National Workshop Friends Meeting House Albert Square Manchester
Tuesday 11th July 2000
for health and advice workers, researchers, and commissioners
- Are advice and information services an effective tool against deprivation?
- What do we need to run an effective information service in a health centre?
- Can we demonstrate health gain from advice services?
- Can we use medical time effectively to get the right benefits to the right people?
- Do we want a Citizen’s Advice Bureau in every surgery?
- Can Primary Care participate effectively in the Community Legal Service?
- Geographical Information Systems: – Can we supply effective information through the Internet?
Speakers and workshop leaders:
- Judith Emanuel Lecturer in Education for Primary Health Care Univ of Manchester
- Stephen Abbott Health and Community Care Research Unit, University of Liverpool
- Clive Martin Ferret Information Systems
- Mike Green, Chair of South Manchester PCT
- Martin Rathfelder Development Director Socialist Health Association
- Jean Dunkley Former member of the Legal Aid Board
- Edna Robinson Manchester Salford and Trafford Health Action Zone
- Dave Butler Manchester Geomatics
- Jeremy Vanes Sandwell CAB
Evaluations of advice services in primary health care settings