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Attached below information on a forthcoming one day conference on the evaluation of the individual budgets pilots in social care (IBSEN) study that may be of interest to list members , particularly given that the principles therein are also being looked at within the context of health systems
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
PSSRU (at LSE and the Universities of Kent and Manchester) in collaboration with the Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London) and the Social Policy Research Unit (University of York) are delighted to host an event to launch findings from the Evaluation of the Individual Budget Pilots Project on Friday 14 November in the Great Hall, King’s College London, Strand, London. Information on the programme and details of how to register are provided below.
Programme
The Evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilots:Messages for Policy and Practice
Friday 14 November 2008
The Great Hall, King’s College London, Strand, London
Chair: Mark Ivory, Executive Editor, Community Care
1030 Registration and refreshments
1100 Chair’s welcome
1115 Scene setting – the IBSEN study
Professor Caroline Glendinning, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
1150 Do Individual Budgets work, and at what price?
Dr Karen Jones and Professor Ann Netten, PSSRU, University of Kent
Dr José-Luis Fernández, PSSRU, London School of Economics
1230 Lunch break
1330 Processes and experiences: user and practice perspectives
Professor David Challis and Mark Wilberforce, PSSRU, University of Manchester
Dr Martin Stevens, SCWRU, King’s College London
1410 What next for Individual Budgets?
Professor Martin Knapp, PSSRU, London School of Economics
1450–
1515
Concluding comments
Mark Ivory
How to Register
Cost: £25 per person
A limited number of free spaces are available – please contact us to discuss. To book a place, please send a cheque payable to the ‘London School of Economics’ with your
name and contact details to: Anji Mehta, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE
For enquiries contact [log in to unmask] or call +44 (0)20 7955 6238.