The future is not a destination like the source of the Severn , waiting for our arrival; it is something like the GWR that we have to imagine, plan and build

The future is here; it is just not evenly distributed William Gibson

Great innovations of the first and second healthcare revolution The First The Second Broad Street - John Snow MRI and CT scanning Statins Antibiotics Coronary artery bypass graft surgery Hip and knee replacement Chemotherapy Radiotherapy Randomised controlled trials Systematic reviews Gower Street - Doll & Hill

SAFETY -Errors and mistakes - At the beginning of the 21st Century 5, problems of healthcare remain SAFETY -Errors and mistakes QUALITY - sub standard clinical practice and poor patient experience FAILURE TO MAXIMISE VALUE Waste Overenthusiastic adoption of interventions of low value and failure to get new evidence into practice INEQUALITIES FAILURE TO PREVENT These need a third revolution, and one is already underway driven not by scientists and managers and clinicians but by

Information Knowledge Technology Citizens Information Knowledge Technology The Drivers of the Third Industrial Revolution (Manuel Castells)

with its hierarchical formal structure….. “A business organisation should have a nonhierarchical, self-organizing structure working in tandem with its hierarchical formal structure….. As business organisations grow in scale and complexity they should simultaneously maximise both corporate level efficiency and local flexibility… the most appropriate name is the ‘hypertext’ organisation” Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi The knowledge creating company OUP 1995

Shared objectives Hypertext organisation Bureaucratic Organisation (Nonaka & Takeuchi OUP 1995 ; The Knowledge Creating Company

“ these then are some of the basic principles of ecology- interdependence recycling, partnership, flexibility, diversity and, as a consequence of all these, sustainability….the survival of our planet will depend upon our ecological literacy, on our ability to understand these concepts and live our lives accordingly” Fritjof capra (1997) The web of life Harper collins

Developing Practitioners Dr. Frances Mortimer and Muir Gray

Knowledge Core knowledge Specialist knowledge The knowledge daisy

Core knowledge The science of climate change Health impacts of climate change Health improvement through climate change mitigation (and adaptation) Health protection through climate change adaptation Individual slide packs on each of these areas are being made available on www.theclimateconnection.org

The health consequences of carbon dependence are core knowledge for public health practitioners… www.carbonaddict.org