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OPERATE

This session will focus exclusively on operational planning which addresses the hospital and its role in the health service system in a comprehensive manner. The session will outline how to set up structures for governance and staffing, develop plans for hiring, and how to create standard operating procedures for how everything will run when the hospital opens.

Key Topics

  • How to prepare for the succesful opening of your greenfield hospital
  • Operational comissioning case studies
  • Business and operational planning
  • Manpower planning and recruitment

benefits of attending

  • Elevate your operational readiness by fine-tuning your business and operational planning strategy
  • Discuss what to evaluate to identify the ideal operator for your project
  • Challenges & strategies to attract and retain talent for green field projects
  • Identify and address operational risks before any patients, staff, or visitors walk through the doors of a new facility

Session Co-Chair: Rebecca Samuel, Consulting Manager, GE Healthcare Partners, Dubai, UAE

14:00 | Opening remarks by the chair

Rebecca Samuel, Consulting Manager, GE Healthcare Partners, Dubai, UAE

14:10 | How to identify and select and optimal hospital operator for your project

Nicola Plaistow-Smith, Head of Business Development, InterHealth Canada, Dubai, UAE

14:40| Business and operational planning case study: The Royal Hospital

Michael Davis, Chief Operating Officer (COO), NMC, Dubai, UAE

15:10 | Strategies for recruiting the right staff for your new hospital project

Speaker TBC 

15:40 |Operational commissioning case studies: Egypt and UAE

Dawn Kenney OBE RRC, Healthcare Consultant, RPK Consulting, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:10 | Discussion: How to prepare for a successful opening of your Greenfield hospital

  • Dawn Kenney OBE RC, Healthcare Consultant, RPK Consulting, Abu Dhabi, UAE Rebecca Samuel, Consulting Manager, GE Healthcare Partners, Dubai, UAE
  • Nicola Plaistow-Smith, Head of Business Development, InterHealth Canada, Dubai, UAE
  • Michael Davis, Chief Operating Officer, NMC, Dubai, UAE

16:40 | End of Conference

Speakers

  • Dawn Kenney OBE RC, Healthcare Consultant, RPK Consulting, Abu Dhabi, UAE Rebecca Samuel, Consulting Manager, GE Healthcare Partners, Dubai, UAE
  • Nicola Plaistow-Smith, Head of Business Development, InterHealth Canada, Dubai, UAE
  • Michael Davis, Chief Operating Officer, NMC, Dubai, UAE

Opening Times

Tuesday, 2 October: 10am – 7pm
Wednesday, 3 October: 10am – 7pm
Thursday, 4 October: 10am – 7pm

VAT

The UAE has introduced the implementation of Value Added Tax effective 1 January 2018 at a rate of 5%. Conferences that take place in the UAE are liable to Value Added Tax under ‘Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on Value Added Tax’ which will be reflected on all conference fees. More information UAE VAT regulations can be obtained at: Click here.