Leeds - NHS footwear

Leeds University is a leader in the area of Patient Led Innovation. Two initiatives undertaken at Leeds University in the area of areas of wound care and arthritis have identified that "the current system for the provision of specialist/orthopaedic footwear is not meeting the needs of patients". The aim of this inaugural conference is to create a community focus and drive for innovation and improvement in the area of specialist footwear design and provision.

The benefits of attending this free event include:

• A unique opportunity to engage with world leading practitioners and researchers in the fields of orthotic footwear, design, rheumatology podiatry and patient led innovation and health technology assessment

• Understanding and sharing the patient experience to influence a change in product and service provision

• Attendance at a high quality conference led by a university with an international reputation for research and design

• An opportunity to network with colleagues and professionals from all elements of the footwear supply chain

• An opportunity to develop a shared understanding of the need for innovation in the provision of specialist footwear

• Identifying where individualised budgets offer an opportunity to radically change service provision for the benefit of patients

• Share models of good practice and influence policy

 

The conference welcomes

• service commissioners and purchasing organisations

• NHS providers who have a specialist interest in footwear

• clinicians eg: podiatrists, orthotists, musculo-skeletal practitioners

• shoemaking companies including made to measure, bespoke and orthopedic specialists

• orthotic companies

• higher education and research

 

Online registration: click here