Operation automation: productivity gains in the healthcare system

Panellists:

• Dr Penny Dash, Chair, NHS England 
• Lewis Atkinson MP, Labour MP for Sunderland Central and former operational manager, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 
• Joe Harrison, Chief Executive, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

As clinical demand grows both in volume and complexity, health systems worldwide are searching for efficiency quick-wins. Automation is one such innovation. From pharmacy to pathology, its potential is transformative, yet often overlooked.  

Its benefits are multidimensional. For patients, faster and more accurate results produces a better experience. For clinicians, it streamlines workflows, cuts administrative burdens and improves data continuity. For hospitals, it boosts capacity, reduces overtime costs and enables more services to be delivered with the same – or fewer – resources.  

Yet despite the clear and significant benefits of automation technologies, their adoption across the NHS remains far too limited. This panel supports the launch of our recent paper, Operation automation: how to achieve productivity gains in the healthcare system, and will explore the barriers to adoption, especially in hospitals, as well as how to overcome them.  

Re:State are delighted to be joined by Dr Penny Dash, Chair, NHS England; Lewis Atkinson MP, Labour MP for Sunderland Central and former operational manager, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust; and Joe Harrison CBE, Chief Executive, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. 

This panel event will be held in-person and is kindly supported by BD.