> Dear List Members
> Apologies for cross posting
>
> Conference Announcement
>
> Royal College of General Practitioners
> Taking Control of the Future: PCGs in Urban Deprived Areas
> Thursday 20th May, 1999 - Bradford Health Authority Conference Centre,
> Saltaire
>
>
> This highly interactive meeting run by the RCGP Inner City Task Force aims
> to establish a network of people interested in practice in the inner
> cities and to develop statements from their interaction which will impact
> on policy. The Conference will centre around 6 specific themes: Managing
> Diversity, The Context: features of urban deprived areas, Continuing
> Professional Development, Data and Communication, The Role of Primary
> Care, and Learning from Each Other.
>
> The draft Programme is as follows:
>
> 9:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
> 9:30 Welcome and Introduction
> Professor Lesley Southgate FRCP FRCGP M.Clin Sci
> 9:45 The Primary Care Group: Roles and Responsibilities in Relation to
> Managing Diversity - Dr David Colin-Thome, Director of Primary Care, NHS
> Executive
> 10:05 Discussion
> 10:15 The Context of Inner City Practices
> Pauline McAvoy tbc
> 10:35 Discussion followed by Coffee at 10:45 a.m.
> 11:00 Strangers on the Shore? Living and Learning New Cultures of
> Development
> Professor Susan Weil BA Hons PhD, Director of SOLAR;
> Professor of Social and Organisational Learning, University College
> London
> 11:20 Discussion
> 11:30 Title tbc
> John Hutton MP, Minister for Mental Health tbc
> 11:40 Small Group Work: Problems and Priorities - See back of form for
> group selections
> 1:00 WORKING LUNCH
> including informal discussions facilitated by Dr Paul Thomas MRCGP
> Posters on display by sponsors / delegates
> 2:00 Small Group Work: Solutions and Proposals followed by Tea at 3:30
> p.m.
> 4:00 Synthesis of Small Group Work
> Led by Professor Leslie Southgate and Dr Paul Thomas
> This will include a panel discussion - members of the panel to be
> selected by group
> 4:30 Commentary on Day's Work
> Professor Lesley Southgate FRCP FRCGP M.Clin Sci
> 5:00 Close
>
> For further details contact RCGP Courses Unit at [log in to unmask] or
> telephone 0171 823 9703
>
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