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Morning Plenary - Uffington Suite
Morning Plenary - Uffington Suite
Professor Anne Hendry, Director IFICs Hub in Scotland; Honorary Professor, University of the West of Scotland
Professor Anne Hendry, Director IFICs Hub in Scotland; Honorary Professor, University of the West of Scotland
Friday 8th May 9.35 - 9.50am
Friday 8th May 9.35 - 9.50am
Anne is a Senior Associate with the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), the Director of IFICs Country Hub in Scotland and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Integrated Care. From 2007 to 2016 she held national clinical lead roles in Scotland for policy and improvement programmes on:
• Long Term Conditions
• Healthcare Quality
• Reshaping Care for Older People
• Integrated health and social care.
This experience developed her passion for cross sector collaboration and skills in implementing and evaluating transformational change in diverse health and care systems. A geriatrician and stroke physician she was honorary secretary of the British Geriatrics Society, holds honorary academic posts with the University of the West of Scotland and NHS Lanarkshire, and is a trustee director of Kilbryde Hospice and Compassionate Inverclyde.
Read about Anne's role and work at IFIC Scotland Hub here
Community Hospitals: making integrated care a reality across the globe
Community Hospitals: making integrated care a reality across the globe
This session will highlight the central role of community hospitals in integrating care and support for patients, carers and families in both urban and rural settings. Delegates will be signposted to the International Foundation for Integrated Care special interest groups that are building capability for integrated care through knowledge exchange between policy makers, professionals and academics across the globe. Delegates will be encouraged to invite their community hospital teams to connect with peers online and to access webinar recordings and presentations on different models of community hospital care across Europe and beyond.
Dr Mary Miller, Consultant in Palliative Medicine Director, OxCERPC; Clinical Lead, NACEL
Friday 8th May 9.50 - 10.05am
Friday 8th May 9.50 - 10.05am
Dr Mary Miller FRCP is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Director of the Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care (OxCERPC), and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine at the University of Oxford. She is the Clinical Lead for the National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL), delivered through NHS Benchmarking. Mary trained in medicine at University College Cork and has worked in palliative medicine in Ireland, Sweden and the UK. Alongside her clinical practice, she has a long standing commitment to education and professional development, with a focus on supporting high quality end of life care.
What does the national audit tell us about care of the dying in community hospitals?
What does the national audit tell us about care of the dying in community hospitals?
Community hospitals audit the care they provide to dying patients. They contribute approximately 10% of all data collected about the care of those dying in hospitals in England, Wales and Jersey. I will discuss how care compares with care delivered in acute and mental health hospitals.
Dr Helen Tucker, Former President, Community Hospitals Association
Friday 8th May 12.40 -12.50
Friday 8th May 12.40 -12.50
Dr Helen Tucker is an Associate Committee member and former President. She is committed to raising the profile of community hospitals, and promoting their contribution to community health and wellbeing. She has been involved in community hospitals in a number of roles including management, consultancy, development and research. In these various roles, she has visited over half of all community hospitals in the UK.
She is a Co-convenor for the Special Interest Group on Community Hospitals within the Q Community. Helen researched integrated care in community hospitals for her PhD at the University of Warwick. She is a reviewer for a number of academic journals, and is on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Integrated Care. I gave a presentation on Patient Experience of integrated care at the 2021 IFIC conference and was given the Overall Award for the conference for a paper here
Most recently, Helen and Jo Posnette presented at the 2026 ICIC Conference in April on changing models of community hospitals in the UK. In March, Helen delivered a lecture at the second Community Hospital Japan Summit in Fukuoka, Kyushu, covering the value of community hospitals in the UK, models of care, service provision and the CHA's role in research, quality improvement and networking.
Dr David Seamark, President & Director, Community Hospitals Association
Friday 8th May 12.50 -13.00
Friday 8th May 12.50 -13.00
Dr David Seamark is the President and also a Director of the Community Hospitals Association (CHA) and has been involved with the CHA since starting his general practice career in Honiton, Devon in 1990. David has worked in community hospitals for many years and visited many hospitals throughout the UK. He has had a parallel research career and a major area of interest has been end of life care in the community and, in particular, the role of community hospitals in end of life and palliative care. David has worked with Birmingham University on a study looking the role and community importance of community hospitals. Although now retired as a GP partner he still works as a locum and pursue his research interests.
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