Inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Yannis Pappas

'Would you swap integrated care for integrative thinking?'

What will the lecture be about?

Integrated care has taken central stage in government agenda in the UK and overseas, which has reinforced the popular belief – even amongst academics and care providers – that it can be a panacea in health and social care. It is often thought of in a binary context – it either exists or it doesn’t – which has made the need for sustaining formal structures around it even more prominent. This inaugural professorial lecture will challenge some of the common conceptions around integrated care and highlight the several benefits that can stem from organising and practising health and social care according to its principles.

Speaker bio – Professor Yannis Pappas:

Professor Yannis Pappas is a health services researcher with experience of working in the NHS and the Industry. His field-leading research has been making a consistent contribution to the planning and provision of improved, more accessible and responsive health and social care in the UK and internationally. His work in eHealth and integrated care has attracted opportunities for consultancy with foreign Ministries of Health, the Industry and other strategic boards. Among other roles, he is Scientific Evaluator with the European Institute of Technology, a European Union subsidiary, Editorial Board Member for BioMed Central and Advisor with UKeMed and Cansr. He also served as Member of the National Institute for Health Research Advisory Panel for Research for Patient Benefit, and trained Academic GPs with the London Deanery for several years.