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* Please bring this invite with you : *Please note the venue details UCL International Institute for Society and Health 2008 / 2009 Public Seminar Series You are invited to attend on: Tuesday 17 February, 5pm (followed by drinks at 6pm) Professor Dame Carol M Black ‘Working for a healthier tomorrow’ Abstract: In the seminar Professor Dame Carol Black will outline the findings and recommendations in her review of the health of the work-age population 'Working for a healthier tomorrow'; and the recent response by the Government 'Improving health and work: changing lives' which accepted most of the report’s recommendations. Challenges facing all those with an interest in the health and well-being of the working-age population will be reviewed; the various relationships between work and health, and the effects of worklessness; possible measures to promote an early return to work after ill- health; appropriate treatment aims for professionals working in this area; various pilot schemes now under way; and the importance of tackling the growing problem of mental health in relation to work. Carol M. Black DBE, FRCP, FmedSci, is National Director for Health and Work, Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chairman of the Nuffield Trust, and immediate past President of the Royal College of Physicians. She is a member of many national committees aiming to improve health and healthcare, and is also a Foreign Affiliate of the Institute of Medicine, USA. In 2007 Dame Carol was commissioned by the Secretaries of State of Health and for Work and Pensions to conduct the first ever comprehensive review of the health of Britain's working age population, and since the publication of her review now chairs a steering group of experts working towards the development of a new national strategy for mental health and employment." This seminar will be held at UCL and chaired by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. The seminar is free, but space is limited (75 seats). NO NEED TO RSVP. Arrive promptly to secure a seat. Please contact us if you have any special needs. UCL Torrington Basement LT, 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB. Nearest Underground station: Goodge Street. Warren St and Goodge St are also within walking distance. Email: [log in to unmask] Refreshments at 6.00pm after the seminar. You may access audio recordings of our some past seminars at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm