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To be fair, this is a conference for managers, although it would be a better conference if it included some of the proposed beneficiaries. Worse are the conferences about involving the public which price out any genuine members of the public. An increasingly elitist society and people wonder why we have a disenfranchised underclass. Martin Rathfelder Director Socialist Health Association 22 Blair Road Manchester M16 8NS 0161 286 1926 www.sochealth.co.uk If you do not wish to be on our mailing list please let us know and we will remove you Jonathan Mathers wrote: > Does anybody else find it totally ironic that these health inequality events cost so very much to attend, thereby excluding so very many who don't have readily available public funds to fritter away at the drop of a hat? > > Jonathan. > > ________________________________ > From: The Health Equity Network (HEN) [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tammy Boyce [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 26 January 2010 14:39 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Two King's Fund conferences > > With apologies for cross-posting > > Prevention and health inequalities : Achieving cost-effective and evidence-based solutions to impact on whole populations > 30 March 2010, 9.30am-4.30pm, The King’s Fund, London > > Prevention is high on the political agenda, so it is important that those working in health and social care understand what interventions work best in terms of being evidence-based and, in the current financial climate, representing good value for money. > > This conference, run in partnership with the Department of Health's Health Inequalities National Support Team, will look at how prevention initiatives can be evaluated and will explore what is currently working in practice. > > Keynote speakers: > > > • Sir Michael Marmot, Chair, Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010 (Marmot Review) > > • Professor Chris Bentley, Head of National Support Team for Health Inequalities, Department of Health > > To view the programme and book your place: > > http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/learn/conferences_and_seminars/prevention.html > > *************************************************************************** > > Equality and inequality in health: Measuring and commissioning for equity > 11 March 2010, 9.30am-4.15pm, The King’s Fund, London > This low-cost conference will focus on measuring and commissioning for equitable health care services. The conference will offer an update on how policy on inequalities and equity is being brought together, and feature practical examples of how to use routine data to measure inequalities and commission services that are fair and accessible. > > Keynote speaker: Mark Davies, Director, Health Inequalities and Partnership, Department of Health > > To view the programme and book your place: > > http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/learn/conferences_and_seminars/equality_and.html > >