Reminder:
***To all interested in the Edinburgh Local Group of the Royal
Statistical Society (RSS)***
What can microsimulation tell us about the costs of free personal care?
(to be followed by AGM)
* * *PROFESSOR DAVID BELL** *(Head of Department of Economics,
University of Stirling, Co-director of Scottish
Economic Policy Network)
Our last talk for the 2006 - 2007 session is scheduled to take place
Tuesday 1 May at the *earlier time* of 5.30 pm and is to be followed by the AGM (with an expected finishing time of 7.00 pm).
The full announcement together with important details concerning the AGM
are provided in text form below. However, please also scroll further
down to find details of how to access our poster for advertising this
meeting and for details of our local group website. This poster can be
accessed at the above website today.
********** May meeting announcement *************
What can microsimulation tell us about the costs of free personal care?
(to be followed by AGM)
* *
*PROFESSOR DAVID BELL** *(Head of Department of Economics,
University of Stirling, Co-director of Scottish
Economic Policy Network)
Tuesday 1 May 2007, 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm (refreshments at 5.00 pm); members
and non-members of the RSS are all MOST WELCOME to attend this meeting.
There is no need to register if you are a non-member.
International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, 14 India Street,
Edinburgh EH3 6EZ (http://www.icms.org.uk/)
*Abstract*
Abstract: This presentation is based on a microsimulation model, OPERA,
which uses the Family Resources Survey to model the financial effects of social
care policies in Scotland and the UK. The model includes the rules that govern
the UK tax and benefits system which strongly affects the income of the frail elderly.
The provision of informal care is endogenous to the model. The presentation will
focus on how the costs of care respond to key drivers such as changes in healthy
life expectancy, health conditions, informal caring and changes in costs.
************************ AGM notice ****************************
AGM - this May's meeting is the Annual General Meeting of the Edinburgh
Local Group and detailed agenda and reports will be circulated at the
time. It is also the time when we welcome nominations to the Committee -
note that to be a member of the Committee you need to be a member of the
RSS, either locally or nationally.
The Committee decides the Group's yearly schedule as well as its
responses to public and RSS requests for information and expert opinion.
We have a broad range of experience already on the Committee, but areas
that we would be especially interested in strengthening would be
Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Stats / Quality Control. Experience in
planning large conferences would also be an asset.
If you wish to be considered for the Committee then please provide me
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and
Margaret ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) with your name, area of expertise
/ employment, and the name of an RSS member who is prepared to nominate
you. Reciprocally, you can nominate a willing candidate. We would prefer
to have these nominations by Wednesday 25th April, but nominations from
the floor at the AGM are also accepted.
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***Details of the new website for the Edinburgh local group of the RSS***
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Please refer to
http://www.bioss.sari.ac.uk/staff/adam/rsse/
where you can learn more about past and future meetings of our group and
about the workings of the RSS in general. It is anticipated that this
site will provide an alternative route to sharing information with
multiple recipients, given the problems that can arise with e-mail
attachments.
***Posters for advertising***
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Please kindly note that for those interested in advertising this
meeting, a poster is to be made available for downloading in MS Word and
pdf formats at the above site later this week. To avoid possible
problems with sending attachments to multiple recipients, it is
anticipated that this will be the ongoing approach to distributing our
posters for local group meetings.
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If you have further questions or difficulties in reading this email,
please inform me by return of email. Also, if you would prefer not to
receive such announcements in the future or know of individuals who
would like to be added to our local group mailing list, please let me
know asap.
We look forward to meeting you on 1 May!
Margaret MacDougall, Secretary and Treasurer
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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