David Somekh

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION
The European Health Futures Forum
In this rapidly changing environment, are our current methods of delivering healthcare sustainable or even fit for purpose?
Are they resilient (in the sense of having the capacity to adapt to major stress)?
Have we lost sight of health as a holistic context embedded in the matrix of society that has many actors, but particularly health, education and business, that could work together to improve citizens’ health?
What futures methods might help us approach strategic thinking about these issues in a more realistic way than the predominantly nineteenth century approaches that are currently employed?
These are the principal questions which motivated a mixed group of thinkers and doers who wanted to have dialogue across silos, to get together to start an organisation that has the express aim to try and change society for the better, using summercamp principles.
Sounds crazy?  Judge for yourself!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Completed initial medical training 1969
PhD in experimental psychology. 1974
Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists since 1995.  Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry:  NHS 1982-1997 and 2001-2, retiring from NHS April 2001.
Trained as psychoanalyst 1978-82 and became member of British Psychoanalytic Society.
Experience as doctor in management: clinical director for mental health, Bromley 1991-2. Clinical Director for Forensic Psychiatry, Riverside NHS Trust (West London): 1995-7.
Four years experience in private sector 1997-2001. Chief Executive of the Forensic Psychiatry division of Westminster Healthcare plc
Chair of Council, Association for Quality in Healthcare (NGO charity in UK) 1995-1999. Member of Advisory Council of NICE (NHS Institute for Clinical Excellence) 1999-2003.
Executive member of European Society for Quality in Healthcare, 1998-2009.  President and Past President of ESQH 2005-9.
Involved in European Summercamp movement since 2003.
Accredited EC Expert in Health Quality. Currently NGO member of DG SANCO working group on Patient Safety and Health Quality.
Set up ESQH Lisbon office for Health Futures 2010. From this, with colleagues developed European Health Futures Forum as a legal entity and pursuing Charity status in the UK.