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-----Original Message----- Subject: AHEG and LSE Health & Social Care present "Top-ups" in the NHS: a necessary evil?, 18th September, LSE With apologies for cross posting. The Applied Health Economics Group and London School of Economics Health & Social Care present: "Top Ups" in the NHS: a necessary evil? London School of Economics Friday 18th September, 1200 - 1600. In November 2008, Prof Mike Richards reported the results of his review to "examine if, when and in what circumstances patients should be able to purchase additional drugs that are not funded by the NHS". DH guidance published March 2009 clarified that no patient should have their NHS care withdrawn if they choose to buy additional private care, but that such care must be delivered separately from NHS care. Is this an affront to the founding principle of the NHS of access based on need not ability to pay? Or is it churlish (and indeed unethical) to deny a patient a drug that could extend their life, even by a matter of only weeks, when they are willing to pay for it? This event will clarify the law surrounding so-called 'top-up' payments both before and after the Richards review, and explore the issues and the practical impact of the policy on the NHS, patients and industry. The afternoon will finish with a debate "This house believes top-up payments in the NHS are a necessary evil", with each side argued by a leading academic health economist. Chaired by Prof John Appleby, Chief Economist at the King's Fund, speakers include: * Christopher Newdick, Professor of Health Law, University of Reading * Dr Peter Brambleby, Director of Public Health, NHS North Yorkshire & York * Mike Lind, Professor of Oncology & Hon. Consultant Physician, University of Hull and Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. * Ian Beaumont, Campaigns Director, Bowel Cancer UK * Charles MacEwan, Director of Communications, Western Provident Association Leading the debate will be Drs Karen Bloor and Richard Cookson, University of York. Open to all. Friday 18th September 2009, 1300-1600, London School of Economics Lunch from 1200. For more information and to register please email [log in to unmask] The Applied Health Economics Group meets twice a year, in London and York. It is open to all health economists employed in a job practising applied health economics for the DH/NHS. We discuss topical issues in health economics of relevance to the NHS. For more information about AHEG please contact Richard Little, [log in to unmask] -- Ed Wilson Lecturer in Health Economics Health Economics Group Faculty of Health University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ Tel: +44 1603 591444 Fax: +44 1603 593752 http://www.uea.ac.uk/~wm096 Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm