“Standing on the shoulders of Giants” - Insight - Evidence is everywhere! S1 E1

“Standing on the shoulders of Giants” - Insight - Evidence is everywhere! S1 E1
Evidence is published across a variety of sources, including scientific or academic journals, books, conference proceedings, websites, and news reports. During this session Gareth and Tom will explore how we can look for new ways of measuring our impact and use the evidence that we currently have to deliver new and sustainable models of healthcare.
Co-Host Gareth Presch, Founder, CEO, World Health Innovation Summit
With nearly 25 years of experience in the healthcare sector, Gareth Presch is a passionate innovator, leader, and advocate for social prescribing. He is the founder of World Health Innovation Day, an annual celebration of the people, organisations, and communities who make health innovation happen. He is also the CEO of the Global Social Prescribing Alliance, a group of worldwide partners who recognise that what keeps us well is more than medicine.
Gareth's vision is to enable thriving communities to deliver a social revolution for their health and wellbeing while generating value. He has been involved in various roles and projects that support the implementation of the UN sustainable development goal 3 - "good health and wellbeing". He has published multiple research papers on the World Health Innovation Summit platform and its impact on the digital economy and knowledge in the healthcare sector. He is also a partner at Commonwealth Pacific Climate Fund, an advisor to several international organisations, and a former leadership fellow at George's House, Windsor Castle.
Co-Host Dr Tom Ashfield
Healthcare strategist
- 2 decades of clinical experience - GP, pharmacist, cancer surgery
- successes across policy, economics and industry
- expertise in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR); its science, economics and policy reform
Adept pathways, harnessing meaningful data and the adoption of telemedicine are other topics I have consulted on within industry, charity, patient groups and non-profits
I commit to resolving complex health conundrums, transform with tech & digital solutions and realise application for diagnostics and therapeutics
Value Based Economics and collaborative working are core to my ethos
Value Based Health/Outcomes/Economics
+ guided the successful application of a novel antimicrobial drug, active against severe drug resistant infections, within the worlds first volume de-linked economic model.
+ essentially this means that payment is based on the value these life-saving medicines provide to us rather than the volumes used. This is vital as we must control their use AND still incentivise investment and development of new ones
(gov.uk/government/news/world-first-scheme-underway-to-tackle-amr-and-protect-uk-patients)
Policy leadership
+ co-founder of the Infection Management Coalition which maps a future ecosystem for severe infections, sepsis and pandemic preparedness
+envisioning achievable, high fidelity systems for platform and product application
Telemedicine adoption
+ advocating to infection community on how it sits, how to do it right, how to implement whilst stewarding our antimicrobials
+ broadcast to Ukrainian doctors soon after start of conflict in 2022 regarding how to in-reach with video platforms
AMR, I believe, acts as the key exemplar for global problem solving across the health, environmental and sociopolitical spectrum. It provides a means of understanding complexity and a roadmap for change
I work across many disciplines and apply strong creativity to content development, voice-overs, marketing and product lifecycle adaptation
- produced podcast series, appeared on TV, presented and chaired at congresses
- trained on message, policy & media delivery by expert global PR team @Hannover Comms
- diverse portfolio of academic and opinion papers including in the Lancet Microbe
:|:Council member - telemedicine/AMR @BSAC (bsac.org.uk)
:|:Founding member & Bristol Vanguard Lead @Infection Management Coalition (theimc.org)
:|:Industry representative to @Microbiology Society - Knocking out AMR
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