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Health Statistics User Group Meetings

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
Date:		28 January 1999
Venue:		Room 1, Friends House
		173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
		(south side of Euston Rd - opposite Euston Station)
Time:		2:00 pm to 7:00 pm 

The theme of this meeting is Hospital Episode Statistics.  It has been
arranged that the HSUG meeting on HES Data Quality will be held on the same
date, and at the same venue, as a meeting on analyses using HES data that
is being held by the London based Public Health Information Group (PHIG).
The PHIG meeting will be held in the afternoon, and the HSUG will start at
our usual time of 5:30 p.m. Both meetings will be open to members of both
groups. 

Programme:
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm		PHIG Meeting
Presentations will include:
Paul Aylin		Small area analyses using HES data
Deana Leadbeter	HES analyses for the pilot of the Safe Havens Project
Paul Wilkinson	Assessing winter pressures in North Thames using HES data

5:00 pm 	Refreshments

5:30	7:00 pm		HSUG meeting
Linda Shurlock of the Department of Health Statistics Division, will
address the collection of in-patient data via the NHS wide clearing
service. Recent pressures to provide data that is far more up to date, and
the effect this may have on the accuracy and completeness of  results, will
also be discussed.

To assist with catering could you please let David Morgan know if you will
be attending these meetings - Tel: 0171-655 6778, Fax: 0171-655-6770,
E-mail: [log in to unmask]



Day meeting on health information for Primary Care Groups

Date and venue:	12 March 1999, Guy's Hospital, London
Title			"PCGs and their populations - what health information is needed?"
Theme of the day
What kind of information and infrastructure is needed so that PCGs can
impact on the health of local people?  What needs to be done to develop
these?  

The meeting will be structured around these three questions:
· What are the roles of PCGs?
· What are the information needs arising from these?
· What are the issues in meeting these needs and what needs to be done?

This will be a "working meeting", and the aim will be to feed back health
information users views to the Department of Health, IMG, and the ONS
Public Health Statistics Advisory Committee as part of the consultation
process for implementing Information for Health.

Context
Information for Health sets out the direction for the development of health
information to meet the needs of the New NHS.  However, the emphasis is on
clinical information and the infrastructure for this.  Issues about how the
information will be used, and public health needs for information are not
considered in any detail.  In particular, there are considerable new needs
for public health information for Primary Care Groups to contribute to the
development and implementation of HImPs.

Outline of the meeting
What are the roles of PCGs
à Department of Health view
à Local view
What are the information needs arising from these?
à Improving the health of the community - PCGs and HImPs/HAZs
à Developing primary and community services
à Commissioning secondary services
What are the issues in meeting these needs and what needs to be done?
à Estimating the size of PCG populations and differences with registered
patients
à Public Health Data for PCGs - what is available now and which routine
sources can be produced at a PCG level?
à What information is available from General Practice?
à What is the role of Information for Health?

Cost:	The fees will be £80 for HSUG members and £90 for non members  (for
non members the fee includes a year's membership to HSUG)

For more information on this meeting and for a booking form, please contact
Mrs Jackie Goldsmith
79 Haverstock Road
Bournemouth, Dorset
Phone/Fax: 01202 531799
e-mail address: [log in to unmask]




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