Events 2004

Health of the People - The Highest Law?

Location: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
Date: 08/01/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust, UK Public Health Association, Faculty of Public Health

Summary:
Introductory speech given to the audience at this national conference organised to consider: 'Does the UK need a Health of the People Act?'

Lessons for Others: The Experience of Glas Cymru

Date: 16/06/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
Note taken from seminar held at the Nuffield Trust, 16th June 2004.

Alfred Deakin Innovation Lecture

Date: 27/07/2004
Organisation:

Summary:
Speaker note from Melbourne Conference, July 2004.

European Health Policy in an International Perspective

Date: 15/09/2004
Organisation: The European Policy Centre

Summary:
The European Policy Centre Dialogue in collaboration with The Nuffield Trust.

European Health Forum - Global Health Challenges: European approaches and responsibilities

Location: Brussels
Date: 09/10/2004
Organisation: European Foundation Centre & Nuffield Trust

Summary:
The key objective of the meeting was to engage European health funders in a reflection process towards developing a vision and a strategy for European foundations to work in partnership with other global health organisations.

Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder report Chapter 2: Who's going to Care?

Date: 25/10/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder report Chapter 2: Who's going to Care?

Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder report Chapter 3: Will Health be a Burden?

Date: 25/10/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder report Chapter 3: Will Health be a Burden?

The Policy Futures for UK Health II

Date: 25/10/2004
Organisation:

Summary:
This conference will consult with a wide cross section of the players in the UK health sector, so that we can better identify issues likely to be relevant to health and wellbeing in the next 15 years, and to consider implications.

Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder Report, Chapter 1: Who's Going to Govern?

Date: 25/10/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder Report, Chapter 1: Who's Going to Govern?

Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder Report Chaper 4: Where will technology take us?

Date: 25/10/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
Policy Futures for UK Health II Pathfinder Report Chaper 4: Where will technology take us?

How Long Have We Got?

Date: 16/11/2004
Organisation: The Smith Institute & The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
A note of a meeting held with King's College London, The Smith Institute and The Nuffield Trust, on the medical and social consequences of a population which is healthier and living longer.

Trust In Healthcare: An Agenda for Future Research

Date: 17/11/2004
Organisation: The Nuffield Trust

Summary:
Trust in health care is currently high on the policy agenda, primarily because it is claimed that, for a number of reasons, public trust in health institutions and in providers is under threat. This so-called erosion of trust, at least in the UK, has been tied to the recent intense media scrutiny about scandals over medical competence.

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Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Policy Forum

Date: 25/11/2004
Organisation:

Summary:
Speech given at the Scottish Executive Health Department in Edinburgh.

Global Health Challenges: European approaches and responsibilities

Location: Gastein, Austria
Date: 26/11/2004
Organisation: European Health Forum

Summary:
The European Health Forum at Gastein is a unique annual event, which brings together experts, interest groups and politicians.