I have been asked to forward this information to the list Please reply to Donna Empson at DH, not me I have been asked by Richard Willmer to forward to you information regarding the Health Statistics Conferences on the 14th and 19th of October, in London and Manchester. Please note we still have a limited number of spots available for both the London and Manchester Conferences and the cut off date for applicants has been extended to Monday 11th October. Richard has asked if you could please circulate to anyone you think would wish to attend or who were thinking of attending, but did not make the earlier deadline. Donna Empson Department of Health Skipton House 80 London Road London SE1 6LH Phone: +44 (0) 207 972 5522 Fax: +44 (0) 0207 972 5662 - - Disclaimer - - This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete what you have received. THE HEALTH STATISTICS THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE... OCTOBER 14 - LONDON Venue: The Conference Centre, Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ OCTOBER 19 - MANCHESTER Venue: Manchester Town Hall, Albert Squ, Manchester M60 2LA Keynote Speech: Derek Wanless, Vice Chairman - Statistics Commission These major conferences are being jointly organised by the Health Statistics Users' Group, the Statistics Commission and the Department of Health. They are supported by the Statistics Commission and the Department of Health and admission is free. Lunch will be provided. Book now to ensure your place as numbers will be limited. Booking details are at the end of this message. Two significant events are occurring which will have a major impact on health statistics in the future... 1. The Statistics Commission will be publishing its review of Health Statistics in early October, which will identify key areas to be addressed. 2. It has been announced that a Health and Social Care Information Centre is to be established which will provide a national focus for health information for England. This will be your opportunity to learn about the recent developments and make your comments on how to take this forward. The conference will: 1. Present and discuss the findings of the Statistics Commission review of Health Statistics 2. Present and discuss the emerging ideas for a Health and Social Care Information Centre 3. Initiate a debate on how the Statistics Commission recommendations and the Health and Social Care Information Centre relate and should be taken forward Programme 10.00 - 10.30 Registration and coffee 10.30 - 10.45 Chair's introduction (Deana Leadbeter) Keynote speech (Derek Wanless) 10.45 - 11.10 Statistics Commission Review recommendations and questions (Peter West, YHEC and Richard Alldritt, SC) 11.10 - 11.30 Information Centre proposals and questions (John Fox/Richard Willmer, DH) 11.30 - 11.45 Coffee 11.45 - 13.00 Workshops A 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.15 Workshops B 15.15 - 15.30 Tea 15.30 - 15.45 Feedback from workshops 15.45 - 16.15 General discussion 16.15 - 16.30 Where we go from here Workshops In each workshop session, there will be a choice between the same four workshops. The provisional topics are: 1. Are the data useful? Balancing the effort required from data collectors with the use made of the data: letting use drive production, especially intermediate products 2. How can we access the data we need? Public availability of data and metadata: balancing production of data with supported access and use. 3. Achieving consistency between regions and countries of the UK How do we deal with areas that change over time and definitions that vary between areas? 4. Confidentiality versus Access Disaggregation and reaggregation, balance of public interest in disclosure versus the need for confidentiality Booking information If you are interested in attending then please send the following details to: [log in to unmask] by 30th September 2004 Name: Organisation: Location: London/Manchester/Either Email Contact: Telephone Number: Please also let us know if you have any dietary or access requirements. All four topics will run during Workshops A and B. Please select one topic for each Workshop. Workshop A (11.45 - 13.00) Workshop B (14.00 - 15.15) Topic number: __________ Topic number: __________ We will also be seeking a small number of facilitators for each topic who will introduce the topic at each session and rapporteurs to collate views and report back. If you are interested then please let us know which topic. Topic: ___________________ Facilitator/Rapporteur