and non-executive directors that facilities services are safe, clean and personal.

LISA TIERNEY
Matron, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Lisa is Matron for theatres at Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. She has worked in theatres since 1980, at a number of hospitals throughout the United Kingdom. Lisa has worked at Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust since 1996, she is also a member of the Territorial Army and has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the capacity of Senior Nursing Officer for theatres.

TREVOR JONES
Associate Director of Facilities, NHS Manchester

Trevor joined the NHS in 1978. Originally from Staffordshire, he has worked within Facilities as a senior manager in a wide range of locations around the country including Colchester, Liverpool, Lancaster, Preston and the United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust. During the last thirteen years he has held two Directors posts and he is currently responsible for the management of the Estate of NHS Manchester and provides Facilities Management to NHS Stockport. His interests include mountaineering, rock climbing, motorcycling and karate in which he holds a black belt.

JOHN CARTWRIGHT
Director of Facilities, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

John is a Chartered Engineer with over 20 years experience in managing and delivering healthcare estate and facilities services, for the last five years he has been Director of Facilities at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust with responsibility for the full range of estates and facilities services. The Trust is embarking on an eight year Site Utilisation Redevelopment Programme at a cost of circa £45M to which he has played a significant role in taking the project forward, particularly around estate rationalisation. John is Chair of the Trent branch of Hefma, and is also involved at national council level; and is also Chair of Governors at a local primary school. He is passionate about football and enjoys travelling.

Further Information :-

VENUE:

The Wrightington Hotel & Country Club,
The Wrightington Suite,
Moss Lane,
Wrightington, Wigan,
Lancashire, WN6 9PB

By road – The hotel is located just off Junction 27 of the M6. Head towards Parbold on the A5209. The Hotel is sign-posted from this road. Turn onto Moss Lane and the Hotel is 200 yards on the right.

There is a large car park available.

By train – The nearest main train stations to the Hotel are Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North West. Both are approximately six miles from the Hotel, a taxi service is available.