Day of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon 30th of April 2010
Inaugural session for the Commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine
Conference by Professor Ara Darzi, The Lord Darzi of Denham KBE, of Imperial College London.
The title of Professor Darzi’s talk is the following: “Quality and Innovation driving reform in Health Care”
Successfully encouraging innovation in Healthcare Systems is challenging because new treatments, clinical advances and service development are constantly redefining what high quality care looks like. In this presentation Lord Darzi will discuss how current reforms of the NHS can only be successful by maintaining a central focus on innovation, adopting new ideas and effectively diffusing innovation on a significant scale across the system.