9.45% of the 51,323 active companies in the health and social care sector are based in the North West, generating over £2 billion in revenues for the regional economy. NHS employs more than 1.7m people. Of those, just under half are clinically qualified, including 120,000 hospital doctors, 40,000 general practitioners (GPs), 400,000 nurses and 25,000 ambulance staff. When the NHS was launched in 1948 it had a budget of £437million (roughly £9billion at today’s value). In 2008/9 it received over 10 times that amount (more than £100billion).
Discussions will focus on:
1. Opportunities in the healthcare sector for ICT Companies
2. Methodologies to be adopted by SMEs when selling into Healthcare sector
3. Successful case studies
This event is in very early stage planning...
13:00 Registration and Networking
13:30 Introductions
13:45 Structure of the Healthcare Sector
14:15 Opportunities in Healthcare Sector
14:45 Successfully marketing your solutions
15:15 Break
15:30 Case Studies: Company Presentations
16:00 Panel Discussion and Take Aways
17:00 End
