The Hewitt Review...one year on | 13 March 2024

The topic of GGI's main monthly webinar for February will be The Hewitt Review...one year on.

The event is taking place on Wednesday 13 March 2024, from 08.30 to 09.30 and will be run virtually on Zoom.

It’s been almost 12 months since the Hewitt Review was published, to a generally warm reception from NHS leaders and public policy thinkers. After what has been another challenging year for many, Patricia Hewitt has kindly agreed to come back, give us an update on progress, and provide an opportunity to share ideas and thoughts on the current state of the sector.

Questions to be explored:

• Is there a future for ICBs?
• Do ICBs fit into future health policy for both main parties?
• How can ICBs move on from being de facto performance managers for NHS England to being authentic catalysers of population health management?
• Have the inherent conflicts of interest in the governance of ICBs held them back or become an asset?

We are looking forward to a lively and informative debate and to welcoming both longstanding supporters of GGI and those attending for the first time.

To register, click the link below and fill out the registration form:

Please email events@good-governance.org.uk should you have any queries.

Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt

Patricia Hewitt has been independent chair of the NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board since July 2022 and was previously chair of the Norfolk & Waveney ICS/STP. In November 2022, she was asked by the Chancellor, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, and the Secretary of State for Health and Care, Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, to carry out an independent review of integrated care systems. Her report was published in April 2023, after extensive engagement with more than 400 organisations and over 1,000 individuals.

From 2005 to 2007, Patricia was Secretary of State for Health in the Blair Government, introducing the smoke-free legislation, establishing the NHS Choices website and creating a ground-breaking public consultation, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, that anticipated many of the themes of the Five Year Forward View.

Patricia has a long-standing interest in the digital transformation of healthcare. As chair of the UK India Business Council from 2010 to 2018, she helped build partnerships between the two countries in healthcare and other sectors and retains her interest in India as chair of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development.

Australian by birth, Patricia came to Britain as a student, graduating from Newnham College, Cambridge. She lives in Norfolk. In her spare time, she is an enthusiastic gardener, active in her village community and loves walking and running (very slowly). She has a daughter in London and a son in Sydney.