The UK healthcare ICS Congress
The UK healthcare ICS Congress
7th December 2022, London. This year’s central assembly of all ICS leaders and stakeholders. Network with and learn from the leaders of the UK’s new ICS - Integrated Care Systems, and meet the experts who are leading the dramatic and profound changes and innovation in the UK health sector.
At “The GIANT Health Event 2022”, which is "Europe's largest and most valuable international festival of health-tech innovation" - Financial Times.
Established for 9 years, GIANT is a vibrant, engaged UK and European business community that enables and commercialises leading health-tech innovation from across the UK and Europe.
Innovate / Collaborate / Accelerate
We successfully bring together tech innovators, investors, global Pharma corporates, established SMEs, doctors, hospital managers, government health officials, and more; to spark productive business collaboration and accelerate better health outcomes.

Roy Lilley
Publisher of E-newsletter for NHS managers
NHS Managers.net

Terri Porrett
Senior Medical Manager
Coloplast

Linda Vernon
Acting Digital Culture and Transformation Clinical Lead
Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership (NHS)

Joanna Fox
Managing Director - HR & Business Consultant
Medi-hr Ltd

Neesa Mangalaparathy
Programme Manager - digital productivity
NHS England
We work with the world’s largest brands in healthcare technology, hardware, software, Pharma, and more, to provide impactful, direct engagement with leading health-tech innovators and healthcare providers. Examples of partners include Eli Lilly, Novartis, Barclays Bank, NHS, Microsoft, Bayer, Ascensia, Cedars Sinai, and McKinsey.
Our proud partnerships with our valued partners are testimony to GIANT’s international reputation as Europe’s leading “magnet for innovation” - BBC in the health sector.
Sponsors & exhibitors can build cost-effective sales, new business development, and marketing communication / brand-building programs on the foundation of the GIANT Health Event, accessing GIANT’s UK and European community of nearly 300,000 passionate healthcare innovators.
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Session title |
Session description |
10:00 to 11:30 |
Introduction and update on the ICS ‘state of the nation’ |
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services, and to improve the lives of people who live and work in their area. Following several years of locally led development, recommendations of NHS England and NHS Improvement and Royal Assent of the Health and Care Act (2022), 42 ICSs will be established across England on a statutory basis on 1 July 2022. |
11:30 to 13:00 |
Improving Outcomes - role of the ICSs |
The purpose of ICSs is to bring partner organisations together to:
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13:00 to 14:30 |
Tackling health inequalities - role of the ICSs |
The purpose of ICSs is to bring partner organisations together to:
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Case studies in new partnerships fostered by the ICSs |
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15:30 to 17:30 |
The UK healthcare ICS Congress - 7th December 2022, London. This year’s leading assembly of all ICS leaders and stakeholders. Network with and learn from the leaders of the UK’s new ICS - Integrated Care Systems, and meet the experts who are leading the dramatic and profound changes and innovation in the UK health sector.
Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships that bring together providers and commissioners of NHS services across a geographical area with local authorities and other local partners to collectively plan health and care services to meet the needs of their population. The aim of ICSs is to integrate care across different organizations and settings, joining up a hospital and community-based services, physical and mental health, and health and social care. ICSs are intended to bring about major changes in how health and care services are planned, paid for and delivered, and are a key part of the future direction for the NHS as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
This ICS Congress is intending to serve as an enabler for ICSs to be a vehicle for achieving greater integration of health and care services; improving population health and reducing inequalities; supporting productivity and sustainability of services; and helping the NHS to support social and economic development.
ICSs are part of a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised. ICSs depend on collaboration and a focus on places and local populations as the driving forces for improvement.

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