Speaker: Rob Dickman

Position: Senior Policy Manager

Organisation: Department of Health

Background to the Cross-Border Directive
Impact of case law from the ECJ
What the Directive means for citizens
Progress on negotiations / the UK perspective
Implementation / the challenges ahead

Biography

Speaker: Keith Pollard

Position: Managing Director

Organisation: Intuition Communication Ltd

Practical advice on travelling overseas for treatment. How to choose the healthcare provider that is right for you. How to compare different healthcare providers. What to ask the clinic or hospital. What to do if something goes wrong. Common problems for medical travellers.

Biography

Speaker: Philip Archbold

Position: Sales & Marketing Director

Organisation: Intuition Communication Ltd/Treatment Abroad

Philip will talk about how you can enhance and develop your online marketing to get maximum returns on your investment. He will discuss the various methods you can use to attract a regular flow of good qaulity enquiries to help you boost your medical tourism business.

Biography

Speaker: Zahid Hamid

Position: Chief Executive

Organisation: Euromedical Tours

An unnecessary evil or an essential accompaniment? This is a comprehensive round  up of the raison d’être , role and responsibilities and  of a Medical Tourism facilitator towards the intending medical traveller as well as the service providers. There is guidance for the patients in recognising the utility of the facilitators as information providers, mentors and patient advocates.

Zahid Hamid also puts in perspective the centrality of the facilitator to the medical tourism model and as lynchpin of the service providers’ outreach in all stages of medical travel. Hear what makes a credible, responsible and successful medical facilitator. This talk is for the pilgrim, the service provider and the would be facilitator. You are in for an interesting session with some forthright views garnered through many years of facilitating hundreds of patients to a variety of destinations.

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Biography

Speaker: Laurance Vick

Position: Head of the Clinical Negligence team.

Organisation: Michelmores Solicitors LLP

The main topics to be covered will include :
1. What if overseas surgery goes wrong?
2. The basis of a legal claim : contract and tort/negligence.
3. The losses and expenses that can be claimed by the patient.
4. Who does the patient sue : surgeon and/or clinic or both?
5. Where does the patient sue?
6. Which country's laws will be applied to decide the case?
7. What can the clinic do to protect itself against a claim?
8. Promotional material
8. Patient consent and acceptance of risk
9. The role of the medical tourism "facilitator"

Biography

Speaker: Aisling Mara

Position:  Business Development Executive

Organisation: Health4Media

Aisling will talk about how Health4Media, the leading health news distribution service for the media can provide you with the tools needed to reach the UK media quickly, efficiently and cost effectively. Health4Media distributes health news to the media.

The service provides over 2600 registered journalists with the latest breaking press releases from health companies, together with access to images, company profiles, PR contacts, research tools and much more. Additionally, our 'Journalist Alert' service allows journalists to advise PRs of all their current needs.

For health companies, organisations and PR agencies, we offer the complete communications channel to the UK's media.