Private Acute Conference – morning main plenary

Our Conference Chair will provide an introduction to the conference, to our sponsors and partners, and summarise the agenda.

This conference’s in-depth look at all the numbers continues with a focus in this session on the high-level trends including the latest data on PMI subscribers and claims, Healthcode and PHIN activity data plus clinician invoicing data from Civica. Rob Findlay from Insource returns with a look at NHS waiting list data.

In a new development this year, there will be two afternoon sessions dedicated to unpicking some of the detail in the data available for both PMI and self-pay patients. 

Once again, the Conference Director Ted Townsend will present his own revenue forecasts for hospital payor groups for the next two years.

As ever, in a ‘wisdom of the crowds’ approach, delegates will get to vote on how sensible they are, giving them great insights to take back to their companies for planning the years ahead.

Some of the industry’s leading CEOs will share their perspectives on what lies ahead for the industry, including Nathan Irwin, CEO of the not-for-profit health insurer WPA.

Consulting Actuary Jo Buckle will bring her perspective on some of the big healthcare trends that are affecting claims, and we will also hear from Rosie Benneyworth, the CEO of the new Health Services Safety Investigation Branch (HSSIB), an attempt to bring an airline industry approach into healthcare, both NHS and private.

A panel discussion with all the speakers will allow delegates to ask their own questions of some of the industry’s leading figures.

With a nod to a previous political slogan and, despite having a new government in place, this is an opportunity to hear from speakers outside the traditional PMI provider or hospital operator.

This includes speakers representing employers and PMI brokers/employee benefit consultants as well as clinicians providing the care. We’ll also hear from an entrepreneur who built a private healthcare business from scratch and was one of only two people with private healthcare experience on the government’s post-Covid Elective Recovery Task Force, as well as a software provider focused on getting the best out of a hospital’s principal cost, its staff.