PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT
IN THE MANAGEMENT SCHOOL, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
"HEALTH ECONOMICS - EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS"
A TWO DAY COURSE TO HIGHLIGHT AND DISCUSS THE EFFECTS OF
THE INTERNAL MARKET ON THE NHS
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY 6/7 NOVEMBER 1996
COURSE FACILITATOR: MR. BOB STEELE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCE
CENTRE, PRESTON AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT
Aim of the course
The search for efficiency and effectiveness is high on the agenda of everyone in the NHS - purchasers, providers, doctors, nurses, paramedics, and managers. This course aims to bring you up to date with issues on efficiency and effectiveness in the NHS
What will you get from the course?
It is important to understand the issues facing the NHS currently and the potential problems arising from the internal market. Forewarned is forearmed!
The purpose of this course is not simply to identify and discuss the concepts but to learn of current techniques and opportunities. The course will look at the use of computerised data bases, such as Cochrane, to help with effectiveness. There will be
Evaluating changes in the service is often poorly conducted. We will look at the contribution that the thinking behind techniques of economic evaluation can offer. The efficiency index is central to the operation of the NHS. The Head of Corporate Analy
Contributors
The course is organised and supervised by Bob Steele who is the Director of Health Economics at the Public Health Resource Centre in Preston, as well as Deputy Director of this Unit.
Other contributors will include Simon Peck, Head of Corporate Analysis at the NHSE, Dr. Diana Forrest, Consultant in Public Health Medicine at Liverpool Health Authority, Michelle Sergison, Research Associate at the National Primary Care Research and D
Who will benefit?
This course will benefit a wide range of staff from those working in purchasing organisations involved in information, finance, public health and general support to primary care, to professionals and managers in trusts and general practices who are mor
HEALTH ECONOMICS - EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
DAY 1
9.30 COFFEE
10.00 AIMS OF THE COURSE R. STEELE
10.15 WHERE WILL THE MARKET LEAD US? R. STEELE
10.45 S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS - Authorities
- Trusts
- General Practitioners GROUPWORK
11.30 ECONOMIC EVALUATION A. STEELE
12.30 LUNCH
1.30 EXERCISE IN ECONOMIC APPRAISAL GROUPWORK
2.30 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH
THE EFFICIENCY INDEX S. PECK
3.30 COFFEE
3.45 PROJECT MANAGEMENT R. STEELE
4.30 CLOSE
DAY 2
9.30 COFFEE
9.45 AIMS OF THE DAY R. STEELE
10.00 MEASURING OUTCOMES FOR EFFECTIVENESS S. AWAN
10.30 QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS A. STEELE
11.15 TEA
11.30 INFORMATION SOURCES FOR
EVIDENCE BASED HEALTHCARE M. SERGISON
12.30 LUNCH
1.30 HANDS ON COCHRANE
2.30 THE USE OF CLINICAL GUIDELINES Dr. D. FORREST
3.30 COFFEE
3.45 APPLYING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED R. STEELE
4.30 CLOSE
THE FEE FOR THIS TWO DAY COURSE IS stlg120.00 WHICH INCLUDES LUNCHES, TEAS, COFFEES AND ALL COURSE MATERIALS
Please reservce a place for me on the "Health Economics - Efficiency
and Effectiveness" course on Wednesday and Thursday 6/7 November
1996. I enclose a cheque fro stlg120.00 payable to "Lancaster
University"
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Please return to: Roger Lincoln, Administrator, Public Health and
Health Professional Development Unit, Management School, Lancaster
University, LA1 4YX Tel: 01524 65201 extn 3936
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