KGH does its own Dragon’s Den
A Dragon’s Den event is being held at KGH where staff will compete to win a share of £100,000 of innovation cash that will go towards helping patients.
And you can be in the audience and take part on Thursday October 11 from 4.30pm-7pm at the hospital’s social club – The Hall@KGH - near car park B . Those who attend will receive tickets to obtain parking for just £1.
If you would like to attend this free event please confirm your seat either via our email transform@kgh.nhs.uk or through our event booking web page at Eventbrite.
We have worked with local business leaders to put on the event which will closely mirror the popular BBC 2 programme.
Hospital staff will take turns to pitch their own ideas to help improve patient care to a panel of six Dragons, with the eventual winners seeing the £100,000 allocated to making their ideas happen.
The panel will be made up of five local business leaders who – like the TV Dragons – have demonstrated outstanding innovation and business initiative themselves. The members of the public who attend the free event will become the sixth Dragon and be involved in choosing the winning schemes.
The Dragons include:
- Alan Burns - Chairman, Kettering General Hospital
- Liz Jeeves - Presenter/Producer, Connect FM
- William Church – Cheaney Shoes
- Goyas Miah - Owner, The Raj Restaurant
- Lorna Dodge - Director, S.C. Agency
Kettering General Hospital Chairman Alan Burns said: “We strongly believe that our staff have great ideas on how to improve patient care and we were looking for a fun way of harnessing that power.
“The Dragon’s Den-style event fitted the bill perfectly. As a Board we wanted to demonstrate our support so we’ve committed an innovation fund of up to £100,000 in order to support some of the best new ideas to help improve patient care or experience. Putting up this £100,000 of hospital capital demonstrates to staff that we are very serious about putting their ideas into action and it will be up to the Dragons to decide whether to back the contestants and how much money to give them.
“The real winners, of course, will be our patients who will be benefitting once those great ideas are put into action.”
Contestants will already have been through an application and shortlisting process before appearing at the event to ensure their ideas have good potential. Each individual or team will have up to 10 minutes to deliver their pitch and the Dragons will get five minutes for questions. At the end of the event, the Dragons will consult, and the audience votes will be counted. The winners will be presented with giant cheques and trophies on the night.
Follow the build-up to the show on the KGH Facebook page or Twitter. There will also be a hashtag in use for the event - #dragonsdenkgh2018.