ABOUT VALUE-BASED HEALTH AND CARE (VBHC)
Health and care systems around the word face the combined challenges of rising and more complex demand, demographic change and resource constraint.
Governments and payers striving to ensure a sustainable future for these vital services increasingly are focussing on Value: improving the outcomes that matter most to patients and service users at the lowest possible cost and improving population health within the resources available, through reallocation of resources from low-value to higher-value activities. Swansea University has a long history of partnering with health and care system and life-sciences industry leaders. Now we are excited to be bringing rigorous thought-leadership, insights and research that inform the development and practical implementation of Value-Based Health and Care. Participants in our programmes will benefit from a rich understanding of this emerging approach and will be exposed to leaders, practitioners and academics from a range of care settings across the globe, systems and sectors. They will learn from real world cases and the lived experience and perspectives of fellow participants as well as from the expert faculty. Recognised by the World Economic Forum, EU, G20 and OECD for its leadership and commitment to VBHC implementation, Wales recognises the importance of Value in all aspects of system design and leadership: in the allocation of resource, throughout the whole of care pathways and in the procurement of services and healthcare technologies. With just over 3 million citizens served by a common health and care system, Wales is ideally placed to be a testbed for innovation and new models of care delivery.
The Value-Based Health and Care Academy provides academic rigour in teaching the principles of Value-Based care, working in partnership with the Welsh Value in Health Centre. It is also a vehicle for growing the research base, cementing Wales’ reputation as a leader in this field, and ensure that health and social care staff in Wales can access a gold standard of VBHC education close to home.
DR SALLY LEWIS Director, Welsh Value in Health Centre
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