Friday 9th September 2005
Manchester Town Hall
The purpose of the conference is to consider the Black Report and its consequences. What has happened to health inequalities since 1980? What happened to the recommendations made in the report?
The notes have been kindly prepared by Ursula Harries and Fiona Reynolds, to
whom we are very grateful. Daisy Hayden, of the Commission
for Patient & Public Involvement in Health has also produced a summary.
Main speakers:
Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP Minister for Children, Young People and Families : Notes of the Minister's speech.
Prof Richard Wilkinson, Division of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Nottingham Medical School: Themes from his Presentation. Recent publication -The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier by Richard G Wilkinson Polly Toynbee's review summarises his argument
Dr Alex Scott-Samuel, Senior
Lecturer in Public Health, University of Liverpool: Notes
of Dr Scott-Samuel's presentation . Black, Thatcher
and Blair - reflections on health inequalities and hypocrisy
Prof John Ashton CBE, North West Regional Director of Public Health and Regional Medical Officer: Notes on Prof Ashton's presentation
Dr James Munro, School of Health and Related Research University of Sheffield: Notes of Dr Munro's presentation
Dr Sohail Bhatti Director of Public Health, Huddersfield: Dr Bhatti's presentation. This work is based on the use of Mosaic software, further details of which are available from Emily Sparks.
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