Conference will discuss healthcare innovations
LEADING Welsh medical professionals are meeting in Cardiff this weekend to discuss the ongoing issues around the efficiency of the NHS in Wales.
The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), which includes Indian doctors in Wales, will discuss innovations in the NHS at a major conference in Cardiff entitled Sustaining the NHS through Innovations.
In a response to a question on the Parliamentary Report on Health and Social Care, published this week, chairman of BAPIO Dr Keshav Singhal said: “We will be analysing the report carefully with health leaders, but at our conference in Cardiff we will be responding by looking at sustainable innovations.
“Indications are that the report has much of the platform for change that is needed for the future, but it needs discussion.
“We are keen to work in a more efficient NHS and contribute as we have done to treating patients as efficiently and effectively as possible in Wales.
“We will be discussing the report with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and the Chief Medical Officer and CEO of the NHS in Wales.”
Professor Roy J Thomas, the chief executive at Kidney Wales, will speak on the importance of bioethics at the conference.
He said: “Given their strong contribution, the Welsh Indian medical professionals are well-placed to discuss the future of the NHS In Wales.
“Past conferences have extolled the efficiency of health provision and it’s enshrined in its thinking.
“It has the status to discuss the future, as prudent healthcare and efficiency is contained in BAPIO’s principles and values.”
Dr Hasmukh Shah, pictured, the honorary secretary for the BAPIO Wales Division, emphasised the significance of working together.
He said: “Britain’s proposed exit from the European Union allows us in Wales to renew the historical links between the Indian subcontinent and the NHS.
“Building on the successful track record of BAPIO, this conference will set an ambitious agenda for strengthened relations, for mutual benefit.”